Jennifer Bain, a freelance travel writer, shares her experience of maintaining a healthy diet while traveling frequently. She discusses her past struggles with unhealthy eating habits and the toll it took on her health, leading to a year-long break from traveling to focus on her well-being. Bain now prioritizes healthy options, packing nutritious snacks and researching local grocery stores to ensure balanced meals.
Twenty-five to 30 trips a year can sound taxing for the average person, but for Jennifer Bain, it’s become the average. The Toronto-based freelance travel writer, and former Toronto Star food and travel editor, is used to jetting off frequently. But constantly eating in airports and restaurants made it hard for her to maintain healthy eating habits, and eventually, after more than two decades of this lifestyle, it took a toll.
She was at risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition in which fat builds up in a person’s liver. And that same year, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She took the year off from travelling to focus on chemotherapy and her health: She cleaned up her diet, opting for leaner cuts of meat than the brisket, steaks and fried food she would typically eat. “I lost 50 pounds over the year,” says the 57-year-old, who is now cancer-free. Since returning to travel writing in 2022, Bain says she’s done a pretty good job of maintaining a healthy weight. While travelling, her days are often 12 to 15 hours long, as she tries to capture the essence of Scotland or the magic of a cruise from Greenland to Nunavut for one of the publications she’s writing for. Now when she travels, Bain says she often packs Quaker rice cakes and eats natural peanut butter and bananas for a simple breakfast, and does her fair share of research to find local grocery stores, where she usually buys fresh produce and yogurt for quick meals to balance out the food she’s required to eat at restaurants. We don’t really drink or go out for dinner much when we’re at home, which allows us to save money. I just bought a Costco membership, which makes a difference for buying toiletries and frozen fruit in bulk. Their roast chicken tastes great and it’s $7.99, it’s become my favourite rotisserie chicken. My kids spend a lot on UberEats or DoorDash. It can certainly add up. We want to support our favourite restaurants, so it’s our alternative to going ou
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