Nutrition and Traveling
97
Member
724 days
Brad Nicholson posted 1 year ago.
you can usually always find salads, turkey sandwiches, scrambled eggs, etc at such places. you just have to be careful and limit your intake of overly processed foods.
i travel a lot as well and it just takes some work.
372
Member
816 days
Leroy Bonkers posted 1 year ago.
Hotels usually have a grilled chicken dish or can make omlets with egg whites. It also helps to have a super strict eating out policy - know exactly what you'll order at any fast food or chain place before you get in the door. Otherwise the menu is too tempting for anyone to resist!
So if all you can find is a Subway, you're good becuase you know to order the such and such.
I travel for 4-5 days at a time, so there is no way to take everything I'll eat for a week.
2255
Member
703 days
TriSooner posted 1 year ago.
Leroy Bonkers wrote:
It also helps to have a super strict eating out policy - know exactly what you'll order at any fast food or chain place before you get in the door.
That's a good trick: Only having specific things you will eat and predetermining them when you go out. For example, I know that Burger King has veggie burgers; Pei Wei makes good noodle and veggie/tofu bowls. Also - and this might be heretical for some - have you thought about going vegetarian? I went veggie (for health reasons) and lost weight immediately. I eat out all the time too and being veggie limits my choices to fruits, veggies, and complex carbs (stuff triathletes should be eating anyways).
459
Member
1096 days
azstinger11 posted 1 year ago.
Unless I'm on vacation, I pretty much become vegetarian when i eat out as well when I travel. It really does make life easy, and you get to try new things like hummus!
-----------------------------------------------
Base 1 (Week 2, 16.5hrs)
Check out my blog!
36
Member
676 days
Chiflado posted 1 year ago.
I've been vegetarian all my life, and Vegan (for the most part... will eat some like veggie burgers and veggie meat that has egg whites.) for the last... oh 4 or 5 years maybe? Since I've been vegetarian all my life I'm not even tempted to order something with meat in it... :P And being afraid of catching something helps give me the motivation to stay away from the sweet stuff. And when you realize really how horrible cheese is for you it's not much of a temptation. :P So that really limits you to pretty much healthy choices... except for the fried stuff... like french fries...
1037
Member
768 days
ChunkyB posted 1 year ago.
Cheese is not bad for you. It's amazing for you. Well, it's amazing for me, that's for sure.
"The melting point of wax means nothing to me": Thrice
36
Member
676 days
Chiflado posted 1 year ago.
Well... that point could be argued... but we'll leave it at that. :)
1037
Member
768 days
ChunkyB posted 1 year ago.
Let's just say it tastes amazing. And you can melt it on anything, and it will make that thing taste better. And I mean anything!
"The melting point of wax means nothing to me": Thrice
372
Member
816 days
Leroy Bonkers posted 1 year ago.
And for the carnivores - beef jerky is a super lean, ultra-transportable snack. It's just expensive and embarrasing to eat in public.
45
Member
800 days
DTinVA posted 1 year ago.
Resurecting this thread as I have a travel - related question.
I travel most days for work and usually take my lunch snacks with me so I can avoid fast foods. Usually, I'll have a sandwich on whole wheat and some fruit. I'll throw in some grapes or the odd Cliff bar as a snack.
I'd be interested in finding out what others do in similar situations for variety.
Thanks~
3471
Member
1768 days
RV posted 1 year ago.
When I travel it is for a week at a time, so I will take some snacks and workout/recovery items. Then will find a grocery store and pick up whatever else I need there.
Hi there..
I am new here and making a return to triathlons after a few years of being lazy. Since I began training again, I have lost some weight but still have a few pounds to go. The great limiter in the situation: I am a flight attendant.
Needless to say, I train when I am on the ground but the majority of the rest of my time is spent in the air. In addition, I spend an exorbitant amount of time in hotels which are usually equipped with restuarant serving up the fried version of anything you want and access to a microwave.
I travel with all the basic staples....fruit, PB, yogurt, trail mix, clif bars, oatmeal ....but am looking for ideas on meals I can bring with me so my diet doesnt go off the deep end when I am out of town.
Thanx in advance!