It’s tough to maintain your exercise routine and eat healthy while traveling. The “healthy” options in the airport are often slathered in sauces or sugar and they cost an arm and a leg. And how can you fit in an hour of cardio/five mile run/ 45 minutes of weight training or yoga when you’re sprinting to your gate at the airport, tired from a 5-hour flight or in back-to-back meetings? It’s tough, but not impossible to stay on track. You have to get creative in order to reach your goals.
7 Ways to stay healthy & fit while traveling
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Find a hotel with a gym. Hotel gyms are usually nothing fancy unless you can afford to stay at a 4-star resort. Last month I stayed a Howard Johnson in Northern California with a small gym that consisted of a stationary bike, a treadmill and a weight machine—and it was everything that I needed. I chose that hotel specifically because they had a gym. Plus they had a pool and if I swam laps, I would have.
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Find a health food store or the healthy section of a grocery store to load up on snacks and food. Most places you travel will have a grocery store with produce and health food (or at least healthier food). Seek them out.
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Get outside to explore your surroundings. What better way to check out the area than by foot. Lace up your sneakers and get outside, even if it’s just for a walk. Whether you spent all day in an airport or in a car, it’s important to get your blood pumping again.
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Make it a game and include the kids. Find a park near where you’re visiting and play a game of tag, swing or just run around. Exercise is often more fun when you don’t realize you’re doing it.
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Walk. If the weather outside is frightful—either stormy or too hot—do some laps around the hotel hallways. And opt for the stairs over the elevator.
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Keep your date to yourself. If you work out every morning, keep it up. You wouldn’t cancel a date with your loved ones because you don’t want to let them down; use the same logic with yourself.
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Make healthy choices when possible. I’ve been on tons of road trips all over the United States. I know that there are pockets of the country where your options are fast food, convenience store food and a greasy-spoon diner. There are healthy choices at all of these places, you just have to keep your eyes peeled for them.
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