Taking a long trip - the will-power challenge

Doug Lerner wrote in message ...
But it turns out that next week I need to go on a one month trip to the
U.S., including Boston, Columbia (MO) and New Orleans.

Speaking only for Boston, you'll find that a lot of restaurants in the
area, as well as a LOT of chain restaurants throughout the U.S., offer
low-carb selections. I've had very good luck by telling the waitstaff
"I'm doing the low-carb thing", and they're pretty good about offering
substitutions for the pasta and bread.

If you're in downtown Boston, the Shaw's Supermarket next to
Prudential Center is very good with all kinds of low-carb foods.
Okay, some of them are frankenfoods and real cr*p, but they have a
salad bar and lots of good selections, and they might be only a block
or two from your hotel!

It's common, especially in the south, to find "breakfast all day"
restaurants where you can order omelets and egg dishes at any time.

I travel quite a lot, and I find that it's important to carry some
"safe" foods with me. I pack nuts and cheese, and some meal
replacement bars for when I'm stuck on a plane with no food, or only
bad food choices. I've had good luck finding "proper" food in most
airports these days, when there's time to stop and buy something.
Usually it's a chef's salad or ceasar salad, but in St. Louis last
week I got bunless burgers from Burger King, served in a dish and
without any sauces. Like a little meat patty salad.

I hope this helps you!

Thanks, Merryl. Good pointers, all around.

doug

On 5/20/04 2:54 AM, in article
, "Merryl"
wrote:

Doug Lerner wrote in message
...
But it turns out that next week I need to go on a one month trip to the
U.S., including Boston, Columbia (MO) and New Orleans.

Speaking only for Boston, you'll find that a lot of restaurants in the
area, as well as a LOT of chain restaurants throughout the U.S., offer
low-carb selections. I've had very good luck by telling the waitstaff
"I'm doing the low-carb thing", and they're pretty good about offering
substitutions for the pasta and bread.

If you're in downtown Boston, the Shaw's Supermarket next to
Prudential Center is very good with all kinds of low-carb foods.
Okay, some of them are frankenfoods and real cr*p, but they have a
salad bar and lots of good selections, and they might be only a block
or two from your hotel!

It's common, especially in the south, to find "breakfast all day"
restaurants where you can order omelets and egg dishes at any time.

I travel quite a lot, and I find that it's important to carry some
"safe" foods with me. I pack nuts and cheese, and some meal
replacement bars for when I'm stuck on a plane with no food, or only
bad food choices. I've had good luck finding "proper" food in most
airports these days, when there's time to stop and buy something.
Usually it's a chef's salad or ceasar salad, but in St. Louis last
week I got bunless burgers from Burger King, served in a dish and
without any sauces. Like a little meat patty salad.

I hope this helps you!

(Merryl) wrote in message . com...

[snip]
I travel quite a lot, and I find that it's important to carry some
"safe" foods with me. I pack nuts and cheese, and some meal
replacement bars for when I'm stuck on a plane with no food, or only
bad food choices.
[snip]

http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/...m?pagenumber=4

(Serenity) wrote in message ...
(Merryl) wrote in message . com...

[snip]
I travel quite a lot, and I find that it's important to carry some
"safe" foods with me. I pack nuts and cheese, and some meal
replacement bars for when I'm stuck on a plane with no food, or only
bad food choices.
[snip]

http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/...m?pagenumber=4

Should quote the article:

"To complicate matters, you may not be able to judge every bar by its
wrapper. In October 2001, when ConsumerLab.com announced the findings
of its independent laboratory tests of 30 nutrition bars, 18 did not
meet the claims of ingredient levels on the label. More than any other
misrepresentation, about one-half of the nutrition bars exceeded the
carbohydrate levels stated on the wrapper (one bar promoted as a
low-carbohydrate diet product claimed it had just 2 grams of
carbohydrates, but testing showed it actually contained 22 grams)."