Like landing at the wrong airport?

 

I've had this for 2 years and it works great.

 

I completely agree on all points. This is where most people go wrong when on the road. Saving money is one thing. It DOES cost a little more to eat healthy while traveling but the options are there, sometimes just have to get creative. Personally, I enjoy the variety of NOT eating tuna, PBJ and protein bars all day every day. Just takes a little work and creativity and you can be healthy and not have the diet of a prison inmate.

Small modifications can make fast food work pretty well for you. I've found that an Egg McMuffin w/o cheese is one of the best breakfast deals in the airport. Almost perfect balance of protein and carbs, very little fat and only $2-3 bucks. One thing you have to remember is that McD's makes money hand over fist...and their food is inexpensive. Sooooo connect the dots...where do you think the profit comes from?

Another favorite breakfast is oatmeal with protein powder mixed in.

So true. Usually the same person you see screaming at the gate agent later about their "Platinum-Medallion-1K-Global-ness". Get a CUP OF COFFEE. If you are getting a double caramel, extra whip soy machiatto...you probably don't like coffee. Just spare those of us that do, and go get a milkshake from McD's. Normal coffee is usually less than $2 for a grande/medium/whatever. Only calories in it are whatever sugar and cream you add. Stick to the skim milk and all you're really adding is a little calcium and protein. Also, little known fact: the lighter the roast on coffee the more caffeine it has. So more caffeine in a small blonde roast plain coffee than in your triple shot soy latte poop shoot luber. And a third the price!

Only way to go at this most universal of airport eateries. I love standing in line and watching them bring out tray after tray while every rube gets a big pile of orange chicken. It's fried chicken paste nuggets with salted corn syrup on it people! Does that seem like a healthy choice? And you don't have to get fried rice and/or chow mein. Ask for steamed rice and you cut out a couple hundred calories and 15 grams of fat right there. Top it with something that has vegetables and a protein you can recognize and you'll be just fine. Just watch out for the sodium.

Other thing I always see is people going to Subway...you know, the healthy option, right? Only to get white bread, slather it in mayo, dressing and cheese and top it with some iceberg lettuce and a listless tomato slice. The meats they use at Subway are not the best quality but they do add enough protein. The way to save this meal is to skip the iceberg lettuce (worthless vegetable anyway) and load up on the other veggies and spinach and get the whole wheat bread.

And don't get me started on Chipotle/Qdoba/Baja Fresh/etc. Yeah, everything there is fresh and wholesome...blah blah blah. But the burritos are the size of an INFANT! You put that much ANYTHING in you at one time and its a bad idea!

Amen. Can't tell you how many times I've tripped or got hung up on some guys feed bag. I don't care if you have it, just don't try to kill me with it. I carry a laptop bag with me most trips, has my snacks (almonds, cliff bars, oatmeal, protein powder and fruit and maybe a sandwich on day 1 if you're wondering what I pack), reading material, anything I'm working on, etc. It takes up some space and can get in the way. So when we are on the ground, it goes up by my rudder pedals until we lock the door and are ready to push. I would appreciate the courtesy from my cubicle partner.

As far as the food poisoning comments...I have gotten the runs twice in 7 years from airport/hotel food (once in EWR airport, once in MEX at the hotel). And that includes a LOT of time spent in Mexico. In that same time period, I have had probably 5 or 6 crew members give themselves food poisoning, either from their feed bag or from something they bought in the airport and carried with them unrefrigerated for 2 days. Had one girl who stretched a foot-long from Subway into day 3. No surprise there when she was blowing up the lav all the way home on day 4!

 

It's so funny how bringing food to trips equates to being cheap. I bring $10/pound deli meat and European made condiments to work, mostly because the sandwich available at airports are subpar. Am I being cheap?

To stick with the original topic, I usually bring deli meat,cheese, and condiments to make a sandwich for each day of the trip. And whatever my wife made that week for each day of the trip in frozen form, unless there's a good restaurant I like within walking distance of the hotel. Yes, homemade meals save me money, but I just got tired of eating at restaurants every day. Restaurant food is usually too salty. Once or twice a trip is ok, but not every day for me. Snack wise, I usually bring a pita bread and Hummus, and sometimes Oranges as well.

 

True. Granted, it is pretty high fat (relatively speaking), but with all the exercise I do, I'm not too concerned.

Plus the coffee has antioxidants in it. Which most diets are completely lacking in.

Again, true. It's REALLY hard to dodge the sodium, but I also drink a lot of water. And the steamed rice isn't a big deal for me. But it is a processed/refined carb. I don't care, but some people that aren't active can have problems with it.

About the ONLY good thing of a long IAD sit is the Chipotle. I just get the bowl, and do the veggies instead of beans. The tortilla is a calorie bomb.

 

Why would you skip the black beans? They're packed full of anthocyanin flavonoids, protein and soluble fiber, and they have remarkable alpha-amylase inhibitory effects.

 

Someone knows their BEANS!

 

Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Just depends on my hunger level, whether or not I feel like I need the carbs, etc. I'm also usually getting the fiber elsewhere in my diet.

I usually get double meat so the protein isn't an issue. Plus the veggies have nutritional value as well. And usually less salt. Combine the beans with the rice and the sodium goes up. Not to an astronomical level, but most diets already have way too much salt in them anyway.

 

Yep. There is a high corollary to their politics, too. More often than not, they go hand-in-hand.

Moving on...

 

LMAO ! so much truth to these statements.