Do I look like Homer?

imageI know, I know – its impossible to eat healthily when your travelling.

The choice all too often seems to come down to whether or not to supersize, rather than making sure you get your macronutrient split right for that weeks training.BTW – does anybody else hate it when you go to fill up your car and you get asked:

“do you want any of our offers today – we’ve got donuts on 3 for £1 or 2 bags of popcorn for 50p?

Drives me mad – do I look like Homer?

NO I DONT

Anyway, I digress…………

Eating on the road quite simply comes down to being prepared and damage limitation.

Personally, I like to prepare as much food as possible and take it with me, which works fine for one day but admittedly gets tricky beyond that – however these bad boys help:

http://www.sixpackbags.co.uk

If you’re not a fan of making everything then ask yourself how serious you are about this getting lean lark?

For those unsure, the only other option when your travelling is calorie restriction.

A good way I find is to fast on just coffee and coconut oil for breakfast.

For lunch – try to eat fruit and as high a protein sandwich as possible – don’t be tempted by crisps and chocolate.

Then maybe drink a pint of full fat milk in the afternoon and maybe some more fruit.

You should then be on around 750-1000 cals for the day which means for dinner you can relax a bit and go up to say 1250-1500 cals without weight gain.

This is far from ideal but hopefully shows how you can avoid disaster on the go.

I am travelling to London today for a night, maybe two so I will be employing strategy one for today and two for tomorrow.

Temptation will be all around and I may buckle a bit but one thing I always remember is this:

When I eat rubbish – I feel rubbish and who wants that?

Not me!

Useful/Interesting links: 

I recently read the book “Wheat Belly”, which unsurprisingly is about wheat in our diet and the various negative effects it has – not just for coeliacs but the general population.

Whilst I was a fan of not too much wheat before – this book really hammers home the benefits of a wheat free or my preference – wheat managed diet.

I am not a fan of cutting anything out completely unless you are intolerant.

http://www.wheatbellyblog.com

Recipe of the week:

Breakfast loaf:

This is a great snack or breakfast as the title suggests.

8 eggs
1 courgette
2 fillets of smoked mackerel

Crack the eggs in a loaf tin and beat.
Grate the courgette into the mix
Flake the mackerel and add it in

Place in the oven on 180 degrees for 20-40 mins or until cooked through – check with a knife and when the knife is dry its cooked.

Jamie “No I don’t want any donuts” Leighton

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