Weekend Festival Panic!

michbaden
michbaden Posts: 31
edited September 28 in Health and Weight Loss
I am going to a music festival this Saturday and I am already panicking that I will go completely over board on my calories.

It's an all day music even so a big group of us are going to be drinking from 12 - whenever.... so its not going to be pretty
I'm planning to do a short run in the morning and try to alternate alcoholic drinks with a soft drink, but I feel like I need to be more prepared for this.

We cannot bring food or drink in from outside so I'm wondering if anyone has been in the same situation and been able to stay (reasonably) on track?

Any advice is welcome!

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  • lifesabeach2629
    lifesabeach2629 Posts: 28
    alternate your alcoholic drinks with low-cal or no-cal soft drinks like diet coke or water
  • nicxox
    nicxox Posts: 175 Member
    Take some water in with you, you're usually allowed one bottle of unopened water, and try and alternate between alcohol and water, and maybe try and stick to low calorie drinks (I don't really drink much so not sure what kind of drinks they serve at festivals...)
    Take some healthy cereal or protien bars with you for the morning. I don't know what festival you're going to, but I went to Leeds festival last year and there was soooo many food choices in the arena, included salads and vegetarian options so try and stick to these.
    Remember though it's just one weekend and a few bad choices aren't going to hurt too much. Have fun!
  • jlmarcin
    jlmarcin Posts: 36
    Been there before! If you cannot take in an unopened bottle of water, take an empty one and fill it up at the fountains (hopefully they have them, or if a vendor is nice enough to fill from their faucet). If they have the low cal beer, you can stick with those, or if you are a liquor person, clear liquors with seltzer (not tonic, it is high in calories) is the way to cut back. These are lessons I am still learning to make into habits. Good Luck and have a great time! :glasses:
  • suzycreamcheese
    suzycreamcheese Posts: 1,766 Member
    dont worry about it. Go for your run in the morning and ENJOY the festival. Its just one day.
  • schnarfo
    schnarfo Posts: 764 Member
    I say dont worry about it... its one weekend and your there to have fun! so forget about logging :D
  • TourThePast
    TourThePast Posts: 1,753 Member
    Take a bottle of water and cereal bars or nuts in case you need a healthy snack, I've never been strip searched going into a festival!
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