6 Choices I’ve Made In a Bid To Stay Healthy and Fit While Travelling

Staying focused on #fitness has been my number 1 challenge since being a full time digital nomad since July 2018. I eat healthy and mostly plant-based about 75-80% of the time and I intend to move that to 90% since I love seafood. My daily intake of water is generally good, but right now I will rate it at just OK.  I meditate and do my #gratitude journal 98% of the time. Then there is the exercise, and that my friends, I’ve been really shitty at the least 7 months. There has been no Crossfit, no gym work, only long walks a couple times a week because I am exploring the new city that I am in. I am not happy about that.

Thankfully, I’ve been very healthy and thank goodness that I always have in my bag- Maca Powder which I put in my juice, water, oatmeal or protein shakes; then I have Magnesium, B6,B12 and Vitamin C tablets which I tend to take every other day.  I also have chamomile and lemongrass tea bags. Then I pride myself in staying away from people who cough and sneeze without covering their face especially in airports and on planes. Like seriously who are those people and who raised them? #petpeeve

On my birthday last year, I had set myself the goal of achieving the best level of fitness ever for myself in 2019. What that means for me, is achieving a lean, toned, flexibility, strong body that has high endurance. Now since I stopped Crossfit in Jamaica April 2019, I’m trying to figure out how to get this done while I travel the world.

So here is what I’ve been thinking.

1. More mindful food choices. I am going to seek to be more mindful about my food and alcohol choices on the road and get even more conscious about this. Go for vegan, salads, protein shakes and protein bars every chance I get. Choose water more often when I have a meal. Choose a glass of red wine when it comes to alcohol. And seek not to eat past 7pm at night for the most part. All this while I still give myself permission to try new local foods depending on where in the world I am.
2. Locate a #CrossFit box in the city I am in and join the classes. I love Crossfit, it has made it hard for me to go back to regular gym routines. I love the challenges, the variety and the atmosphere of community.
3.  Finding a gym-based workout online I can do when there are no CrossFit boxes, but I do have a hotel or apt-based gym. Rejoin Team No excuses and workout at least 4 days a week.
4. Staying longer in cities I am in so I can keep some level of consistency. I have realised that for me, the best period of time in a new city is a minimum 2 weeks…best case is 30days. This realisation came recently, as you really have to decide the kind of digital nomad you want be and what best suit your ambitions. Outside of the in and out  1-2 day turn around of a speaking engagement. I have full control over my days, even when I am executing, hosting an event…as 90% of my work is online. And that’s how I like it want to  keep it…location-independent and mostly automated  almost there). Remember digital nomadism, a business is to serve you, facilitate the kind of lifestyle you want to live. You are to be the master of your business, not its slave.
5. Get better at falling asleep anywhere and under any circumstances, but with a little help though. It’s not only jet lag that disturbs your sleep patterns- it’s also hotel rooms with their rash of little lights from smoke alarms, alarm clocks, TVs and other gadgets. Or it can be the bed and environments in which you sleep – whether it’s a hotel room, in an Airbnb or at a friend’s place. It calls for you to adapt. What has been helping me so far is – meditating. I am also experimenting with headphones with binaural beats for sleep that I find on Youtube. But then I realise that I am going to have to research and also get noise cancelling headphones, an eye mask and a neck pillow which will also be great for sleeping in airports and on planes. Because when I don’t get my 7-8hrs of sleep a night, regularly,  I am one cranky and semi-productive bitch plus I look like shit! So this is not something I can compromise on!
6. Do More Shakes On the Go. I am also considering getting one of those portable shake makers I keep seeing advertised. It becomes so easy to get to a local food store to get Almond, Coconut or Oat Milk, I can travel with a bad of Hemp Protein and the usual Chia, Flax seeds and source ripe Bananas and greens where I am. Because honestly, I love shakes and I have gotten protein shakes down to a tasty and low caloric science. The only question is, where the hell am I going to put that ShakeMaker since I only now travel with my backpack and carry-on which I have Marie Kondo’d to the nth power! *sigh* I will let you know.

If you all have some suggestions for me, please leave them in the comments.