Traveling Tips Part 2

Part 2 of my traveling tips I will focus on something that I struggle with the most when I am working:  Eating Healthy on the fly!

For those of you who have an office job, and a regular work schedule it's easy for you to eat healthy and work out.  For the polyester jet set, and road warriors, it's a whole different ball game!

Because I don't have a set lunch break, I have to grab food whenever I can.  Which most of the time is fast food.  Eating fast food takes a toll on your body, and waist line let me tell you!  Two and a half years ago I was 50 pounds heavier than I am today, because of bad eating habits that I had developed.  How did I lose the weight you ask?  Well just bringing my lunch to work wasn't a possibility so I had to think of something else that I could do.

I knew that I couldn't do the whole Adkins thing, like the rest of the US.  First of all I like beer too much, and second of all, I was going to give up eating burritos!  I sat down and tried to think of what I could eat at the airport that was low in fat and low in carbohydrates. 

I switched from drinking frappachinos to green tea.  Did you know that if you drink green tea every day for  six weeks instead of coffee, you will loose 10 pounds?  I swear by it!  Green tea has alot of antioxidents that are good for you!

I made the switch from regular pop to diet!  I turned into one of those Diet COKE!!!  people!  I also started drinking alot of water.  Milk became one of my staples as well.  If you drink 2%, it is low in fat, and has protien.(if i was running around all day and couldn't grab something healthy, I would grab milk untill I could eat good food)

I was all keen on the "premium salads" that the fast food joints were putting out!  What could be bad about the salad?  Well the dressings that they come with have the same fat and carb count as a burger.  So I just got a burger instead, with no french fries mind you!  I eat the grilled chicken sandwhiches with NO MAYO.  If you are eating bread, cut back on your fat intake!  I do eat salads, but I make sure to get basalmic Vinigrette!  Tuna fish is great!  Soups are higher in carbohydrates, but are generally lower in fat.  I get whole wheat bread and bagels whenever possible.  Burritos that have black beens and rice.  HELLO, black beens and rice together is a great complex carbohydrate!   

Need to calm your sweet tooth?  Try low fat, sugar free frozen yogurt.  Or even a sweet potato!

Another thing that I pack in my bag is instant oatmeal packets.  I always make sure that I start my day with oatmeal...  The great thing about instant oatmeal is that all that you need is hot water!  Eating fruit is good too.  Though fruit is higher in carbohydrates, it's because of the natural sugars they contain.

Pasta...  I had to give up pasta, as well as anything else that was white processed.  (White flour, sugar, ect)

The one thing that is hardest to find is vegitables at the airport.  That is untill Panda Express got on the whole low carb band wagon.

You can eat at fast food places and not become as big as a house, it all depends on WHAT you get.

Stay tuned for part three!