{"id":5071,"date":"2025-11-16T07:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaeltomasiniwellness.com\/?p=5071"},"modified":"2026-01-21T07:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:22:28","slug":"fasting-while-traveling-airport-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaeltomasiniwellness.com\/en\/fasting-while-traveling-airport-protocol\/","title":{"rendered":"2025-W46 \u2014 Fasting Through Airports:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025-W46 \u2014 Fasting Through Airports: My Travel-Day Protocol for Real Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What happened this week<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This week was a business travel week to&nbsp;<strong>Casablanca<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Valence<\/strong>. I left home at&nbsp;<strong>3:45am<\/strong>&nbsp;for a&nbsp;<strong>6:00am<\/strong>&nbsp;flight from Leipzig to Casablanca, routing via&nbsp;<strong>Frankfurt<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Lisbon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I traveled&nbsp;<strong>fasted<\/strong>&nbsp;and kept it simple: water, mate tea, and coffee. My plan was to continue the fast until I arrived at my hotel in Casablanca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somewhere along the way, I did what I always try to do on travel days: I walked the airport intentionally to get steps in, used my frequent flyer access to grab coffee and water in the lounge, and used pockets of time to create content\u2014TikTok videos and the draft of a LinkedIn post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The travel + wellness thread<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Airports are built to break routines. Food is everywhere, sleep gets weird, and the schedule turns your brain into a bargaining machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, fasting on travel days isn\u2019t about discipline theater. It\u2019s about reducing decisions. The more decisions I remove, the easier it is to stay consistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walking is the other part of the equation. It\u2019s not a punishment. It\u2019s a reset button\u2014especially when you\u2019re sitting for long stretches and your nervous system is running \u201calert mode\u201d from the travel logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A small human moment in transit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On the flight to Lisbon, I met a Japanese man who works for the beverage company&nbsp;<strong>Suntory<\/strong>. We had a great conversation about trade shows, family, and the strange rhythm of frequent travel. He has a four-year-old son and travels a lot too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was one of those brief encounters that makes travel feel less transactional. You realize there\u2019s a whole population of people living in motion, trying to do a good job at work and still be present for their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What I learned<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This week reinforced a simple truth: travel doesn\u2019t need a perfect routine. It needs a&nbsp;<strong>default routine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My default is uncomplicated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>hydrate early,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>walk on purpose,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>use \u201ccalm zones\u201d (lounges, quiet gates) to reduce friction,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>delay food decisions until I\u2019m settled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That last one matters most. Airports are not where I make my best choices, so I don\u2019t ask myself to. I decide later, when I\u2019m stable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Next week\u2019s tiny focus<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Create one sentence you can reuse on every travel day:&nbsp;<strong>\u201cWater first, walk on purpose, decide food only when settled.\u201d<\/strong>Save it where you\u2019ll see it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 3:45am start, multiple flights, and airport chaos\u2014here\u2019s how I fast through travel days without drama: water, coffee, walking, and one rule that prevents bad decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[93,45],"tags":[90,87,91,39,92,89,88,37],"class_list":["post-5071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nutrition","category-travel","tag-airport-routine","tag-business-travel","tag-casablanca","tag-consistency","tag-fasting-while-traveling","tag-lisbon-stopover","tag-steps-on-travel-days","tag-travel-wellness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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