I’m pointing to another relevant Jason Calacanis posting, diet tips for business travellers, because business travel is one of my killer weaknesses and Jason has posted some good thoughts on the subject. I suspect Jason travels far more than I do (I average a couple of trips a month) so I value his opinion and suggestions.
1. Bring a bunch of fiber bars, protein bars, and fruit with you. You’re gonna be faced with bad food options at the airport and at your destination. Given this I try to eat BEFORE I get to the airport and BEFORE I get to a conference. I’ll eat an apple and or protein bar on my way from the hotel to a conference or while driving to the airport. If you walk into the candy shop already hungry you’re chances of making a big mistake go waaaaaaayyyyyy down.
This is definitely something I need to start doing. Not sure how well the fruit transports, but protein bars seems like a good idea.
3. Do laps at the airport. When I get to the airport I’ll go my gate and ask when they plan on ending the boarding process. They will be honest with you I’ve found. I then go for a long walk in the airport with my bags. If I’ve got 20 minutes to kill I can walk from one end of the airport to the other. I’ll go buy a coffee or a magazine at the other end to set a goal for myself. The bonus for this is of course that you’ve done 20 minutes of light exercise prior to getting on the flight where you will not move for a long time.
This is something I have actually already been doing, and frankly with all the delays I’ve been faced with this summer, I have been doing it a lot!
5. Do some light exercise in your room. Push-ups, sit-ups, and jumping jacks don’t require you to put on gym clothes and make the big trip to the gym. You can do 5-15 minutes of these in your room when you wake up and go to bed and, again, at least get a mini workout. Sometimes I’ll throw the TV on and do 3-5 sets of 100 jumping jacks while watching TV. You’ll be amazed at how your heart rate goes up when doing jumping jacks.
For the sake of the neighbors in the room below, I probably should hold off on the jumping jacks until I’ve lost some weight. 
There are two keys areas that Jason doesn’t mentioned that I struggle with - group dinners and room service. When a bunch of us go out it typically turns into drinking and eating and socializing, and the drinking and eating gets me into trouble. I’ve got to learn to find ways to say no thanks and to keep away from the bread baskets, which of course is no different than every day. And room service really does me in - way too easy to order too much food and then eat it all because you are by yourself and nobody is looking. I don’t know that no room service is an option because often I am working in the hotel after work and simply don’t have the time for a nice relaxing and slow private meal in a restaurant. But maybe I should make the time.
Jason offers some good tips for the business traveler that I hope to apply on my next trip this month.
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