The Fun Fit Blog

Healthy Airport Breakfast

Eating healthy when you travel is difficult. Often, the first unhealthy meal of any trip begins with  breakfast. The typical breakfast menus at most airports include eggs, sausages, bacon, potatoes, donuts, muffins, and pastries.

But an often overlooked healthy breakfast is oatmeal. You might have to do some searching, but chances are good that there is hot, healthy, yummy oatmeal waiting for you somewhere in the airport. For instance, Au Bon Pain offers oatmeal with almonds, brown sugar, and raisins. Unlike most airport breakfasts, oatmeal is low in saturated fat and cholesterol. It also contains a good amount of protein and fiber.

Just because you're traveling, doesn't mean that you can't eat healthy. Remember, you always have healthy options.

Have Fun, Be Fit!
"Functional Marc"

Stay Hydrated During Your Travels

You've been travelling all day and you finally get to your hotel room. You were so busy travelling that you haven't drank much water. Then when you get to your hotel room, you find a very small glass.

Drinking enough water during your travels can be challenging. Bring a water bottle when you travel. When you arrive at your destination, fill up your water bottle and start drinking.

Have fun, stay fit!
"Functional Marc"

Stay Fit This Holiday Season, Pack Smart

Going on a road trip over the holidays? Here are some packing ideas:

• Protein bars that don't melt or crush
• Pre-mixed Protein Shakes
• Kettlebell

Use the bars and shakes for a healthy, low-calorie breakfast or in place of junk food. They will save you calories this holiday season.

The kettlebell is compact and you can preform countless exercises to get a full-body workout while you travel. If you are a beginner, look for a kettlebell that comes with an instructional DVD and pick a light weight, ie 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms).

In the United States, GoFit.net, makes a nice kettlebell that comes with a beginner DVD and is available at many stores, ie Target . For some reason, the 1st exercise GoFit shows in their video is fairly advanced, so do what you feel comfortable with. But for only 1 piece of equipment on a road trip, the kettlebell is the way to go.

If you are traveling this holiday season, pack smart.

Have Fun, Be Fit!
"Functional Marc"

Workout Anywhere

This is the time of the year when many people travel for the holidays. Often it's hard to find the time to workout while traveling and sometimes your hotel doesn't have a gym. But you can workout anywhere, anytime without any equipment.

With just a hotel room, you can do:

• Pushups for the upper body - remember to keep your abs and glutes tight and keep your back straight
• Lunges - even with no weight, you'll stay in shape
• Squats - go really slow for each set, since you won't be using weights
• One-leg calve raises - facing a wall, place your hands on the wall, lean forward, keep one leg off the ground, and slowly lift and then lower your body with the one leg on the ground, keep the leg straight, use only the calf muscle, go slow 
• Tricep dips - use a chair in the room for your dips, go slow since you're not using weights

Cardio is easy. You can walk or run outside. You can also run up and down the hotel stairs.

Have fun and be fit!
"Functional Marc"

EAS Myoplex Lite Shake

EAS Myoplex Lite Shake - A Brief Review

It's tough enough staying healthy on a trip. It's even tougher without your favorite protein supplement. When you're traveling, you can't pack everything. That means, most of us will be without our big tub of protein powder and a gallon of milk or soy milk. However, there are always alternatives when you travel.

I stumbled upon EAS Myoplex Lite Shakes when I was getting ready for a recent trip. These are ready-to-drink shakes. They pack well for road trips. They are also available at many stores, so if you fly you can buy them when you arrive at your destination. This shake does taste better chilled. But that shouldn't be a problem. The shake container is small, so you can even keep it cool with your hotel's ice bucket.

I tried the Chocolate Fudge flavor. It was very tasty. I like this ready-to-drink shake because of it's nutritional stats:

• 170 Calories
• Only 2 g of Fat
• 20g of Protein

These stats are perfect for someone who is traveling. Skip the hotel breakfast buffet and have this shake instead. You'll probably get as much, if not more protein than the buffet for a lot less calories.

The EAS Myoplex Lite Shake gets my recommendation. It's cheaper to buy protein powder in bulk than a ready-to-drink shake, but for travel you can't beat the EAS Myoplex Lite Shake. And chances are very good you can find it at a store near you.

Have fun and be healthy!

"Functional Marc"