Anyone who travels for business knows that it is not all caviar and executive hotel suites. From long security checkpoint lines, delayed flights, hours cramped into airline seats and jet lag, business travel can be tough. Here is another challenge for road warriors – the scale. As recently reported by the Wall Street Journal, people who travel for business are:

• 92% more likely to be obese than counter parts who travel less frequently
• have higher diastolic blood pressure
• have lower levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (the 'good cholesterol')
• have high or very high stress levels
• experience sleep deprivation, sleep disruption or insomnia
  

 We’ve rounded up the top 4 tips to help business travelers stay healthy on the road:

 

#1. Raise Your Heart Rate

• When you are determined to squeeze everything into a carry-on it can be easy to justify leaving your workout clothes at home, but this is no longer an excuse to avoid exercising.
  
  
• I like this minute and a half video from everwell.com demonstrating a quick workout to do in your hotel room
  
  
• This is a great series of quick YouTube™ videos showing a number of different workout options for your hotel room.
  

 

#2. Stay Ahead of the Hunger

When your famished, it’s easy to dive into a fried meal. Carry almonds with you to help curb your hunger while you find a healthy meal. Almonds pack easily, fill you up and are a great source of protein.

Tap into the UrbanSpoon app to find a great place to eat at your destination while you are killing time at the airport. Having a healthy meal identified before you land can help you avoid falling into the fast food trap.

 

#3. Drink Water From the Tap – Really!

A water bottle with built in filtration is a great investment (or gift) for a road warrior. You can empty it out to go through security and then refill it with any tap water: on the plane, in the hotel room, etc. As someone who has succumbed to the temptation of the $10 bottle of water in my hotel room, I can attest to how hard it is to find drinkable water at 1 am.
 


#4. Pass on the PeopleMovers

Every extra step counts. When walking through the airport take the stairs, instead of the escalator, skip the people movers and kill time by walking the terminal. Taking the stairs to your hotel room is a great way to burn calories and often provides interesting glimpses of your hotel “behind the scenes”.

 

How do you stay healthy on the road? Leave a comment and let us know.