Source: Zeina Khawam, R.D., SourceForSports.com
With proper planning, it is possible for athletes while traveling on the road to make good food choices, which will lead to better results during the game.
Top Recommendations for Food Planing For On-The-Road Athlete
Are you required to travel for sports tournaments? Do you eat your meals in the car going or coming back from a game? In times like this, we often turn to convenience to find something that will fill us and keep us satisfied until we arrive at our destination.
However, this could also mean compromising healthy nutrition with the easy access to fast foods and large restaurant portions. If not fueling or recovering properly, our mental and physical performance decline and we are more prone to fatigue. Therefore, we need to follow some simple steps stay on track:
- Plan, prepare, and carry portable foods and fluids or prepare simple meals at the destination accommodation;
- Make optimal restaurant meal choices.
Planning Portable Foods And Fluids
First things first, there is no problem with eating in restaurants on occasion, whether sit-down or fast food. But we need to decide if this is because of pleasure or convenience, such as stopping by a drive-through to pick up a snack because we didn’t bring one with us and we happen to be starving on our way home from a game. If often eating out of convenience, we should start thinking about planning our meals, snacks and fluids to avoid having to buy something we may not even enjoy. In this section, you will find everything you need to know about planning your meals, snacks and drinks when on the road, either for a short time or during long-distance travel.
Planning starts before arriving at our destination. In order to bring the right foods and time our meals appropriately, we need to know about cooking arrangements at the hotel (kitchenette, available appliances), hotel restaurant times and restaurants close by.
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