Travel. Sometimes it’s a GREAT thing. Sometimes you dread it.

To be honest, I think I dread this trip more than anything. It’s a work trip. It’s just me..and it’s to Morgantown, West Virginia. I’ve heard the area is gorgeous though. The conference is at West Virginia University and my hotel is right near campus, so I do hope to get some quality jogging around campus. I love colleges…something about the atmosphere makes me smile from ear to ear.

We all know how difficult it can be to maintain your healthy eating habits while traveling. I tend to think that traveling should be a time to let loose a bit and enjoy yourself..but this trip will be pretty mundane and I will be challenging myself to learn to be healthy when I’m thrown in many different “unknown” situations to me. Plus, I’m honestly EXCITED to eat some things I don’t usually eat. You tend to get in eating routines at home, so being thrown out of that pattern can be good sometimes.

So, along the way I will be blogging about my eats and what exercise I manage to get in. Hopefully, I can give you ideas and tips along the way that you can use the next time you travel.

So, today will be a day full of traveling. I have TWO layovers so my time will be filled with airport food.

So, I’ve been researching some healthy tips for spending time in airports!

Tips on how to be healthy at airports:

1. Avoid mega portions and high calorie beverages at airport restaurants and you will have avoided two major obstacles.
2. There are plenty of healthy items at newstands! Look for peanuts, almonds, nuts, dried fruit, regular fruit.
3. Sandwiches at delis CAN be healthy: look for whole grain, nice protein, and veggies and stay away from heavy sauces.
4. Other good choices include: Slice of veggie/cheese pizza with a side salad, a burrito with beans and veggies and brown rice, or a smoothie.
5. Don’t just sit waiting for your plane! If you’ve got some time to kill–walk around, get your exercise in, and people watch!

All that being said, I did my best to start my day off right.

I woke up early, kicked butt at my Move it in July Challenge and made it to the gym for a workout.

I don’t have time to put it into excel…but my workout consisted of:

Pulls Ups 3 x 10
Push Ups 3 X 20
Planks 3 x 75 seconds
Rear delt flyes 3 X 10
Hammer Curls 3 x 10
Tricep Dips 3 x 10
Lunges 3 x 20

Then, I followed it up with an ellipitcal workout.

I stayed on for 30 minutes…increasing the resistance by 1 every two minutes. It got pretty dang tough towards the end.

I followed it up with some great breakfast!

Scrambled eggs with zuchinni and hot sauce

Cinnamon Raison Ezekial English muffin with cinnamon raison peanut butter

And now, here’s me. Ready to fly off!

See you all in Chicago!!

What are your stay healthy tips at airports?!