Traveling and Atkins Suggestions

[scottie mike]

I am doing a fair amount of traveling.

The question is what to do on the actual travel day. For instance, my next cross-country flight starts at 4:30 AM -- trip to airport -- wait at airport -- 6 hours in the air -- pick up. A total of 12 hours.

I can manage a meal before the flight. But what to do while in the air or in between?


Any tips/ideas on how to make it diet friendly? (Induction phase)

Similarly -- what can be done when you are traveling oversea -- away from your comfort zone for food and language. When traveling around the US/Canada, I can figure out something -- you can read the signs, look for specific markets, etc. Other than just either only eating eggs OR skipping the diet, what is a reasonable approach?

[FlorayG]

I keep packs of sliced cooked meat in my freezer and pack one when I am travelling. By the time I am ready to eat it, it has defrosted. Also you can buy things like celery and eat sticks of that, and nuts of course

[LuvGSDs]

I will be going on a 2 week road trip this summer, and I'm also planning what to eat. Some things you can get in convenience stores: Peppered beef jerky, cheese sticks, veggies and dip, cream cheese, coffee with cream, hard boiled eggs. Fast food restaurants: grilled meat salads minus croutons (low sugar dressing), caesar salads, burgers minus the patty. I have a feeling that the beef jerky will be a staple for me on my trip because you can get it anywhere and it doesn't spoil (would be great to take on a plane with you). If you are in OWL, nuts would be a good snack, too.

[Shrinkin'Sue]

I found a great website for accommodation - VRBO , Vacation Rentals By Owner - the point is that nearly all the rentals have kitchens, so without much trouble you can self-cater. I haven't tried it yet but those who have on another forum swear by it.

We'll be trying it out for a three month trip to the USA next year, using motels for 1 night stops but self catering otherwise. The site is world wide, and has pictures and a feedback system not unlike eBay.

[kim]

I've rented through VRBO a few times, and was very pleased. It was less expensive than normal rental rates also. I'm sure the experience can vary with the owner, but I've good experiences using VRBO. I highly recommend it.

[Shrinkin'Sue]

Thanks for that Kim, I'm just desperate to travel without gaining weight, so I will be tolerant as long as the kitchen and bed are good! All the properties we're interested in look great.

Your clothes are so much less expensive, and so much nicer than ours, I'm always hanging out to shop. We don't want to drag it all with us though, so we shop last thing before leaving. Last trip I had gained more than two dress sizes so I didn't bother! He-who-always-stays-thin rocked into the Tulalip Factory Outlets in WA and spent over $US 1200 in Ralph Lauren alone. I bought a couple of T-shirts! Then we panicked and bought two more large cases for the return trip!

If the VRBO theory does it for me, next trip I will really rock his MasterCard!

[kim]

If you're traveling in the Pacific Northwest on your next trip, come down to Oregon. No sales tax!!!

[Shrinkin'Sue]

We're planning to do just that, Kim! We want to see Oregon Caves amongst other things. We usually wait till the last minute to shop, it saves dragging it all around with us! But no sales tax, hmmm? We always fly Hawaiian, and they fly out of Portland. Done deal!

Next trip will be fairly long, 3 months, we're going to fly into NYC and drive back in a big curve through NH, ME, MA, VT, NY, PA, DC, then further south via NC and SC, TN and TX, west to AZ, NM, CO & UT, then north to WY to see Yellowstone in winter. After that we plan to go south again, up the coast of CA to OR and ultimately have Christmas in Leavenworth WA.

We've never had a white Christmas, ours are usually more black (bushfires) so it will be a lovely change to have a white one! Leavenworth seems like the perfect spot too, I love it and it's close to Seattle.

I'm currently working on a strategy to keep my dress size as I travel!

[tracy5447]

jerky or billtong is great, i bought mine online and asked for it to be sugar free and fatty, (you get a choice of lean and med and fatty) you can keep it without refrigeration for ages, i had mine in a backpack opened, for a week and it was still scrummy. it also kept any hunger away. you could also buy pork scratchings (fried pork rinds) they come in bags like nuts and are teeth breakinly lovely, also when i was on my trip i took a few pepperami (long slim salami sticks) they dont need a fridge either you could pick up a couple of sachets of mayo from a cafe and dip all of the above into it yummy!