Some people tend to eat whatever they want while they are traveling abroad. Personally, I did that as well, but now I’m not 20 years old anymore, so I’d like to focus on a healthy lifestyle while I’m on the road.
- No grains, no worries.
According to Dr Christiane Northrup, we would be well-advised to avoid sugar and grains in our diet. More specifically, sugar shouldn’t be eaten with fat; consequently, milk chocolate and ice cream are junk food. Also, potatoes (including sweet potatoes) can replace grains, so the diet is balanced and healthy at the same time.
When I travel abroad, I oftentimes eat at nice restaurants rather than fast-food restaurants because fine dining is important to me. I don’t really go shopping while traveling, but I make sure I eat good food and stay at a cozy hotel.
Of course, that doesn’t mean you can never eat sugar or grains from now on. In fact, if you stick to the 80/20 rule, you should be fine: 80% of the time, your diet is healthy; 20% of the time, your diet can have some junk food. That’s because a healthy lifestyle doesn’t rely on diet only. Other aspects play a key role as well. Let me explain.
- The importance of an active lifestyle:
Travel is an active lifestyle; therefore, those who would like to remain more active should totally travel more.
For a very long time, I worked in retail, not because I couldn’t find other jobs, but because I enjoyed the active work. I did that while doing freelance writing on my days off. It was a great balance because that was a combination of active work and sitting quietly in front of a laptop on different days.
Now thanks to the internet, I travel a lot while doing freelance writing, so currently, my lifestyle is active and very balanced, too.
- The power of sleep:
Sleep is probably the most paramount part of a healthy lifestyle. In the past, I used to stay up late at night just to write more blog articles, which wasn’t a very healthy habit. Further examination shows that I did that due to a secondary benefit: I thought I was more productive if I stayed up late at night because I could get more things done in that way. But as a matter of fact, that was simply an unhealthy habit which undermined my productivity during the day – I didn’t sleep well at night; as a consequence, I wasn’t particularly productive from 9am to 5pm when I should be much more productive.
Now I’ve understood the concept of secondary benefit. Thus, these days I prioritize sleep and live such a healthy way of life on the road.
“What are your habits on the road?”
