025 - How I’m Learning How to Do Keto on the Road in Five Challenging Ways

Welcome to the ERW Podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, in my summer groove and hence trying to get my girlish figure back. It’s possible even on the road and this episode is the result.

Remember the theme quote from my book: If you want to do something you’ll find a way - if you don’t you’ll find an excuse. - Jim Rohn

How you eat affects so many aspects of your road life:

• How you feel about yourself - confidence, disappointment or even shame in how you look (I remember those days trying to escape that over-weight guy who kept following me to each hotel room bathroom mirror - hated that guy)
• Your energy levels - Food is Fuel and Fuel is Energy

We’ve been following Dr. Axe (A-X-E) for awhile now and you can at DrAxe.com

The first thought that came to my mind when my wife wanted/demanded I do this with her was: “I can’t possibly do this on the road. Eating healthy is already hard enough but going Keto style is just not possible.” Couldn’t or can’t?

Couldn’t or wouldn’t?

Here’s the Keto Way

Limit the Carbs (focusing on getting your carbs through vegetables and certain fruits)

Organic Protein (grass-fed meat and wild-caught fish)

Increase the Healthy Fats (avocados / nuts / coconut, MCT oil, Ghee butter, raw cheese, healthy oils, even dark chocolate, etc)

Quality Supplements (collagen / bone broth protein)

Here are the five challenging ways I’m Learning to do Keto on the Road

Hotels with Kitchens- I’m looking for the following:

• A large fridge
• Oven
• Stove

A Question came to me from a Road Warrior: what if you can’t find a hotel with a kitchen that is near you? Answer: leverage every square inch of your mini fridge and see if you can find a Whole Foods near you to eat their hot dinner

Grocery Store

1st of all, I shop the perimeter which means the fresh stuff not the box stuff (remember the definition of a Whole Food which doesn’t have a box)

• Greens - spinach / kale / Swiss chard / cilantro
• Meat - beef / chicken / fish
• Veggies - organic broccoli / cauliflower / green beans
• Berries - blueberries / strawberries / blackberries / rasberries
• Grass-fed butter to cook with
• Mixed nuts
• Avocados and olives
• Almond Milk for smoothies
• Grass-fed Yogurt
• Matcha Tea

Add the Highest Quality Supplements
Bone Broth Protein
Digestive Enzymes
MCT Oil

Intermittent Fasting

Stop Drinking on the Road

Bonus Recommendations 

1. My Life Saver Item - Lunch Box to Carry a Controlled Substance - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07M5B9CWX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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BYOB - bring your own blender - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078XXGY14/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Links for all three are available in the show notes: ERW.com/025 along with my five challenging ways content and suggestions

Quick Review of the Five Challenging Ways I’m Learning How to Do Keto on the Road:

1. Hotels with Kitchens
2. Grocery Store
3. Add the Highest Qu