Eating Healthy while Traveling? Is that even possible?
December 11, 2009
Wow, its so good to be home! Last week I took a little road trip with my parents and my son to Atlanta, Georgia and we had a great time.
But traveling is most definitely not an excuse to abandon my healthy eating regimen (and no excuse for you either.)
Here’s a short video of exactly how I survived one week away from home and still managed to stay on my DSP approved meal plans.
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Take a look at exactly what my mom packed inside our cooler (I think you’ll be pretty impressed. My mom is a die hard DSP follower!)
Enjoy the video and have a wonderful weekend!
I pack a cooler when I go on long trips also. I go to Maine 2 to 3 times a year. About 8 to 12 hour drive.
I take water and veg’s plus fruit. I only stop for bathroom calls and to walk my three little dog,s.
I\’d really like to know what you think about food combining?
Especially fruit and fats (ie almond butter and apple sauce)
From what i have heard fruit should only be eaten on an empty stomach, alone, or at least 2 hours after a meal, and never with fats.
There is also rules about starches and proteins and that starchy carbs should never be mixed with any protein, only each alone with certain high water vegetables. Any feedback you could give would be appreciated as i am very confused. Do you follow an alkalising diet or just a healthy one?
Thanks in advance for any/all answers etc.
Hey Isabel, great video. I was just wondering, how did you have the hard-boiled eggs? I’m so used to eating them with toast or some kind of bread because I’m not a big fan of eating them on their own. Any suggestions? Thanks, I’m glad I subscribed!
I love to read all your e mails but the videos are broken up and stop every few seconds. Is there anything I should do to correct this?
Thanks for the great video Isabel! It sounds like you all had a good time!
Thanks for the shared video Isabel.
Oh, I have an older sister who never gains weight no matter how much she eats. That’s because she had a toxic goiter.
I’m looking forward for your next video so that maybe I can tell something about it to my sister.
Great tips Isabel, you’ll have to shoot me over your home made applesauce recipe! Hope you enjoyed your time in Atl
Hi Isabel,
Enjoyed the video. A lot of sensible advice in there. Like everything it’s planning, and being committed to doing the right thing.
I must admit when I travel I tend to use it as an excuse to try different things (usually the unhealthy option) and spoil myself. And it’s far easier to go to the bar and have a wine and mingle, than to go to the gym and exercise or go for a swim.
I’m just going to have to work harder on my commitment.
Thanks for the health tips; they’re great.
Regards,
Robin
Just this minute paid for your Diet Solution package after finding you on Twitter and looking forward to getting going with it.
Diane
Very useful info. Isabel, I’m so glad I found your website. I have been forwarding my Emails that you have been sending me to my mother and she is going to start incorporating healthy eating habits in her life. Again Thank you so much for great info. that we can use to get and stay healthier.
Christopher
Great info! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Off topic, are you going to feed your baby rice cereal as his first food? I recently read a book called Nourishing Traditions, which recommends babies first food to be hard boiled egg yolks rather than rice cereal. My baby is almost 4 months and i think when she is ready i may try the egg yolks. I’m curious what you plan on doing.
Thanks =)
Hey Tiffany,
Nourishing traditions is a phenomenal book. Lots of great info there!
I am going to start my baby on avocados as his first food, then homemade pureed vegetables and then egg yolks. I am going to begin at 6 months. I am breast feeding exclusively until then.
All the best Tiffany. Let me know how it goes
Hey Cindy,
I know there are many nutrition professionals that recommend only eating fruit alone and not combining it with any other food. There may be some merit to this strategy for digestion purposes. I personally, have had better success with myself and with clients combining fruit with a protein food so as to not experience a rise in blood sugar. Although fruit is a healthy sugar and a great food, it still causes a rise in blood sugar and thus a rise in insulin levels. Combining fruit with a protein helps to minimize this response. With that being said, remember that your body is your number one indicator of what’s best for you. If you do not feel well eating a fruit after a meal, then that is your body telling you that it is not the right time for you. What you may want to do is save fruit for in between meals (mid morning snack and/or mid afternoon snack) and combine it with some nuts.
Hey Leonardo,
I eat them alone, no bread necessary!
Hey Barbara,
That may be your internet connection. You can check with your service provider to see if there’s something that can be done to speed things up a bit for you.
I have to disagree with your assessment that there is ‘always something healthy on the menu’ — many restaurants cook everything in vegetable oil, or polyunsaturated fatty acids. Lori Lipinski wrote a nice article on the Weston A. Price Foundation website about eating on the road in restaurants, but I have found that even ordering a salad and asking for oil and vinegar — not all restaurants bring olive oil!
http://www.westonaprice.org/Making-Healthy-Food-Choices-While-On-Vacation.html
I am personally very sensitive to vegetable oils — they cause a lot of inflammation for me — and because of their propensity to exponentially oxidize, I can’t recommend them to others, either.
So, I think your cooler packing is spot on! Better to be safe than sorry.
Do you not worry about phytic acid in your nuts, though? I see you have a lot of raw nuts (and raw nut butter).