Eating on the road

[matt77]

Guys I need a plan! I'm going to be in a casino hotel for over 2 weeks while on a business trip. I think I may have to live off bars and powder most of the time. The rooms do not have a microwave or a damn fridge. I guess they want guests to eat in the 10 places located in the casino!! I know some of you guys deal with this so I need some help. If I had a micro and fridge I would be fine.

 

[SugarFree]

Guys I need a plan! I'm going to be in a casino hotel for over 2 weeks while on a business trip. I think I may have to live off bars and powder most of the time. The rooms do not have a microwave or a damn fridge. I guess they want guests to eat in the 10 places located in the casino!! I know some of you guys deal with this so I need some help. If I had a micro and fridge I would be fine.

Tunafish packets
beef jerkey
nuts
instant oatmeal
All natural peanutbutter

QuestProteinBars.com had protein bars without sugar or sugar alcohol in them

 

[thebigguy84]

Mre loaded with about 3000 calories each there are plenty of things to take with ya to eat

 

[waynaferd]

Make soup or oatmeal in the coffee maker!

 

[orozco]

U can warm up your food with the hair dryer in the hotel room. I had done it before....


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[ajpt]

Most hotels have ice machines, which is going to help. Take a cab to walmart when you get there and buy a cheap cooler along with all your protein (ie: chicken). Fill the cooler with ice. Also, bring a george forman grill with you to grill your meats. use the microwave in the lobby or continental breakfast area, or at a nearby gas station, to cook your oatmeal or instant rice...or bring a rice cooker to cook rice if you can fit it in.

I took a 7 day road trip across the country and stayed in hotels every night- this is how i was able to stick to my diet.

hope it helps, but remember- ENJOY YOURSELF!

 

[power]

Steak and eggs and oatmeal from the restaurants should not be a problem. Fruit/nuts/packaged tuna from the market to cover holes. Most restaurants will offer a grilled menue (tuna, chicken, fish) that you can get something off the menue and not torpedo your diet. You are stressing before you have even arrived and surveyed your options.

 

[hardtothecore]

It seems like 2 or 3 weeks before all of my big shows, i've always had some type of obligation that involves an extended hotel stay... weddings, bachelor parties, family reunions, etc.... This is what I usually do, and it has yet to keep me from placing well..

I routinely grill up about 15lbs of trimmed up chicken breast, and cut it all up and package it into seperate freezer bags... one for each day.. (3 days =approx 15lbs chicken)... Put it in a cooler with ice packs, and then at the hotel, continuously, and as often as possible, fill the cooler with ice from the ice machine. Since I was pre-contest, my only other foods were oats and rice cakes. Rice cakes took care of themselves, and for oats, i bought sugar free instant oatmeal packets, and would put one in a coffee cup, mix it with cold water, and eat it like it was cereal. I'd also get dry salads from the hotel restaurant and put my own chicken on it. I always felt like my little 3 day "vacations" prior to competitions ALWAYS made me harden up. For some reason being restricted solely to chicken breast and oats, rather than the other diet-friendly foods I used at home, caused an immediate plateau breaker and conditioning improved.

 

[matt77]

Thanks to everyone for the ideas!! Some good ideas floating around!! I appreciate it. Don't ask me why but tuna packs slipped my mind as did the lobby microwave. I guess I could also use the iron to cook some stuff in foil too if Im careful.

Any more tips are welcome!