Have you made a New Year’s resolution to lose some weight and stay in shape? If you are a frequent traveler, that goal is twice as hard. Why? Let’s face it, when you travel, usually your diet-and-exercise routine takes a vacation of its own.

But I’m here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be that way. I’ve been a professional travel writer for more than 30 years, and I’ve maintained my size-four shape, despite hundreds of heavy meals on the road, and mountains of demanding work, and I’m 67 years old. People ask me all the time how I do it. These are my strategies – and they definitely work if you want to improve your rear view!

First, I make it a point to exercise anywhere from 20-minutes to one hour a day – no matter where I am in the world. Typically, you’ll find me in a hotel gym, using the treadmill and machines, but on the rare occasion when my hotel has no fitness center, I make do in my hotel room. I always do at least a 20-minute Jane Fonda routine on the floor of my hotel room, and I’ve been doing that since 1984. I do a whole mix of planks, situps, abdominals, you name it, to get my circulation going. If I want to add aerobics to the mix, I might march in place or actually jump rope – without the rope – to “go through the motions.” I’m famous for doing this in my overwater bungalow in Bora Bora. And then there’s the time I was in a treehouse in Thailand, having gotten back to my room at 11PM at night, after a big meal. I noticed that my shower had several steps leading down into it, so I did step aerobics there. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

I am very careful with meals – dinner is typically a beautiful piece of fish, dry-grilled vegetables (with no oil), and a baked potato – with butter and salt. I tend to eat the same type of thing at lunch – a good source of protein, a little starch, and lots of vegetables. Breakfast is either a bowl of oatmeal and fruit, or two scrambled eggs (with no butter) and toast and fruit.

Of course, I do allow myself treats. If there’s a Nutella crepe on the menu, you know I am going to fit it into that day’s calorie intake. Same for chocolate lava cake, cherry clafoutis or carrot cake.

And speaking of carrot cake – if you travel on cruises, you really are in luck where your diet and …….

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