Starting the week 3 hours behind is weird.
I woke up Monday morning in Denver, CO.
- The Good: I woke up super early because I was on East Coast time
- The Bad: By the end of the day I was pooped
- The Weird, cont.: Now I’m in Chicago… in another time zone
Have you guys ever been in the Denver airport? Having a massive airplane inside the airport gives it extra cool points.
I checked into the Hampton Inn (which was surprisingly well-kept/updated) and discovered that they had little pictures outside each guest room. Pretty cool – they were all different!
However… don’t you think mine was a little risque?!
I swear I’m not running a prostitution business out of my hotel room.
Waking up super early meant I got in a couple of good workouts. Hooray for hotel gyms! Note the motivational sign across the mirror.
The WIAW part of my week is… weak…
Don’t kick me out, Jenn!
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Breakfast:
Luke-warm hotel instant oatmeal. Made with water. Eaten out of a styro-foam bowl with a plastic spoon. Thank god for peanut butter.
Instead, let’s pretend I ate some of this:
Zucchini Bread Oatmeal with homemade quick blueberry “jam” was one of my better ideas.
I may stop for zucchini on my way back from the airport Friday…
Lunch:
How one conference could offer SO MUCH bad food is beyond me.
This was some sort of attempt at enchiladas. I picked out the chicken and made a salad with the shredded lettuce. Maybe one of those tortilla chips was eaten – they were ridiculously salty (even for a generic brand).
Snacks:
Not pictured, but these items were key to my survival:
- Apple taken from the hotel breakfast bar
- Peanuts I saved from my flight
- Chocolate-Toffee Think Thin bar from home
Plus copious amount of tea to keep warm in the very well-air conditioned room and remain heavily caffeinated.
Dinner:
Again, not worthy of a picture. It was an airport salad with 2 cucumbers and 2 tomatoes (not kidding). I did manage to convince them to give me some hummus then regretted it.
This would have been much more delicious:
A big salad with hummus dressing (basil hummus mixed with a bit of apple cider vinaigrette) and a side of roasted brussel sprouts (coated with herbed dijon mustard and olive oil).
Served with 1/2 a Food for Life Sprouted Grain and Seed English muffin and a big ‘ol scoop of my new favorite oil-free, vegan condiment:
You should try the pesto. No need to like beets. Guaranteed.
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For a whole slew of eats MUCH better than mine, please hop over to Peas and Crayons.
Do you prefer East Coast time? West? Somewhere in between or far away?
Let me live vicariously through you – what deliciousness are you eating this week?
Wow Beet sunflower pesto looks amazing!
And this, my friend, is why I pack an insane amount of food every time I travel.
My stomach is sad in sympathy for yours.
I did pack granola bars and peanut butter… I just wish I could bring veggies and protein!
Your instant oatmeal-made with hot water-in a styrofoam bowl – looks JUST like my oats when traveling :). Hey.. whatever works, right!?
I agree with Sarah. I am always loaded with food when I travel!
Can’t stand airport food. I got stuck at an airport once and was miserable… Peanut butter has save me more than a few times!!
Not sure what time zone I prefer… something in the middle sounds good. I always feel like I’m waaay behind East coasters here on the West coast.
I guess I prefer East coast time since that’s what I’m used to. When we went to Hawaii last year, I was so out of it. I would get tired at like 6pm.
I know what you mean about typical conference food. It’s so hard to stay healthy on the road. Hmmm… business idea (!)
Seriously! You should have seen the spread of ick they had for breakfast. Thank god for the hotel oatmeal.
Oh, bless! You’d think they could at least feed you decent food if they’re going to popsiclized you! Kelly’s right, its near impossible to eat good when you’re traveling 🙁 Hopefully you’ll be home soon
I’ve been on east coast time for so many years my body would probably go into shock in another zone. 😉
So hard to be away from the home kitchen and having to scramble for tasty food.
Yuck. Travel foods are no fun. 🙁 I like your fantasy meals better! I never thought to make hummus into a dressing. Awesome. East coast time is my fav. I like whatever time zone I’m in if I have a day or two to get adjusted. Some good sleep makes anything possible. 🙂 Oh, and I love that you saw the firework and thought brothel. I thought flannel and trucker’s hats and lack of teeth. To each their own. lol
How about a toothless brothel with flannel? *barf*
Muhahahahha! Love it….and now I hear the banjos from Deliverance playing.
Oh you poor thing you must be starving!! I wouldn’t have even had enough energy for a workout. I hope you’re getting your food on back at home!!
The east coast will always have my heart, of course, since I live here. I’m loving on the kabocha squash this week. But I now want to try your pesto- I love beets!
I would need a ton of snacks too with lackluster food like that. Oatmeal from a styrofoam bowl. Mmm. Mmm. LOL
I hate traveling for the same exact reason. Conferences are always hard for me as well. And conference food is almost always no good! Breakfast is typically filled with sugary pastries and bad carbs. And lunch and dinner is usually nothing good. It’s definitely difficult to eat well at a conference bc you can’t just constantly leave the hotel for something better in the middle of it!
You called that right – the breakfast was nothing but sugar-coated pastries. It was like they were trying to make everyone crash an hour later.
You travel so much! Hope Chicago treats ya well!! Nasty eats while traveling always make me appreciate home 😀
We live on the West Coast and our families live on the East Coast so when we fly home to visit (once a year b/c it’s so expensive) it’s an adjustment – they are 4 ours ahead of us! It makes for an interesting flight home though – we leave Nova Scotia at 7 am and get back to British Columbia at 10 am yet the whole things takes over 8 hours 🙂
I have never been any where east coast..so I guess you could say I prefer west coast time 🙂 But if that means I get to travel..then I am all for a different time zone!
And something delicious I am eating…chocolate 🙂
I prefer west coat too, truth be told. I love having an extra few hours. BUT if you ever do come to the east coast you should stop by Atlanta (with that chocolate dip deliciousness) and say hi. 🙂
Hummus dressing…sounds interesting. Gonna have to try that.
I hate generic hotel/airport food. Plus, it’s so expensive! I’m an East coast girl all the way 🙂
Not a weak WIAW, good stuff it looks like to me 🙂
I am intrigued by your hummus dressing….
And I am a East coast girl 100%, but I would like to visit the other side sometime
Ugh, I hate when I get stuck at a conference or event and there is either no vegetarian food, or no healthy food. Would it kill them to offer some fresh fruit?? So frustrating!!
I’m in Central time..so it;’s a nice in between. 😉 That airport really is awesome! The coolest airport I’ve ever been to is Dallas…but I don’t think it had a massive plane inside. the only reason it’s so cool is simply because it’s MASSIVE! I like to walk around between flights, so having a lot to see is always a plus.
Nut butters: saving travel food from inedibility since time began.