Eating well while traveling...

Can you really eat well while traveling?
That depends.   I think it is all about choices, you can choose to eat really bad or you can choose the best of the worst you have to choose from.
Does that make sense?

But, you also have to know what you are doing when out of your food element and away from the safety of your own refrigerator.
I am very accustomed to making good and healthy food choices out of habit.
When I am out to eat or in a restaurant with many other people I don't get to call the shots or pick the Organic restaurant...So I do my best to make the healthiest choice on the menu.  Let me tell you, it's not so easy sometimes.
So when I find myself in the buffet line in Las Vegas, what the heck do I eat??

Can I have a bite of something I would not normally eat?  Absolutely!  Do I feel guilty afterward?  Not really...okay maybe a little...
I shared this yummy sorbet with my husband at our Anniversary lunch...It was delicious and so worth it!

As I peruse the buffet offerings in deep concentration, my mind starts to wander... "Ugh, I wonder what kind of ingredients they use, "I hope there are no GMO's!", "Who prepared this food, were they wearing gloves?"...I can go on and on about what goes through my OCD mind..Oy vey!  I have to shut this off or at least turn the volume down or I won't eat at all..

The first thing I do is look at everything they have to offer on the buffet, ask a few questions and then I decide what I will choose.   I choose veggies, meat that does not have sauce (if possible), fish or seafood as long as it's not Tilapia or any other farm raised crud and lots of spinach salad and fruit....no bread and no desserts, no pasta...

Here are some lovely Macaroons I did not eat!

I don't eat processed food at home so I won't eat it here either, that is a no-brainer...For health reasons I am Gluten and Dairy Free...I won't bore you with the details but I also have major food sensitivity issues so this limits my choices further...
Here is what I picked..

It's true... I march to the own beat of my own food drum, I turn down Birthday Cake all the time.  I don't explain myself anymore, I don't waste my breath.. Most people who know me know I eat this way.  One thing I will never turn down is Wine..or a nice Jalapeno Margarita from Javier's!  Not exactly on the clean eating list now is it? Never said I was perfect!  By the way, this margarita was to die for and I only had one.

So you see...even on vacation I know I should lead by example.   After all, I have this blog about eating well so what kind of hypocrite would I be if I stuffed my face at the Paris buffet with reckless abandon?!
I know for a fact there are people glancing over at my plate to see my food choices...."Hmmm, I wonder what Mrs. Eatwello is having?"   Haha.. It's really fine with me if they look, because I look at their choices too, so there!

So yes, I preach a little about eating well, so what...you know you like it!
Most days, I practice what I preach.  I think when you do that, people pay attention.

Peace.

Sandy V.