On my way to San Fran

Happy Friday from 30,000 feet in the air!!

I <3 flying AirTran and its onboard WiFi!

This is my first experience accessing WiFi on a flight and after only logging in a few minutes ago, I already can’t imagine flying again without it. The $12.95 I spent to connect for my 4+ hour flight is so far worth every penny.

Despite a few delays with taxiing on the runway; my morning of travel has been great!

Flying across the country always throw my body off with meal times, so I made sure to put a lot of thought into meal preparation for the day.

For starters I woke up this morning starving, but wanted to hold off eating my packed breakfast until a more reasonable hour. If I ate my whole breakfast at 5:00am then I would have been ready for lunch at 10:00.

I was able to successfully stall my hunger by nibbling on 1/2 a slice of Cinnamon Raisin Bread before leaving for the airport.

Once in the airport I couldn’t resist indulging in a Grande Awake Tea Non-Fat Misto with a single pump of Pumpkin Spice.

I’ve seen multiple people ordering mistos on the blogs lately and decided to give it a try. I honestly couldn’t taste the different between the misto and my beloved latte and the misto was a dollar cheaper!

My first flight – Orlando to Atlanta – is where my meal strategy for the day really kicked in. I packed a larger breakfast for the trip, but broke it up in two parts.

The first half was consumed and enjoyed right after take off from Orlando.

Last night I prepped a Pumpkin Breakfast Cookie by combining the following:

• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 2 hefty spoonfuls of canned pumpkin
• 1 spoonful almond butter
• raisins
• crushed walnuts

The cookie firmed up in the fridge overnight and found a home in my carry on this morning.

Once on the flight I topped the cookie with the Pumpkin Pie Yogurt and enjoyed!

I ate the second half of my breakfast – a juicy Honeycrisp Apple  – after take off on my second flight.

My flight lands just after noon in San Francisco, so for lunch I plan on implementing the same meal splitting concept. I packed a small lunch to eat at some point during this flight and will grab a large snack when I land in San Francisco.

Hopefully my meal planning skills will keep me from constantly snacking all day and help my stomach adjust to the time change quicker.

I have soooo much work to do blog-wise and I can’t wait to tackle all my to dos. I seriously don’t think I can fly with out access to wifi ever again. I am officially spoiled!

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