Staying in ketosis is hard enough when you’re at home and can fix all of your own meals.  This week I had a short trip for a speaking engagement in Louisville, KY.  I was only gone one night, but I still worried about my meals, especially given the long flights to Louisville from Orange County, CA.  It was a good “training trip” for future trips I have coming up that are much longer.

I woke up at 4:15 am Thursday morning so I would have time to make my regular breakfast, and coffee blended with butter and MCT oil.  It’s a good thing I did because besides some nuts, that was all I was able to eat until dinner.  I was asked to dinner by a group, but thankfully we went to a farm-to-table restaurant where all of the food was from a 100 mile radius from farmers who owned the restaurant.   I had “bone marrow butter” for the first time, which accompanied my steak.  The name freaked me out a little, but it wasn’t bad and I was grateful for the extra fat.  I passed on the au gratin potatoes and had extra arugula salad instead.

Unfortunately I was hungry a few hours later when I got to my hotel room!  I had packed coconut oil and tea bags with me, and that definitely saved me both that night and today as I’m traveling home.  Last night I had a cup of tea with half and half and a spoonful of coconut oil and that satisfied my hunger enough for me to get to sleep.  And coconut oil was no problem to get through security.

Breakfast this morning consisted of some of the worst scrambled eggs I’ve ever had, and a piece of sausage that was not much better! Needless to say I was hungry about an hour later.  I was able to grab a hamburger and steamed broccoli for lunch, though (Chili’s did not bat an eye at my order).  On my flight home tonight, I had some cheese, almonds with some dried apricot, and a cup of coffee with coconut oil and cream, and that took the edge off.   I will make sure to travel with coconut oil and tea bags in the future!  It’s much easier than trying to travel with butter…

I am almost home and looking forward to a nice ketogenic meal with my husband and a long bike ride tomorrow!