Travel tips needed!
#77944 - 06/10/04 12:23 PM
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Reged: 06/01/04
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Loc: Houston, TX
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Hi all,
I'm going to be heading to my family reunion in about a month, and I'm thinking ahead.
This will be my first trip since beginning the IBS diet. I'll be on about a six hour car trip, then a three-four day motel stay.
I'm a little anxious about it. My extended family tend to make me nervous, which doesn't help my IBS *at all*. Plus, they're all very plain eaters - they almost never picked a restaurant that had anything I could eat on the menu when I was your standard dairy/egg eating vegetarian.
Now that I'm off dairy and high on soluable fiber...oy. I don't know what to do. Not to mention the fact that my no meat, no dairy, low fat diet makes fast-food drive throughs on the road a little challenging...
My solution thus far is to take my own little stash of safe foods and drinks to keep in my room.
But...what should I take? What do you guys take along when you travel? I'm thinking bottled water, plain bagels, maybe a little soy milk...any suggestions are welcome because I'm drawing a total blank on travel friendly safe foods!
God knows I'm gonna take a giant box of Immodium with me.
-- Aletha
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This might help ya!
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And maybe you could go to the websites of fast food places you think you might be stopping at during your trip and make a list of possibilities that are safe for you. Most of these chains have the nutritional info plus the list of ingredients for each product. Hope that helps 
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That is a good website to look at.......
I travel a LOT on the weekends...actually I have a family reunion for my husband's side this weekend! I absolutely hate staying in hotels, but I have to a lot.
I maybe over-do it, but last time, I actually brought my microwave! (I called and the cheap hotel didn't have one to use) I planned out every meal I would eat, and brought extra snacks just in case. I made my own chicken and rice and brought silverware and everything. I won't risk eating out because everytime I've tried, I've failed!
Also - do you have a hot pot? I just bought one and it's great for traveling, making tea, oatmeal, whatever you need hot water for.
Bring a big loaf of french bread, pretzals, Luna bars, etc. I bring a bag of food, and a big cooler of water or whatever has to be cold....and my freaking microwave! I swear it looks like we are moving out everytime we leave for the weekend, but hey - whatever works, right?
Good luck!
~Cara
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