Business travel, CrossFit and keeping it all going

Two months ago I started a new job with a company where travel is significantly higher than I've done in the recent past.  Being a full time working mother of two wonderful boys, crazy about fitness, and loving what I do, I find myself asking how the heck do I keep it all going?  Obviously not by maintaining this blog - that's where I've been and why I've been missing.  Until now.  A colleague suggested I blog about all the CrossFit Boxes I go to, and that got me thinking about business travel, eating healthy and all sorts of things to share.

Those who do business travel, or any kind of travel for that matter,  know how hard it is to keep healthy when on the road. Eating out can be such a pleasure, especially for the working mom because someone else preps the food, chops the veggies, cooks the meals, worries about everyone having different things, etc.   The average business traveler gains weight, and for the weight obsessed, this is a real challenge.  I've actually gotten my normal diet so clean that I don't even like to eat out anymore because I end up feeling stuffed and bloated after each meal.

So what's a business traveler to do?  Here's what I do:

1. I plan to workout as many of the days as physically possible.  When you are eating more calories, you have to burn more calories.  Since I've been doing CrossFit, I do the research ahead of time and find a Box that I can go to while I am in whatever city.  This is new for me, and will be my next blog post - maybe later today, or tomorrow.

2. I buy snacks and bring them with me.  I eat a mostly paleo, sugar free diet.  In my bag I am the most amazing beef jerky I've ever found (Beretta family farm - organic, no soy, no sugar), protein powder and a shaker bottle, individual nut portions, low carb bars, etc.

3. Breakfast is always an egg white omelete, low on grease, with some avocado slices, no cheese (I'm allergic and it's a lot of calories).

4. Dinner is almost always either a salad without dressing, olive oil, lemon and salt on the side, and a protein (grilled shrimp, chicken, whatever).  If it's not the salad, it could be a fish in a light sauce, and veggies.  No starches - that means no rice, bread, pasta, desert.  None.  If I feel like having an appetizer, I make sure it's something light and low carb - tuna carpaccio, shrimp cocktail, you get the idea.

I know most of you are probably saying, "yeah right, that's not going to happen".  My reason for sharing this is to say it can be done, and it can be managed, and you can be in control.  I know, because I do it.  And this style of eating becomes addictive.  You might just find you want to eat this way every time you eat out.  I know I do.