Clean Eating Tips While Traveling
What’s the key to success even when you're on the road?
PLANNING AHEAD!
Eating clean doesn't have to be about spending hours in the
kitchen making food with ingredients that you have never heard of before. It's about taking the time to pair the right foods together and read the
labels!
1. Pack oatmeal!
Oatmeal is super easy to pre pack
and put in your suitcase. You can portion out 1/2 cup oatmeal
into individual sandwich bags, each with 1/2 cup raisins, 1 tbsp. flaxseed
and wheat germ. Every hotel has hot water or a continental breakfast that
you can get hot water from. Just pour in the hot water over my oatmeal
and covered with a napkin for a few minutes and breakfast is served!
Since oatmeal is only the complex carb portion of your
breakfast, you can to the continental breakfast at the hotel and get 3 egg
whites to go with your oatmeal! If you don't have a restaurant at your
hotel then pack a baggie of nuts and eat that with your oatmeal or throw in a
scoop of protein powder with your oatmeal.
2. Grab some nuts!
Measure out a small handful of nuts
into bags such as unsalted almonds, cashews and peanuts. You can also
pack a few apples and oranges because they travel well! Then, while
driving, you can simply reach in your bag and grab a bag of nuts and
an apple and be satisfied!
3. Stock up on water!
Fill and take a refillable water
bottle with you! When you continually drink water, your body stays
full and you only feel hungry when you are actually hungry! The refillable water bottle is good for the environment but if you don't have one bring a case
of water bottles with you in the car and recycle them once you get home!
4. Exercising - Be prepared!
When you are committed to a
program you must make do with what you have! No EXCUSES! With the technology
these days, there is no reason why you can't workout! If you are the type
of person who travels frequently but still need to get some exercise in, then I
recommend taking your laptop with you so you can play pop in your DVD and do
your program right in your hotel room! I simply pack my DVDs, laptop and
a resistance band and I am good to go! Also, don’t forget to get Beachbody on
Demand before you go so that way if you forget or lose your DVDs you can still
do your workouts!
5. Limit your alcohol intake!
A huge part of eating out especially
with clients is drinking! It's hard not to enjoy wine, beer and mixed
drinks with your co-workers, clients and friends. I'm not saying
that you should never drink, but limit yourself. Alcohol has a lot of
excess sugar and empty calories so for starters limit your alcohol and
for every drink that you have you are required to drink 1 full glass of
water!
6. Don't be afraid to speak up!
Most restaurants
cook with high fat ingredients because it gives the food additional flavor, but
that always equals more calories! So don't be afraid to ask for your
veggies steamed without butter or ask for your chicken or
fish grilled instead of fried! Always ask for your salad
dressing on the side and stay away from anything that is cream-based (like
ranch or Caesar dressing) because they are loaded with fat. Never be
afraid to ask for your food to be prepared the way you want it!
7. Don’t forget your Shakeology!
Shakeology is the easiest
way to get all your daily nutrients in with one shake. You can have it anywhere
so it is perfect if you are on the road all day to help you from having to make
so many pit stops to eat. Not only will it save you time, it will save you money too!
8. Eat before you go!
If you are going
to an event like a wedding, shower, sporting event or fundraiser, my top tip is
to eat before you go! If you know that there are not going to be
healthy options at the event, then make sure you have a well-balanced breakfast
and eat your healthy snacks every 2 1/2 - 3 hours. Then ,when you get to
the event, munch on fruit and veggies and keep a glass of sparkling water in hand.
Mingle and make the event a social hour that doesn't revolve around food and
alcohol! If you keep yourself busy talking, then no one will even notice that
you didn't pig out on the cookie table! In your mind, you have to decide
what is more important...the cookie table or that amazing body you have been
working so hard to get?! In my mind, it was totally the amazing body that
I wanted and that trumped any cookie or cake that you could ever put in front of me!
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