Getaway Essentials and Low Calorie Day

My Saturday started with the hardest plank ever. Have you tried this? I did 3 sets on each arm holding for 20(ish) seconds each time. This really is the #ultimateplankchallenge!!

I hit up the chiropractor for another adjustment. Whatever he's doing has helped my knee. Obviously it's an alignment issue. 

The rest of the day I focused on PACKING FOR BALI!!

mrC has a trip there and since the flights are so affordable from here, I'm meeting him for a couple of days. I love being able to experience new places. 

From my previous trips to Vietnam and Maldives, I've learned to pack the essentials for a quick getaway like this. 

Swimwear: I love doing mix and match options.

Fitness wear: again mix and match goes a long way. mrC packs my running shoes for me (super lucky)!

Everyday wear: light and simple options, but variety too. Tanks, short sleeves, and one long sleeve.

Dress: of course one dress is needed!

What I ate on low calorie day

Breakfast: eggs and pb&j rice cake

Lunch: turkey slices, pb&j rice cake, pb banana protein bar

Dinner: bbq chicken breast, green beans, sweet potato fries

Snack: watermelon (my favorite) and then I had an apple

Macros: still trying to figure out the carbs, but I was also dealing was limited supply since I'm headed out of town. 

Have you ever been to Bali??

Airplanes - 12 hours = Low Calorie Rest Day

Traveling 12 time zones over a 24 hour period, but losing 12 hours is challenging when you are trying to following a nutrition and fitness plan. I ended up flip flopping days because it worked better.

We left the US on Friday morning (regular calorie day) and landed Saturday night (morning in the US and low calorie day). Since our meals were completely off once we boarded our flight to Hong Kong and there was no time to do the scheduled workout, it just made since to use the FRI/SAT travel day as a low calorie day. Are you confused yet? Yea, me too!

Eats from our 26 hour low calorie travel day

Breakfast: watermelon, scrambled eggs, coffee
Easy enough at the hotel before we left. We literally had to eat and run since our first flight departed Ohio at 7:45 and breakfast started at 6:00!

Lunch: grilled chicken salad, Italian dressing, water, and veggie chips

Fudrucker's at DFW does a good salad. I was still following regular calorie day at this point and trying to include starchy carbs with the chips. All of it was yummy!

Dinner: some lettuce and pork from airplane meal, water, and another serving of veggie chips

Airplane food is hardly ever good. It was all I could do to eat some of the pork and then I pretty much lost my appetite. 

Snacks: peanuts, water, pb&j rice cakes

While waiting for the ferry at the Hong Kong airport, I ate the peanuts that I snagged from the USO in Dallas. These held me over until we got to the apartment and I made some rice cakes.

After snacking, I went online and made my grocery order to be delivered tomorrow morning. Lots of veggies and fruits coming our way!

How is your appetite when you travel?