It’s easy to lose track of what you’re eating when you’re on the road. Traveling can be quite tricky to eat and stay healthy. For one, you want to sample the dishes you don’t have at home. What’s more, calories add up fast with meal deals and constant coffee breaks.
With some dietary planning, you can avoid having to worry about your extra weight when you get home from that trip.
1. Small Frequent Meals than Feasting Like a King.
Skipping a meal often result in overeating on the next meal.
We tend to get hungry every four hours, so bring snacks, like a can of nuts from which you could munch a handful (note, not the whole can!), protein bar, sandwich, dried fruit or even baby carrot sticks from home or grocery. Keep them fresh and clean inside zip-lock bags. Avoid messy foods though, like sandwiches oozing with sauce or sticky jam, doughnuts with fillings and juicy fruits. Place them in your backpack or bag where there are no scented items or you’ll end up chewing fragrant foods.
2. Drink up.
Drink 8 glasses of water. Not only will you stay hydrated, you will also feel fuller. Drinking a glass of water before meals will make you eat less. Dehydration leads to overeating since we often mistake thirst for hunger. Bring bottled water.
When drinking coffee, order without the whipped cream. Some people, when taking beverages with artificial sweeteners, crave for more sweet foods. Observe your body’s reaction to them.
Go for water over juice or iced tea. Some bottled iced tea contain more sugar than a bottle of Coca-Cola. If this is the case, it becomes just another soft drink. There are also fruit drinks found to have more added sugar than juice.
The atmosphere in an airplane is very dry and will dehydrate you. So stay hydrated by drinking water. Dehydration doesn’t only mean you’ll feel thirsty, it means your body will lose water. Drinking alcohol and coffee, which are diuretic drinks, will only expedite the body’s loss of water. Go for water. It’s calorie-free.
It can be a hassle to look for toilets in some places, especially if your bus does not have a toilet onboard so consider when and where you should drink more.
3. Watch it.
Buffet breakfast offered in hotels can be loaded in sugar and fat.
Have a simple breakfast –whole wheat toast with low-fat mayo or nonfat cottage cheese or some tuna with sliced tomatoes, fruit platter, soya milk, or low fat yogurt. Fiber-rich foods make you feel fuller longer.
Don’t skip the most important meal. People think that if they skip breakfast, they are cutting down on calories but they tend to overeat at lunch and eat many snacks throughout the day.
4. Savor it. Eat slowly.
Eat your meal for at least twenty minutes … the time it takes for the feeling of fullness to register in your brain. In French Women Don’t Get Fat, you don’t have to deprive yourself from your favorite treats every now and then but enjoy your meals one bite at a time and don’t feel like you’re in a race to finish.
5. Bag it.
With a zip lock bags, you could slice your turkey sandwich into two and bag the other half for your next snack. This is especially true to restaurants that offer big servings.
6. Not just for kids.
Your other option to big servings is to order from the kids’ menu. You may also share the dish with your travel partner. This means eating in reverse. Instead of upsizing your fries or soda, downsize your food.
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Amanda Balneg is a freelance Travel Writer and Spanish Translator. She is currently based in Manila but she travels most of the time. She has stayed in New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Chicago, Arizona, Salamanca, Avila, Madrid, Tokyo, Kyoto, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Bangkok. She sees beauty in diversity.
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