Does anyone have any advice on how to stay healthy when traveling?

I plan on bringing some protein bars with me for the flight and just buy bottled water at the airport to go with, but you can bring any snack that meets with customs rules where you are going. I can't bring fruits, dairy, meat or veg, so this should work for me just for the flight. Packaged and processed foods are usually ok depending on what is in them. I am going from Canada to the U.S. Once I land and get settled into the hotel I will head out to the nearest grocery store and buy some cottage cheese, fruit and other healthy snacks to keep in my room in the mini fridge to avoid going out for all my meals. I will likely grab some stuff to make wraps that I can take with me while I am out and about. Thinking that I will eat dinners out, but try to make healthy choices.

Good luck!

Don't sit at the airport for hours, walk at the airport for hours.

I am in the same boat and slowly managing to change my travel routine... 2 weeks in USA (I live in Denmark) and not being careful and I would gain 5 pounds which would take months to lose I can easily be travelling every second month, so all my diet efforts are wasted if I am not careful and go into experience the gastronomy in the country.

So now I usually check in advance for supermarkets around the hotel, go there in the first day and stack my frigobar with my regular food. If in lack of choices or in a country where I cannot read labels, I can easily have a can of tuna and some salad for dinner, for instance. I also rely on Quest Bars that I carry from home to avoid indulging so much in desserts, which are my weak point.

I am not so good on keep my exercising routine when I travel, because I mostly bike for burning calories, and it is not always that I can get a bike where I am. Since those travels are always intensive and I cannot handle very well the time difference and so, I am usually tired when I am back to the hotel and it is hard to hit the gym or even go for a walk :-/ So, since I work giving training, I try to be standing up and walking around the room as much as I can during the day. But I want to get better in the hitting the hotel gym part!!!!

To be realistic, I also plan one or two dinner outs that week, both because I know that my colleagues will invite me for something, or also because I will want try something as well. So, I try to plan and eat low-calories food in the other meals, to compensate for the days I go out. When I am out, I do not want to be neurotic and I want to enjoy it, but I tend to have a natural taste for meats+salad or grains as my preferred foods... I am not a carb-lover and that helps (only sweets are my down point).

Good luck!