Meals - Days 12-16

I'm back, the business trip was a success and i came back lighter than when i left...

For the past 5 days i have had to fend for myself, no pre-prepped meals at all, this gave me a chance to put my portion control into practice and stick to the lessons i have learned, being away on business is difficult for us food addicts because we are free to do as we please with no-one to judge what we are nibbling away on in our hotel rooms or at the dreaded table for one, alcohol consumption normally increases too as hotels always have a bar handy for socialising or to network with other businessmen, then there are the courtesy meals out with customers to contend with, business breakfasts, lunches and dinners, fine restaurants, back street cafes and the odd invite to a customer hosting dinner at home.

So how did i handle all this, i basically prepared myself mentally before i left to not let myself down whilst on my trip, to test myself to see if i am being serious about this weight loss and lifestyle change, my goal was to show the readers of this blog, my family and friends that i have the maturity and strength to see this through to the end.

I have spent the last 5 days studying menus to find the healthiest most nutrient balanced item to eat, i have pictured in my mind what the 85kg version of myself would have for lunch and stuck to it, also i have tried to remember what i would have had to eat at meal times on previous trips and made sure that all my portion sizes where at least 1/4 of the size, at restaurants i have stuck to water sparking or still, made sure i have had a handy bag of trail mix and a bottle of water in my bag at all times and in all instances but one i managed to stay away from anything obvious in high fat/sugar content.

Breakfast was easy, bran flakes and a splash of milk, mid morning snack a trail mix of nuts, seeds, dried fruit and chocolate pieces, lunch vegetable wraps, beef strips with cous cous or Greek salads, afternoon snack the remnants of the mornings trail mix, dinner i stuck to fish, grilled of course or calamari, prawns, mussels each with rice, one whiskey to finish off with straight plus an ice block.

I cracked once and had a chocolate mousse desert, but i am not beating myself up over it because on that night i had decided to walk to the restaurant instead of taking the car as per normal.

I am now back on the pre-prepped meals, i have made arrangements to be able to take them with me on my longer trips as most airlines will let you if the food is vac packed and sealed in a cool box or polystyrene container.

It's good to be back blogging again, thanks for hanging around...