When you’re trying to stay fit, traveling makes it more difficult. It may feel impossible whether you’re flying or driving. It disrupts your schedule. You aren’t close to your gym or have the convenience of controlling what you eat by making it yourself. It’s easy to fall off your diet or skip exercising. It takes extra planning to ensure you stick with your routine. Here are some ways to help you reach your goals when traveling for business or pleasure.
Planning your meals can be trickier when you travel for business.
You can pull up menus from restaurants near your appointment or hotel and find the ones with the healthiest selection. Start your meal with a salad. Ask for salad dressing on the side or opt for vinegar and oil. Choose food broiled, boiled, or roasted, and not fried. Order an extra side of vegetables. If the serving is large, eat half and take the other half back to your room for another meal if there’s a microwave and refrigerator.
See if your hotel or motel has a workout room, pool, or gym.
Access to a place to exercise can help keep you on schedule. See what type of equipment they offer if there’s a gym to create an exercise routine that uses that type of equipment. If there’s no pool or workout room, find a local gym that lets you buy a one-day pass and exercise there. If none of these things are available, plan to walk every day.
If you’re on vacation, plan for active fun.
You don’t have to work out if your family fun is active. If you spend time at the beach, spend time in the water, swimming or doing water calisthenics. Take the family on a hike and pack a healthy meal for lunch. If you go to an amusement park, walk from one end to another. Choose healthy options for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Have healthy snacks ready, like apples and bananas, so cheesy fries or elephant ears at the park aren’t tempting.
- Take a cooler and fill it with healthy snacks or a healthy meal if you’re driving. You can stop periodically to stretch your legs and walk for 15 minutes. Park in the back and get out and do stretching exercises.
- You can exercise in your room. Do body weight exercises and calisthenics or take resistance bands with you. They’re lightweight, inexpensive, and easy to pack. You won’t disturb the neighbors using them like you might if you’re doing jumping jacks.
- Drink plenty of water. Carry a bottle of water with you and sip on it frequently. Sometimes, your body mistakes thirst for hunger. It can help prevent overeating if you drink a bottle half an hour before a meal.
- If you’re working with a trainer, have the trainer create a plan that you can do in a hotel or motel room. Practice it with the trainer several times to ensure you have the proper form.
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