Easier said than done. I travel extensively but ONLY within India. This means flights surely less than 3 hours. Now take 1 hour journey and a 1 hour waiting for the plane to board..and 1 hour to reach the destination. All it means is about 6 hours. Can I stay for 6 hours without food? Of course I can.

Do I eat in the flight? Of course I do. Do I expect the food to be good? No. Not unless it is Vistara, but that is a rarity. Do I eat in Indigo, Spice Jet, and Jet Airways? Yes, I do. And I crib about it being bad. Jet in the latest Raipur – Mumbai flight gave food which I could not eat more than 2 bites. That is a different story…but why do I eat? Simply because I am on a ‘See food diet’. I do not eat….I do not NEED to eat…but when it is put before you..you succumb. Back to the 20,000 year old story..we want more of everything..especially food..

What can I DO TO REDUCE THE FOOD INTAKE?

1. Enroll on www.myfitnesspal.com and track what you eat – do it on a regular basis – daily.
2. Eat slowly – the more you chew and slower that you chew the less that you will eat
3. I prefer small hotels where you see the owner, chat with him, and he tells you what to eat
4. Have not been to McDonalds more than 2 times
5. CCD is for meetings and having coffee without sugar
6. Travelling takes me to starred hotels – where I succumb. Note to self: follow it by a fast 🙂
7. Avoid corporate lunches and dinner – 5 star nonsense partly avoided
8. Avoid high variety meals – you will get bored eating the same stuff
9. I prefer eating salads at home – and avoid at hotels
10. I eat 2 idlis or fruits when I hit a hotel breakfast.
11. ITC, Taj top end hotels have such a breakfast spread that I put a time limit 🙂 still does not help 🙂
12. Make mealtimes sacred
13. Eat without a screen. No phone. No ipad. No TV. Just food. Just family. Or friends. but no electronic shit.

Well proud to share a problem with Taleb. Read about his fight with weight!!