Have you ever come back from vacation and felt like you needed to go on a diet
this week's video is about five super easy and simple healthy eating tips so
that you can splurge on vacation but come back still feeling great and if
you're new here WELCOME I'm Christine with Where in the World is cL and I'm a
non-stop traveler and it kind of feels like one long vacation sometimes (YES!)
and to be honest I love to splurge but it's also really important to me to
maintain my health and you may not know this but in an old life I used to be a
fitness instructor for 15 years and a personal trainer but today I'm still
bringing in the big guns because even though I thought I knew so much about
nutrition it wasn't until i worked with Taylor a certified nutritionist from
Taylored Health that I really brought my health to an entirely new level so after
five years of working together these are our top tips taken away taylor! hi guys
so my number one is to always pack snacks you don't want to let yourself
get too hungry between meals because when you're hungry / hangry you get
cranky you get irritable willpower is down and you will go for whatever crap
food is available whether it be the local fast food joint that you can just
grab like McDonald's or Wendy's or that junkie protein bar that you think you
might be doing good with but it's loaded with crap ingredients whatever junk
they're serving you on the airplane so pack your snacks and here are two of my
go-to primal kitchen makes a collagen bar and
this is great because it's packed with protein fiber and healthy fats and it's
very low in sugar there's only three grams of sugar in this one they have
four different flavors a couple chocolate and a couple nutty
coconut flavors so pick your poison but there's high-quality ingredients not
a whole lot of junk added and this will keep you full for a good two to three
hours which will sustain you if you are on that flight and just waiting to get
to your your destination or your connector in order to get something that's
a real a real meal next is CB's nuts makes these yummy
pumpkin seeds they're whole pumpkin seeds in their shell and they take a
while to eat and they don't contribute a lot of calories in the process they
tastes like buttery popcorn but there is no butter to them they're salty crunchy
yummy goodness and they're packed with plant-based protein and zinc is so
important especially right now for the immune system keeping your immune system
boosted and aside from just right now when you're traveling when you're on an
airplane on that bus you're trapped in with all these germs so you want to keep
your immune system as boosted as possible while you're on the road so
there you have it a bar and the pumpkin seeds there's certainly a lot more that
we could talk about here but we'll do another segment on that in the future
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Taylor okay tip number two comng in HOT you want to be able to indulge when
you are on vacation you're traveling you dieted possibly up to this point so that
you look good and feel good on vacation but you don't want to completely blow it
and gain all sorts of weight in just a few days that you're traveling right so
let's come to a happy medium with this this tip is all about indulge have the
local cuisine enjoy your traveling you want to be able to experience so have
what that restaurant is known for is specialized in even if it is the triple
loaded pizza but then pair it with something that's healthier and
nourishing like a salad or like veggies and hummus or veggies and guacamole or
maybe you get a side dish like broccoli or sauteed asparagus or sauteed greens
whatever it is so you have less of the indulgence and you balance it out with
something with nourishment so the next day you wake up you feel
lighter you feel more energetic and you don't have this food baby food coma
that's gonna hold you back from being able to go out and explore tip number
three this is about bowel regularity and my little tip for success is to always
travel with magnesium citrate so naturally when we're traveling that's
dehydrating in and of itself you're probably I would venture to say not
drinking enough water and you might be boozing more than you're used to so we
have to get fluids back in our system and kind of loosen up those stools so
that they can actually pass and magnesium citrate is great for that it's
a natural laxative non-habit-forming and eighty percent of Americans are
deficient in magnesium anyways so we could use this as well two heaping
teaspoons in a glass of water before bed or you can get those little travel
single-serve packets and just pour that into a glass of water and I guarantee if
you drink this down before bed you'll sleep like a baby and you'll wake up and
have a great bowel movement the next day so you'll feel lighter more energetic
and ready to start your day without that toxicity and food baby feeling there you
have it I think you can see why I love her right let's dive into tip number
four which is about the timing of when you eat I think it's important to only
eat when you're hungry so you can save your calories for the meals that you
really want to have but sometimes when you're traveling you don't get a choice
of when you get to eat let's say in the example that you're on vacation and you
go on a tour and there actually arent any food options such why it's so
important for me to always make sure I've at least a few of those snacks that
Taylor talks about on hand but let's talk about a few pro tips I have for
when you're flying I always ask myself three questions the first one is how
long is the flight depending on if it's a long flight instead of having just
snacks I might actually pick up a small meal at
the airport to bring with me if I didn't pack it the second question is there a
layover if there is I like to look on Google that airports map so I can see
what are the food options so I can either eat something fun or drink
something fun and I don't have to settle for McDonald's sorry if you like
McDonald's the last question is what time will I land or is there a time zone
change at my destination here's an example I fly often times from Florida to
California that's a three-hour time difference and one time I landed very
very late at night and I was starving so I like to plan ahead of time by using
things like Google Maps or Yelp to look up food options in the area that might
have later opening times and so I can know my options and not have to settle
for McDonald's sorry McDonald's lovers tip number five
is my little secret I love to splurge while I'm traveling but I also recognize
that what I'm eating while I'm out is way richer and totally different than
what I eat at home and so a practicing portion control is really important the
watercress and eggs I ate for breakfast this morning looks a little bit
different than the breakfast of champions I had in Seville Spain with
cava and foie gras but that's where my little secret comes in digestive enzymes
I love these things because they're a natural way to help you break down food
and you just take one right before you eat so that meals that are guaranteed to
give you a stomach ache like the one that I had are broken down way more
easily and naturally and my mom tells me I'm a genius but I ain't your doctor so
make sure you do the adult thing and make sure it's the right thing for you
five tips to help you come back from vacation not feeling like you need to go
on a diet if you enjoyed it CHEERS that like button if you didn't already share
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