Wedding Season Killed My Diet
diet killer, dieting, travel, find a gym
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Until a week or two ago, I was going pretty strong on a low-carb, high protein diet regimen. I've found that my body reacts best to low carb diets when I'm trying to cut a little excess fat.
My diet was going really well. My meals revolved around chicken, tuna, salmon, and egg whites. I stopped drinking beer. I cut off my american stamina supplementation, and started only taking no-xplode - in order to reduce my sugar intake. I don't necessarily recommend taking NO-xplode, but it tastes good, so I drink it even though it probably doesn't live up to its claims.
Despite the lack of carbs, I still had enough energy to make it to the gym every day. I was quickly getting back to my acapulco-picture body.
Then wedding season came... For the past 2 weeks, I've been involved in two weddings (no, not my own), which has killed my diet. Rehearsal dinners and traveling did a one-two punch on the whole low carb thing. It's too hard to sit in on a rehearsal dinner and not dig into the bread and have a few beers... and then a few more beers.
Traveling has always been a diet killer for me. I'm currently in Florida for a wedding, and out of the 4 days I've been here, only once have I been able to throw together some egg whites.
It's also hard to find a gym in my area that will allow a one-day pass. I haven't been staying at a hotel every night, so when I'm staying with friends (who don't workout) I have no gym to go to.
And now, most of my hard-work has been erased, and it's back to square one. Wish me luck maybe???
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on 11/2/2008
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Sticking to Your Diet While Traveling for Work
dieting, weight loss, travel
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Traveling for work - or any other reason - can take you out of your daily routine, which tends to destroy healthy dieting streaks.
I speak from experience, because I'm sitting in a hotel room after going out for a 4 course meal with some co-workers. Obviously that 4 course meal was accompanied by many alcoholic beverages, which hurts the diet even more.
Reasons you should avoid killing your diet while traveling:
1. It's Twice as Hard to Start Back Up
Once you've gone off the deep end, it's always so much harder to bring yourself back to a healthy diet and fitness level. You're going to think about how good it was eating whatever you wanted, and you'll gradually forget how much better it felt looking in the mirror.
2. The Regret will Drive your Crazy
Finally you started seeing the results you've been working hard to achieve and then you blew it. The next week or two you will want to kick yourself for not holding strong and resisting the urge to eat everything in site. I'm not even home yet and I'm already beating myself up about it.
3. Pigging out Makes a Healthy Stomach Sick
If you're one of those people who only eats fast food about once every year, you will know exactly what I'm talking about. Your stomach feels terrible after chomping down that Big Mac - it's just not used to it. If you've been going strong with your diet, pigging out is going to make you feel pretty sick - which is never fun when traveling.
Advice for Sticking to your Diet While Traveling:
1. Use Mental Toughness
Remember the three reasons listed above. Use them as motivation and demonstrate some mental toughness when you're tempted to eat everything in sight.
2. Get Drunk After Dinner, Not Before
As we all know, alcohol causes us to let our guard down and make poor decisions. Getting boozed up before eating will let your stomach control your actions (since your... read entire entry
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on 8/1/2008
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