10. Pack your Gym Gear, Vitamins, and Supplements
It is a lot harder to find motivation to work out while traveling if you don’t have the gear that you need! Always pack gym gear so that you have no excuse not to exercise, and consider bringing some light weight equipment like a skipping rope to boost your workouts on the road. If you regularly take vitamins and supplements, pack yourself a supply for the duration of your travel so that you can maintain your routine while you are away. Keeping up with healthy habits can have a snowball effect where if you maintain healthy aspects of your regular routine, you are motivated to make other healthy choices with respect to your food and exercise while on vacation.
11. Plan Ahead for Special Dietary Needs
If you’re gluten-intolerant, celiac, or have other food allergies, consider printing a card that lists your dietary needs in the local language. This way, you can communicate your requirements to the staff in a way that they understand so that you get what you want to stay healthy while traveling. Sometimes in the service industry, the staff is so eager to please the customers that they will assure them that something is possible without fully understanding the implications, so if you are risking a health problem, this could be a low fuss solution.
12. Keep a Dictionary on Hand
If you are traveling somewhere with a different language, pack a dictionary and keep it close to help you navigate the menu and make healthy food choices. You can’t avoid deep fried food and rich sauces if you don’t know that they’re in there! Look up the words that you don’t understand to help you learn about cooking methods and ingredients so that you can choose healthy food.
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