Over the next few weeks I will be blogging while I am traveling to different parts of the United States, where I will be food tasting and participating at various health and fitness centers located in the cities I am visiting.
Miami
Miami
Denver
This will be an extended tour of the east coast; I plan on spending about 3 weeks there and a couple of weeks in the mid west; Colorado and Kansas City. I’ll be visiting New York, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Washington D.C., Virginia, N. Carolina, and both coast of Florida.
This will be an extended tour of the east coast; I plan on spending about 3 weeks there and a couple of weeks in the mid west; Colorado and Kansas City. I’ll be visiting New York, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Washington D.C., Virginia, N. Carolina, and both coast of Florida.
Kansas City
Once again I am faced with the challenge of travel and weight control. Normally I would not be too concerned if this was a simple trek to another location in Asia; I could control my meals easily enough but this is a trip home which means traveling directly into the belly of the beast of tasty trans-fats.
The Challenge: How to maintain or drop my weight and enjoy eating everything I want?
Make a Plan:
1. Stay Active: Make sure to continue to do my daily training. This will probably require the most conscious effort as I will be driving for long stretches of time and sightseeing. Also I will need to formulate a the calorie intake before I partake to insure I burn enough during training to allow me to eat as I please.
2. Know what I want to eat: This too requires a bit of planning as it is determined by cravings for desired taste and texture. The good news is my palate has changed since I moved to Asia consequently I crave vegetarian and micro biotic foods too. My wish list for the first leg of this tour is below. I believe as long as I stick to my list, limit snacking to healthy foods such as fruit and nuts and keep the portions under control, I can stay under 3,000 calories per day, burn the excess off in training and walk away from NYC and the North East at a push weight.
NYC food hit list:
· Cheese cake from Juniors on Broadway
· Vegetarian from Havana Central in the theater district
· Chinese from Wu Laing Ye in Mid town east theater district
· Rack of lamb from Becco’s Italian restaurant in the theater district
· Pizza from Patzeria Perfect Pizza W. 46th Street.
· Sushi from Ruby Foo’s on Broadway
· Monster size deli sandwich from Carnegie Deli
· Hamburger from Burger Joint mid town west
· Hot Dog from Gray’s Papaya
· Milk Shake from Toscanini’s in Cambridge, Ma
· Fresh Maine Lobster in Maine
Thirty days of extended travel for business or pleasure is long enough to undue any healthy habits I have in place and one month is long enough to rekindle and develop any unhealthy behavior I have put to bed long ago. In preparation for this trip I have quit smoking, started eating a high protein vegetarian meal plan and gone off the booze. I am projecting the heavy fats that I plan to indulge in while in NYC will be enough of a shock to my system that my body will flush them instead of store them. I expect to eat what I please but I will pace myself so that each treat is a dining delight.
Being on the road for a Fat Man in Paradise has the potential to be an extremely stressful and destructive situation. I am aware of my weaknesses and I believe I have the power and self control to make this journey a prosperous, fun filled and successful venture.
The coming weeks will be full of pictures, movies and updates, enjoy the read.
Go have some fun,
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