{"id":1541,"date":"2011-04-04T19:18:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T19:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/?p=275"},"modified":"2011-04-04T19:18:20","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T19:18:20","slug":"staying-fit-at-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2011\/04\/04\/staying-fit-at-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying Fit at Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/gluttony6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-276\" title=\"gluttony6\" src=\"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/gluttony6-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a>Just attended a valuable educational session that made me think long and hard about the challenges of staying relatively fit while traveling.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t describe myself as fit, per se.\u00a0 It wouldn\u2019t be among the top ten adjectives I\u2019d use in describing myself and for that I\u2019m not particularly proud.\u00a0 I am proud, however, that I think one would be less inclined to use the word unfit.\u00a0 That being said, there are some easy ways not to let business travel get the best of you while on the road.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Often times we are on the road, sitting in hotel conference rooms all day, being fed up to six times daily, and taking in a calorie count that is not only disproportionately higher than what we\u2019d consume at home, but outrageous given the lack of activity we have inside meeting rooms.\u00a0 Pounding the laptop keys, operating an LCD data projector, and getting up to grab another cup of java can scarcely burn off the croissant at breakfast, let alone the breakfast, AM break, luncheon and PM break you ate all before the evening\u2019s reception and dinner!<\/p>\n<p>Consider the following ways to stay in reasonable shape despite the banquet of food before us at meetings.\u00a0 If you\u2019re in a low rise building \u2013 use the stairs to get to and from your room! If you take an escalator \u2013 walk up the escalator!\u00a0 \u00a0On breaks, if you\u2019re not hungry, walk around the hotel!\u00a0 Before the meeting or after the meeting, spend twenty minutes in the gym!\u00a0 Unless it\u2019s a serious distraction to the other meeting attendees, stand from time to time in the meeting!\u00a0 And most of all, try to refrain from eating more than you would at home just because you\u2019re on the road \u2013 you\u2019re not on vacation!\u00a0 Would you normally have ten candy bars between breakfast and lunch?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just attended a valuable educational session that made me think long and hard about the challenges of staying relatively fit while traveling.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t describe myself as fit, per se.\u00a0 It wouldn\u2019t be among the top ten adjectives I\u2019d use in describing myself and for that I\u2019m not particularly proud.\u00a0 I am proud, however, that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - 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