One of the things that I always let get in my weight (pun intended) is my work. Particularly the traveling that I do for work. The first trip of the year I do pretty well. Maybe I don’t actually eat healthy while I’m traveling, but I usually bounce back to my routine when I get home. The second trip of the year and it takes me a few days of being home before I bounce back. At some point, I don’t bounce back. I come home and I continue to eat out every meal until I’ve gained back 5 lbs, then 10 lbs and pretty soon it’s all back, and I’m miserable.
That first day back from a trip I tell myself that I haven’t had time to go shopping. One more take out meal can’t do any more damage than all the ones I ate on travel can it? Then it becomes two meals and pretty soon it’s a week later and I still haven’t seen the inside of a grocery store nor eaten any food that grew on an actual plant.
So the hurdle is here today. I flew out this morning for my first week of many away from home. I’m sure some of you were wondering why I started a ‘diet’ last week by changing my water intake only. It is the small changes that I need to stick. The small changes that I can take with me on a business trip or vacation and feel good about accomplishing. Not the major changes I try to make and take a ‘vacation’ from when I’m away from home.
So this week I’m resolving to stick to drinking my 80 oz. of water every day, blogging, meditating and finally, I’m not going to eat out every meal of the day. I may also throw in a workout or two while I’m here. I brought all my clothing and both the office and the hotel have gyms. I had a good start today. After landing, I picked up my car and swung by a grocery store on my way into the office. I picked up enough lean cuisine dinners for a couple of days, apples, string cheese and some granola bars for snacks. I also took advantage of my hotels program of letting you order room service for check-in 24 hours before your arrival. I had a simple turkey sandwich and a fruit basket delivered to my room right after I checked in. Knowing there would be food on my arrival made it so much easier for me not to swing by the local McDonald’s on my way to the hotel.
If I’m going to change my life, I HAVE to change the way I deal with my life when I travel. I can’t use it as an excuse any more for my life being in disarray. I just have to plan my life around it better.
So here’s the thought for today from Marvin J. Ashton ~ True happiness is not made in getting something. True happiness is becoming something. This can be done by being committed to lofty goals. We cannot become something without committment.
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