The Food Breakup- It's Time To Change Your Relationship With Food!

You want an awesome accountability partner? Someone who's always with you through thick and thin? Someone who won't judge you but will never budget in their relentless pursuit of you staying (or getting) to where you want to be? Here's your partner...meet your favorite pair of jeans (or shorts or whatever kind of pants you love). Bue Jeans? I have a brand of jeans I love. Yet there's nothing more frustrating than trying to put them on when I'm not at the right waistline. The frustration of getting that button to slip inside of that hole...arrgggg! I can get frustrated just thinking about it. Yet, how can you use that to your advantage? I used this hack as I was dropping weight. When I was a 38" the jeans were starting to fit tight. I said to myself, I'm not doing 40". I refused to buy 40" pants even though the 38" were snug. With time and focus the 38" got loose, so what did I do? Of course, I went back to eating more and exercising ...

I use to say that eating right while traveling was tough. If we say that, we will find a way to make it true. Really though, it's not as hard as you might think with a few strategies. Here are some thoughts on food while traveling... @Restaurant - When you eat out while traveling you need to limit options. If you sit down at dinner and open the menu, you're screwed. What you say? Not look at the menu? Mark, you've lost your mind. Yup, don't even open it. Ever restaurant has grilled fish or chicken and vegetables. It's just that easy. You got this! Personally, I like fish but it never tastes as great at home than when I'm traveling. So fish is a go-to for me. @Airport - Ok, truth. Fewer options here. You can get a grilled chicken sandwich about anywhere, but here's where some prep helps. Get your blender bottle with protein powder out. Ice and water and you're set for a meal. No joke, carry that thing with you everywhere! My favorite is Quest protein ...