UPDATE – 13 DAYS

30 Nov – Long walk – done

1 Dec – walk – done

2 Dec – arm exercises instead of leg work out

3 Dec – crashed after travel and didn’t do anything

4 Dec – missed personal training

5 Dec – didn’t make it to the gym

6 Dec – personal training today

Next 13 Days

Next 13 days are going to be crazy with work and then I go home… so here is what it is looking like…

1 Dec to 3 Dec – Work Travel 
4-5 Two Crazy work
6-7 weekend/get shopping done – fit in work 
8-11 work travel
12 Dec – Back to work 
13 Dec – On the plane home

I have written exhaustively about gym situation in KSA and the anxiety it brings BUT, I have found a hotel which has a storage closet with a treadmill that females can use and I am going to stay at the hotel. 

Now, this is my plan for work out 

30 Nov – Long walk
1 Dec – 20 mins walks in the morning – I can’t make it to the gym
2 Dec – treadmill/leg workout
3 Dec treadmill/leg work out
4 Dec – personal  training – arms
5 Dec – elliptical 
6 Dec – elliptical 
7 Dec – long walk
8/9/10/11 treadmill – I am also going to take my JM 30 day Shed and see what I can do 
12 Dec – elliptical 
13 Dec – personal training – whole body and flight in the evening 

I know it is going to be difficult to fit in all the exercise because of travelling but I will have to do as much as I can 

Travel Anxiety

As much as I enjoy travelling for fun and relaxation, I detest work travel. I feel completely out of control of my eating habits and exercise regiment when I am travelling for work. The schedule is determined by work commitments and meetings, which usually tend to run all day as most people want everything completed. The eating is either at hotel restaurants or I end up ordering in-room dining. It is not the best way to live. It is also capable of destroying your sanity.

I am travelling for work tonight for the next four days and I am already about the impact it will have on my eating and exercise. I am aware that I have to do a work lunch at a Japanese restaurant and also a dinner with a client (restaurant type unknown). The other events will primarily include eating random mad things at different times, sitting in long meetings and drinking insane amount of coffee.

Since I am travelling to Saudi Arabia, women are not allowed to work out at the gyms in the hotel. There is also really no option of going for a walk outside. I will have to come up with a plan of working out in the hotel room (which frankly is not such a great idea).

I will try to sort out my snacks and some lunch/dinner options before I leave. I also need to come up with an exercise routine that I can do in the hotel room with limited space and no equipment.

This is not going to be fun 😦