Choose Health: Fail for Success Series, 1

Traveling disrupts my routines and makes it harder for me to stay on track. When I made this lifestyle change, I decided that I was going to learn to travel for success because I did not want to give up that part of my life.

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Fighting Myself for Myself: Failing Within Boundaries

I am in the middle of several back-to-back travel experiences that make it difficult to keep a health routine. And, I am in the busy season in a new job that I am still learning. This is a recipe for failing grandly.

I have a history of failing grandly in times like this. The details were different, but the feeling was the same. To stay successful, I have had to let some things go and keep my eye on the big things for long-term success. And, I have fallen off my usual game – within boundaries of short-term failures that make long-term successes possible.

Recently, I was away from home, away from my routines, in a place where I have eaten a lot of junk food. One day, the last thing I wanted was cooked and raw vegetables. I had no fight in myself to eat them. So, I didn't even try.

Rice is one of those foods that I do not eat every day because it is a mild trigger for me. I can and do overeat it. But, rice serves me well for times like this. That day, I had a brown and wild rice blend. The rice alone was a bit bland, but I had few options with me.

I mixed it with a few hemp seeds, and that tasted surprisingly good to me. That gave me just the deviation I needed: it felt like comfort foods in a time and place where my personal past is filled with indulgences and patterns far more destructive to my health.

I travel for a few days at the end of this week through the middle of next week. And, I am starting to figure out my pieces to make it a successful trip.