[CH] plane food/road food
raincrone@juno.com
Fri, 30 Mar 2001 00:00:50 -0500
> Oh, Suz: my long-haul flight strategy: change watch >to destination
time
> as soon as I get on the plane. Decline alchohol with
> food.
And I do better if I don't eat or drink anything salty, greasy or sugary
for the duration of the trip, even if it has chiles in it and looks
wonderful. I limit caffeine intake somewhat on trips to avoud the
blood-sugar drop, and am not one to sugar my coffee or tea anyway. Oh,
and I do make an effort to get up and walk the aisle(s) or get out of the
car and walk a bit every hour or so. Some fluid retention on long trips
is inevitable, and that's part of why people get tired and irritable on
the road...but it can be kept to a minimum.
I don't get to travel much anymore, but on any trip (plane, car, train,
whatever) long enough that I'm going to get hungry, I take along my own
eats and skip plane food/road food altogether, especially the snacks. I
find I get way less tired and stressed and bitchy (and I can also add a
layer of fresh chiles to the sandwich, something you sure won't find on a
plane. :))
Bottled water, apples, veggie sticks, hardboiled eggs with just a little
salt, and/or sandwiches on wholegrain bread with fairly low-salt,
non-greasy fillings, that's what helps my aging carcass get through a
trip. And if I'd rather get a quick takeout meal, I generally stop at a
grocery store with a steamtable instead of going to McDonald's.
If it's a nice day and I can get out of the car, walk a bit and picnic
under a tree, that's even better. Ma Nature is hugely restorative, and
so is motion that gets the blood circulating instead of just pooling in
my ass. :)
Keep on rockin',
Rain
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