Travel Tips

Debby Bridges, Office Manager at RNfit Weight Management shares these tips and tricks for staying "In the Box" while traveling.

Pack:
· All the shakes and entrees you will need while you are gone and MORE
· A cooler filled with fruit and vegetables to snack on
· Lots of canned fruits and vegetables with pop tops
· Plastic forks and spoons, paper cups, napkins and bowls
· Blender bottle or an electric blender
· Individual packets of fat-free salad dressing and sweetener
· Dishwashing detergent to wash the blender bottle

Plan:
· Make a plan for the travel day and the first day of your trip in case you don't make it to the store right away. Before you leave, prepare your meal (mix vegetables with entrée) so it is ready for heating and eating.

No microwave, No problem:
· Stop at Travel Centers to use the microwave to heat entrees
· Ask restaurants to heat entrees
· Put entrees over hot vegetables (examples: baked potatoes or steamed broccoli)
· Put entrees in car windows (on dashboard, out of box with black side up), the sun will heat them up! It really works!!
· Fill sink with hot water and let the entrees sit in water
· Put heated entrée in thermos with vegetables before you leave- the meal is ready when you are
· Heat entrée and wrap in a towel and store in cooler to preserve heat

On Airplanes:
· Have HMR food and fruit in all suitcases, including carry on
· Ask for bottle of water on the plane. Drink some and add package of 70+ and shake. Have as pudding or shake.
· Be sure and pack plastic utensils in carry on

Get your Minimums In, No Matter What!
· Eat Early, "front load"
· Have an entrée for breakfast
· Have 3 shakes for breakfast and 2 entrees for lunch, Eat vegetables for lunch and dinner
· Eat the entrée before you go to the restaurant
· Don't get hungry. Your "willpower" is strongest when you are full
· Decide what you are going to eat before you get the restaurant. Check out menus on-line.
· Take a short walk EVERY time you stop!