Going on vacation... need advice

RXchic

We are leaving on Sunday for a 4 day trip to a family resort. This is only my second week of calorie counting & exercising. Things have been going very well, but I am afraid of losing my groove during vacation. Should I try to figure out the calories I'm eating & keep my daily logs? Or maybe log the foods w/o calorie numbers? Or skip it all together and enjoy myself? They do have a gym on site, so I am hoping to get some exercise - they have a water park as well :happy:

RXchic

We are leaving on Sunday for a 4 day trip to a family resort. This is only my second week of calorie counting & exercising. Things have been going very well, but I am afraid of losing my groove during vacation. Should I try to figure out the calories I'm eating & keep my daily logs? Or maybe log the foods w/o calorie numbers? Or skip it all together and enjoy myself? They do have a gym on site, so I am hoping to get some exercise - they have a water park as well :happy:

mmackie

Going on vacation and eating out all the time is really difficult! What I do is eat good breakfasts (high protien low fat and lots of fruit), lunches like salads with lean protein and good dinners. The only thing that add A LOT of calories are the alcoholic beverages! I would just enjoy yourself but be conscientous of what your eating.

Oh yeah, ask for your proteins grilled without seasoning! It adds tons of sodium and calories otherwise...Have fun though!:glasses:

Dave198lbs

why not do it all....you can enjoy yourself and eat good,,,,counting the cals is ok,,,but try to eat good and sensible and still have fun....why not?

lobita44

I'm leaving Saturday and worried about the same thing! I've been at this for 8 weeks now, and I definitely don't want to stop! I'm planning on working out as much as I can, hopefully 30 min. a day. Also, I'm bringing along healthy snacks, along w/ low-sugar oatmeal for breakfast. I'm planning to log as best I can...and hopefully not gain wait this week. Have a great trip!

amymeenieminymo

It depends....on a regular vacation I do half and half, but on a special vacation, like say my future honeymoon, I wouldn't give a second thought to eating whatever I want.

So on a regular run of the mill vacation, I probably wouldn't bother logging my food because so many of the restaurants may not be chains and the good would be really difficult to log. But I would try to make the best choices I could, while still letting myself enjoy my vacation. Try to make use of the gym at the hotel, and you'll probably get a lot of walking in, so I think you'll be fine.