Implementing my ‘On the Road Again’ System: The Results are in!

So I was traveling last week and it was my first chance to implement one of my new systems.

Overall I would say it definitely helped!  I did not have an A+ eating week while I was traveling, but I also did not have a D.  I would say my average eating while on the road is about a D.  I normally feel no obligation to eat healthy and I eat whatever is put in front of me.  I have no idea how I got this way.  I have been traveling for work for the past 8 years and I pretty much have always chalked all of  my trips up to a lost cause.  This seems incredibly short sided!  (It is so easy to Monday Morning Quarterback).

Anyway, back to my trip.  I would give myself about a B.  I 100% made better choices than I would have without a system.  Here are some of the simple better choices I made!

• I ate an English muffin with peanut butter for breakfast each day instead of a muffin.  This one small this is so much healthier!  The calories may be equal (I have no idea) but for sure there is better nutrients in peanut butter than a giant blueberry muffin. 
• I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich for dinner and ate it open face so I only ate half the bun.  (We were at a bar that had almost no options that were not in the deep fryer so I felt really good about this)
• I had no sodas
• I ate a bag of pistachios I had brought vs. a bag of chips one day.  (Don’t tell anyone I took a bag of pistachios over the border)
• I didn’t finish my meal at dinner one night (attempted to stop eating when I was full!)
• I had tons of salad for lunch at the meetings

So I am pretty proud of these accomplishments!  I was not perfect; I still had a few snacks during the day.  One night in particular I ate a ton of bad foods for dinner.  This was driven from having not much lunch one day (they had salad (which I filled up on) & sandwiches, but they all had mayonnaise – which I hate – so by dinner I was starving!).  I should have eaten more pistachios or other snacks on this day, but…….. live & learn. 

I know for sure I would have had a much worse (my previously normal grade D performance) week of eating if I had not had a system in place!

I have another work trip in December so I will definitely be trying this again!  Maybe I’ll review and tweak before that session!  

Share any systems you have created that have been helpful for you!

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