Travel Light:Make it a Spa Trip
By Heather Bauer, RD, CDN | June 2008 | SUBSCRIBE | VIEW ARCHIVE

Here’s a fresh idea that can change your whole approach to travel.  Many of my clients swear by this strategy.  Think of your trip – whether for business or pleasure, for two days or a week – as a spa trip.  You’ll be away from the usual distractions of your home and family life and it’s your opportunity to focus on…. You!  Begin with your flight.  A few of my clients use air travel as a ‘cleanse’.  They request only hot water and lemon to drink and they fast (unless the flight is quite long).  They arrive at their destinations refreshed and light.  In fact, an interesting recent study from Harvard researchers published in Science reveals that skipping food in the air may help beat jet lag.  It seems the body has a ‘feeding’ clock in the brain and skipping food prompts you to stay awake until you can eat.  So what could be better: more alert and more slim!   I have lots of details on how to turn an ordinary trip into a Spa Trip.  See pages 160 – 165 of The Wall Street Diet.