I’m on vacation and can’t weigh myself. Is this a problem?

Answers

  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 15,506 Member

    Your scale will be lonely type of problem?🤔

    You might forget to eat type of problem?🤔

    Or the you may systematically overdrink and systematically overeat type of problem?

    Your scale reflects the results of normal biological processes and your personal choices in terms of your caloric balance.

    You still get to make your choices and you still get to lose, gain or maintain regardless of the existence of mirrors or scales.😉

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,980 Member
    edited July 4

    I travel frequently.

    I’ve learned several techniques that help.

    1.) even if I have to guesstimate, I keep logging. It keeps me accountable, and makes me consider what I’m eating.

    It makes me weigh the value of the (lol) Milka Maxxx chocolate bar versus the quarkini and giant bowl of latte. I’m going to have one or the other, because I can’t get either at home, it makes me understand I probably can’t slide by with both. And I’m probably going to come down in the side of the quarkini and latte because that leaves enough room for an apple or cheese or something else later on. That Milka bar will go down too fast for comfort.

    2.) how can I keep moving while on vacation? It would have been so easy to jump in the rental car and drive to the bakery, but I elected to walk the mile or so there, enjoy the quarkini and latte, and walk home. Bonus: I got to learn several routes through a really scenic town, and was able to tell family who’d just moved there about cool things I’d found they didn’t even know about.

    I took a yoga mat with me and did a few series. BTW, every TJ or TK Maxxnin every country sells a $10 or so yoga mat,‘if you don’t want to tote one in the plane. I’m fixing to invest in a folding travel mat for upcoming trips.

    I also always have trainers with me, so a few days,I did a run over to the next village and back, past the cows and barns, and the village “football” field. One of my favorite runs I ever did was (verrrrry carefully) through a snowy, Christmas decorated Bavarian village. I deliberately got lost so I could enjoy the town walls, go in through the old city gates, and through back streets. What a blast!

    3.) if I start freaking out because I see I’ve gone over a bit, I tally the estimated calories so far. 2900 calories over this week? That’s not even a “pound’s worth” (3500) calories. Slow down, take a deep breath, relax and continue to enjoy. 10-12,000 over? Oops, slow it down, buster!

    4.) most importantly, recognize that long drives, train trips and especially air travel (cabin pressure!!!!) can cause water retention.

    I’ve learned from several years of logging that I can easily be up 5-7 pounds after a cross country or international flight and it’s nothing to freak out over. You will very literally pee most of that out within days. It’s staggering how much water retention airplanes cause. I swear I can look at a plane and my feet swell.

    Don’t forgo rare treats. Just be judicious in how you choose to use your calories.

    Be on the lookout for something new, too. That bakery also sold cups of sahnequark with fruit jam. Best compared to ice cream that wasn’t frozen. Thick, sweet, chilled. Soooooooo good. And doggone if the calories weren’t relatively comparable to Greek or French style yogurt. A bit higher but certainly worth every delicious, creamy, drool-worthy spoonful.


    there’s reasonable calorie “finds” everywhere, if you look.

  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,106 Member

    enjoy your holiday


    weigh yourself when you get back


    how long are you on holiday? 1 week? 2 weeks? So you miss 1 to 2 weigh ins?


    Or do you weigh everyday?

  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,691 Member

    Not weighing yourself is not a problem. Not practicing portion control and not using a food scale can be a problem if you otherwise stuff your face. Just very generally as you've not provided more information. If you eat 1000 calories above maintenance for 1 week you could expect to gain 2lbs. That's not too bad, right? Make good food choices, see vacation as a time to explore, do things, relax. Not to eat all the food you can get your hands on.

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,980 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48674370#Comment_48674370

    to clarify, that’s 1,000 extra calories per day, for a total of 7,000.

    3500 calories is loosely considered to “equal” a pound.

  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,691 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48674880#Comment_48674880

    Ah yes. 1000 calories x 7 days is roughly 2lbs or 1kg

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,980 Member

    yep. Not a crisis, unless you choose to make it one!

  • age_is_just_a_number
    age_is_just_a_number Posts: 1,141 Member

    no

    Just don't eat all the food.

  • briscogun
    briscogun Posts: 1,235 Member

    I was just on a week long vacay.

    Tried to log as best as I could. Lots of guestimating.

    Weighed myself when I got back. Gained 4 lbs.

    It's already off and I'm down almost another pound as well.

    Just enjoy the vacay, use your skills that you've been using already, you know what to eat and not eat, and don't feel bad enjoying yourself a bit while away. It'll come off fast when you get back on the wagon if you fall off just a little bit!

Categories