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Next Sunday, I am going somewhere I have never been before (isn’t that always fun!?). I am headed to North Carolina for work. I’ll be in the Asheville area for a full week, and I am pretty darn excited.
If you have any recommendations for good eats, please share!
I’ll be living out of a hotel for five nights; so, naturally, being the health nut that I am, I’ve already thought about how this will “throw off” my normal, safe, comfortable daily healthy lifestyle.
My week in NC is going to be a busy one, with long days orientating new employees about the wellness program at the brewery. I imagine that I will get plenty of steps in walking around the facility, but when I think of travel (whether for work or for leisure), the health nut in me thinks of two things: 1) food and 2) fitness.
What will I eat? I’ll have to eat out all week. When will I be able to exercise? Is there a gym at the hotel?
Who else thinks like this?
While I don’t want to throw my healthful lifestyle out the window for six days, I do want to experience the culture (i.e. eat Southern food) and enjoy this unique opportunity. Here are a few ways that I plan to sustain my healthy habits while not making my personal fitness and food choices be the focus of my travel:
– Walk as much as possible (wear my pedometer)
– Attend 1-2 yoga classes at the brewery or downtown Asheville
– Use the hotel gym a few times for quick HIIT/interval workouts
– Prepare my own breakfasts and most snacks
Barney Butter recently sent me samples of their newest and fanciest almond butters, which will most definitely be traveling in my carry-on.
When in NC, I’ll have access to a co-op where I will stock my hotel mini fridge with apples, bananas, and carrots to pair with these flavorful almond butter packets. Plus, I foresee making oatmeal with nut butter in the morning… and dark chocolate with the vanilla/espresso flavor, well that is what I call a jet lag pick-me-up.
Check out these new flavors: Honey + Flax | Vanilla Bean + Espresso | Raw + Chia
What are your healthy living tips for traveling?
What are your health hacks for air travel + hotel living?
Disclosure: Barney Butter provided me with product, but this is not a sponsored post.
As always, opinions are entirely my own.
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Vanilla bean espresso almond butter sounds amazing!
I try and make some portable healthy snacks at home to take with me if I know I’m going to have a long travel day.
Have fun in North Carolina!
Boiled eggs made in the coffee pot. Thank goodness for refrigerators in hotel rooms!
Never would have thought of that one!
I definitely utilize the hotel gym whenever I’m traveling, like you said. And walking! I try to get a hotel room that is on a higher floor as well and always try to take the stairs up to the floor and down when possible.
As for food, I make a shopping trip when I get to my destination to stock up on some basics I couldn’t bring with me.
I think like that, too! I usually bring too many healthy snacks and end up bringing them back home!
I always bring healthy snacks when traveling, and scope out what the hotel gym will have available + available outdoor activities and yoga classes etc. :)
Oh yea, I definitely think like this too! Your tips are all ones that I implement when I travel. I always make sure to have a lot of healthy snacks on hand, because sometimes you never know what the food situation will be like!
I always have nut butters, protein bars, and lollipops with me at all times. Haha. Balance!
I travel a lot for work and my biggest concerns are always food and fitness. I make a big effort to get up early and fit my workout in because it will never happen at the end of the day, there is always a work dinner or I am exhausted from a long day. For food, I always have nuts and granola bars (like Kind bars) on me so I can have a healthy snack if I need it.
Hi there! I love traveling to new places. For me traveling with food is key to success. I always pack my own breakfast and lunch for the airport on travel day in disposable containers. That way I am not stuck eating airport food. My coworkers are all use to my habits by now and no longer make fun of me, but rather say “Man, I wish I had done that instead of eating this burger.” I also travel with a couple pieces of fruit, almond butter packets, Quest bars, and some bags of almonds that I create at home for each day. Sometimes I make my own bags of granola or trail mix. My homemade trail mix was a lifesaver for my boyfriend and I when we went to Paris. Amazing how I take what seems like a lot, but I always eat it all and am happy I brought it.
Thanks for the great ideas!
Have a great trip! I’ve always wanted to visit Asheville. I’ve heard it’s like a small SF for North Carolina. :)
Yes, Kelli! Come visit. Asheville is THE best!
I also love to walk on trips – and bring my running gear everywhere. For easy work outs, I love the J & J 7 Minute App which has great body weight workouts you can do in any hotel room or gym. I always bring healthy snacks. My breakfast hack for airplanes is Vigilant Eats cereal. You just add water and the hemp milk powder creates an awesome cereal. Also I try to drink LOTS of water.
Laughing Seed Cafe and Rosetta’s Kitchen are AMAZING for more vegetarian-friendly/healthy options, and Early Girl Eatery is a great place to find delicious, farm-to-table Southern comfort food.
Thanks for the recs! Do you live in Asheville?
No problem! I went to college in NC and we used to take trips up to Asheville. I have a feeling healthy travel will be no problem for you in that city — it’s great! I actually live in OR now, so enjoy NC for me!
crunchy almond butter? would love to try that.