If you travel for work, tell me how you eat healthy

[Deleted]

It's so hard. I was on the road for work this week and ate horrible. Meal planning and packing is the only saving grace. If you are staying in a hotel then make sure and hit up the grocery store for easy healthy meals to go.

[lissaholly]

My H somehow manages this well. Sushi, salmon and plain chicken/chicken salads. Room service has some very basic foods from what I understand. He also gets staffed on a project in the same city for months at a time, so he finds a restaurant he likes and basically orders the same thing nightly, or switches it up with his basic room service meal. I think you have to get where the sheen of eating out every night wears off. Good luck!

[pantsparty]

I don't really check out new places to eat when I travel anymore. Mainly because I'm typically alone, and I am usually tired and not in the mood to try new restaurants. So 99% of my meals are eaten at Panera, Chipotle, and Outback. I have healthier options I like at all of these places - like I get the salmon at Outback. I also always pack my workout stuff and unless I'm on the road for 10+ hours or something crazy, I always fit in a run right after I check into the hotel. I don't love running but I guess that's working out on the road since I can't do my HIIT routines in the hotel room, LOL.

If I'm with my boss, I have much better meals. LOL.

[fuckyourcouch]

I don't eat very healthy when I travel, I just run a lot.

I don't eat terrible meals but I always find a dessert place - cupcakes, ice cream, etc. so I guess I save my calories for dessert. I also hit up the grocery store and buy healthy snacks (fresh fruit, nuts, etc) and eat a healthy breakfast at the hotel (skip the pastries and crap and eat oatmeal, etc).

[gretchenindisguise]

I do my best when I plan on the weekend for our meals during the week and plan in left overs for us to eat for lunch. Or if I know there won't be leftovers (nights we have fish or shrimp) planning what I'll have for lunch the next day.

Basically if I start the week with no plans, I'll end up eating crap and spending money. If I go in with a plan, even planned eat out days, I'm much better off.


Well shit. Scratch all that. I read the op wrong (I need to go to bed).

[McGavin]

Mar 4, 2015 23:28:46 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

I don't really check out new places to eat when I travel anymore. Mainly because I'm typically alone, and I am usually tired and not in the mood to try new restaurants. So 99% of my meals are eaten at Panera, Chipotle, and Outback. I have healthier options I like at all of these places - like I get the salmon at Outback. I also always pack my workout stuff and unless I'm on the road for 10+ hours or something crazy, I always fit in a run right after I check into the hotel. I don't love running but I guess that's working out on the road since I can't do my HIIT routines in the hotel room, LOL. [be]
If I'm with my boss, I have much better meals. LOL.

Have you tried the FitnessBlender HIIT routines that have no jumping specifically for people in apartments?

[iheartbanjos]

Qdoba/Chipotle is actually my go-to. I get a steak salad in a bowl (no shell) with corn/black bean mix (no ranch), fajita veggies, pico de gallo, hot salsa, and guac (no cheese/sour cream.)

I try to stay at Marriott Courtyards or full service Marriotts so that I can get eggs for breakfast, and if I don't eat out for dinner, then I ask the hotel to make me a grilled chicken salad with balsamic.

I also hit up a grocery store for fruits and veggies to have as snacks. Lastly, I work out at the crappy hotel gyms. Only 30 minutes on the treadmill makes a difference for me.

[frannyr]

I try not to eat much and only eat part of whatever I get. I don't necessarily skip meals but may pick up granola bars and fruit for breakfast or lunch instead of an entire meal.

Also working out at the hotel gym helps.

[konapoppy]

The thing that really helps me is to keep Kind bars or nuts in my purse. I don't always know when my next meal will be, so having snacks so I don't end up starving is a good thing.

As others have mentioned, I also try to get a lot of protein in the morning especially and eat salads.

[Booze Raccoon]

When I used to work, I would give myself a pass during trips. Granted, I didn't travel all that much ... maybe quarterly. I would swim in the hotel pool when I was able.