Flying
Zulu87
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Does anyone else find when they fly that it's hard to stay under calories for the day? I fly frequently (once a month) and always feel kind of hungover after. I try to drink lots of water but I always overeat on these days, the time zones mess my routine up too I guess. Any tips would be appreciated!
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Drink lots & lots of water. Take as much of your own food/snacks as possible. Sorry, no special secrets, it's tough.0
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I bring my own tea bags and ask flight attendants for hot water when the drink cart comes around. Something about a hot tasty drink makes the whole thing less miserable. Plenty of chapstick, lots of gum, try to nap as much as possible.
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It's probably stress eating.0
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When i fly i always bloat up like baloon with water retention, this means i psycosomatically feel like ive put on weight even if it really hasnt been that bad a day food-wise!
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I drink double the amount of water when flying for two reasons: it causes me to pee a ton so I have to get up every 30 mins which reduces the chance of a stroke and then of course the obvious dehydration from travel.
Eat before you get on the plane so you're not starving when you land and make bad choices. Also, I usually look ahead of where my trip is taking me so I can prelog my meal at a restaurant close to the hotel or venue.
When I get home, I jump right back into my routine and any water weight from travel goes away in 2 days or so.1 -
I always pack my own food on flights and tell myself that's what I can eat. I take the packaged snacks home for my kids or skip them, and I drink club soda or coffee. I fly a few times a month for work and my first year in this role, put on 10 lbs., and I think a lot of it had to do with what I was eating on the road.1
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I've only flown once since losing weight, but I was fortunate enough that my flights included long enough connections that I could walk around the terminals (flight out through Atlanta, coming home through JFK) for a while to earn more calories.1
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Urg. I 'gain' a good 10lbs when I fly. I retain water like crazy.
If it's a short flight, I don't actually eat in the airplane but make sure to drink at every opportunity. On longer flight, I'll have the meals but wash them down with a boatload of water.
I also make sure to have chap stick, hand cream, face moisturizer and cleaning towelettes on me. I find that I feel less like dog turd if I can clean my face and remoisturize every couple of hours. My seat neighbors probably think I'm neurotic.
On very long flights (intercontinental) I'll splurge on a shower when I arrive my destination (most airports have shower facilities for an acceptable price). Being clean not only wakes me up and makes me feel more human again, but it also means I don't give in to the munchies nearly as much (these tend to be caused by exhaustion for me as I don't sleep in airplanes). If I have a longer stop-over (3-4hrs), I might check if they have day rooms available for a nap and a refresh at a sink.2 -
Thanks everyone! Ya I think it's a combination of all that partly inevitable to not feel 100% in a tube in the air. I always have club soda/water and bring a full water bottle on board. I think i eat more after i land than on the plane. i like the idea of trying to not to feel like a "dog turd" hahaha. Long distance relationships are not easy! I usually end up at my bf's so a shower right away is definitely doable which might reset me!0
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I take my own food generally and locate a grocery store at my destination before I leave. Jet lag screws me up and there's just no way around it. I do find that working out as much as possible, preferably outside, does help somewhat but not always. That and lots of water and just not being so hard on myself. I accept that I'll put a few pounds on, but it's mostly water and goes within a few days when I get home.0
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