What to eat while traveling?
 

What would you guys recommend for healthy eating while traveling?

I tend to eat to much I believe as I eat the in flight meals and usually also at a restaurant at the destination including whine or beer. Ad a bear or a drink from the mini bar as well.

Yes, whine and bears are my downfall too.

Just don't have the whole bear, you'll be fine. :D:D

Not sure if FT is the best place to ask for "advice" on a healthy on-the-road diet though. If it's about "healthy" upgrades & compensation, I am sure FTers have tons to share. :)

Rembixe, welcome to FT!

I will cut down on the bear :p

Thanks for the welcome.

I'd like to know that too. While traveling I do less sport, but eat too much. Either constantly small stuff from lounges and on-board food, alcohol and definitely too much chocolate. Or just local food, especially in Asia, which is soo good I just can't stop eating.

Anyway, I'd like to reduce this unhealthy traveling snacks, but what else can on do while waiting.....
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FYI: I'm always in Y so lack of decent food and lack of lounge access helps quite a bit.

I would say easiest thing to do is just to cut down. Instead of 3 bears have 2 etc... I do like to indulge sometimes, but i find if I savor food more, its easier to eat less. It's tough though, sometimes I literally find myself stuffing my face, and I have to look at my blackberry, note the time, and stop all eating for 10-15 mins and focus on chatting with my tablemate/someone nearby, read a book, play brickbreaker etc...

When traveling in the US, I actually don't eat very much, except for whatever food is available in F at mealtimes. US lounges don't have any food, so that's not a problem. I do drink a healthy amount when possible. (Have to get my money's worth for that lounge membership...)

Internationally, when lounges have food, it's trickier, because it's usually buffet-style, so you can really indulge. I think I consumed about 10K calories at the KE lounge at ICN earlier this year - they had that much tasty food.

I would recommend the old stand-by: salads, wherever you can. Healthy, and lower in calories (if you skip the fatty dressings).

In North America it's getting a bit easier to dine healthy - many hotels feature "heart smart" foods in addition to decent gyms where you can work out.

When you're out with clients though it gets harder. Quite simply you just have to cut back. Don't finish the dish if that's what it comes to. Just make an excuse - "it's really good but I had a really late breakfast / lunch so now I unfortunately can't finish my lunch / dinner."

Alcohol has a lot of calories too so limit to one, maybe 2 glasses and that's it. I know that's not very European, but it's a sad limitation. The key to everything really is plain and simple moderation. Everything in moderation (including moderation itself from time to time).

And cutting back on the bear helps too. :)

Fresh fruit. That's the first thing I look for when I visit airline and hotel lounges. I am not interested in snacks which are high in salt and saturated fats. I love fresh fruit, fruit salads, fruit juices etc. When I visit the Virgin Clubhouse lounge at LHR I always take some fruit pots with me onto the plane - I have that instead of the high calorie desserts.

South Beach meal replacement bars.
 

Varies in calories from 100-210. They are nummy!

Since I try to eat 6-7 small meals a day, I normally bring my own health bars, fruit and nut mixes (easy on the salt there) as in flight snacks. When I get to an airport, there will generally be some type of sandwich places with healthier choices.

drew

I buy protein/meal replacement bars in bulk and carry about 10/week with me. Instead of getting greasy food in random airports, you're actually able to get great nutrition and save a fair amount of money at the same time.

When I'm able to access hotel gyms, I will usually want a bar offering more protein - like the Cliff Builder's bar or the Pure Protein bars. Otherwise, I love Luna bars or normal Cliff bars.