So many clients ask me how to manage their food when they travel. This blog by my friend, Ms Fitness USA Taryn Bagrosky, is the best travel/food article ever:
I'm back in town after a quick trip to LA and then a week on the beach with family. I'm proud to say that I was able to keep it together the entire time (almost the whole time… I did enjoy a few low-cal cocktails!) I'll be filming my fitness DVD's in just a few weeks, so I can't slip up and cheat or get lazy on the road. How do I do it? Here's the whole process… from beginning to end:
Day before trip:
• Pack protein bars (Think Thin Bars are my favorite), raw nuts (packed in single serving baggies), protein shake mix (Click protein/energy mix), vitamins, supplements.
• Pack my UltraFlex so there's no excuse not to workout (it travels sooo well!!)
• Prepare a couple buffalo burgers and a batch of protein muffins for the road (I freeze half of the protein muffins and stick them in my luggage so they'll keep on longer flights)…
Read the complete article here:
http://tarynbagrosky.com/blog/2010/06/traveling-right.html <———————–
I am surprised you/she suggest protein bars. in my opinion they are just processed crap, ‘fortified’ with whataever they can find 😉 thin bars seem to be the same, no? (http://www.thinkproducts.com/thin-brownie-crunch.php)
I totally get what you are saying.
The things is though, everything is relative: Relative to good whole food, protein bars suck. Relative to missing a meal or eating crappy airport fast food, protein bars are awesome.
I always recommend to my clients “Best choice available” and protein bars work really well for two reasons:
1.) The have protein.
2.) You know exactly how many calories you are consuming.
If you take a few protein bars mixed in with everything else she’s bringing (like frozen Buffalo burger patties) if protein bars are the worst things you eat, your doing pretty well.