This challenge has been harder than I thought it would be this week. I am traveling and at a conference. So, I wanted to make sure to maintain my recent commitments (eat 4 times a day, withIn an hour of waking up, and get three solid workouts in. I think the workouts are do-able but am having a hard time with the food. There just aren't good food choices available. No oatmeal or healthy cereal at breakfast, no AM snack, and plenty of calories for lunch and dinner, not counting the adult beverages. I'm trying to temper some of it by limiting my food carbs but I haven't been super strict. Now that I'm paying attention to what I'm eating, I understand why dieting and travel is a tough combo. I brought some healthy snacks and picked up a few others, so that will help. I'm also hoping all the walking is helping. I'll count this week as a win if I don't gain and keep my workout commitments. There's a group 5k in the morning (NOT on my original plan) - here's hoping I don't embarrass myself! Thanks for helping me write that all down. It will make my food choices for the next two days easier.

Hey Mellie

I travel quite a bit with work, so I have a Tupperware box I keep in my car through the day which contains my 'healthy crap' I'll tell you what's in it today to maybe give some suggestions for some portable healthy snacks

* 2 small banana's
* 1 red apple
* baby carrots - sometimes this is sliced cucumber or celery or a mix of all.
* vanilla mixed seeds
* peanuts (they have been in the box a week or so now, not my fave but awesome if I'm flagging and need a high cal boost)
* belvita breakfast bar - thinking of switching these out as they really aren't much better than cake :P, but they taste yummy (I fell for their marketing ploy!!)
* low calorie cup a soups - I ask for hot water in service stations/hotels so I can make my own
* wheat crackers - great with the cup a soup or handy when desperate enough to eat them dry
* fruit sugar sachets
* decaff tea bags - amazing how many places don't have decaff drinks

I usually just top up the fresh bits each morning and the longer life stuff can stay in there for a few days. I don't eat all of this lot in one day (I do nom down all the fresh fruit and veggies through the day), they are like my emergency rations for when I'm on the move or stuck at work and there is nothing healthy in sight.

Also by snacking on the healthier things I carry around I find that at meal times I don't feel the need to eat a big lunch or dinner and am happier to slap on lots more salad.

This is also a work in progress for me though too as I in the past have been tempted away from my magic box and into a drive through.... putting my foot down now though ha ha!

The single most thing that has helped me though is to try plan when I will eat in my day before hand, either the morning or on the night before. I used to just eat, then log what I had to find I had gone over my limit, then beat myself up about it. I'm very un-organised in myself some times so just making this change helped me keep on track.

Let us all know how you get on today