How to eat properly while on vacation?

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  • sarapopefitness
    sarapopefitness Posts: 52 Member
    My dh retired six months ago and we've done quit a bit of traveling since then, including Las Vegas. Keep desserts to a minimum and consider traveling with a scale, weighing daily. We ordered a nice travel one off of Amazon.


    Marie

    I actually don't even own a scale at home! I'm not even sure how much I weigh, to be honest :S. Good advice for someone who tracks it though, thanks anyway :)
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    I've lost on vacation a couple times doing the following:

    Breakfast: Egg white and veg omelette - you can stuff yourself for about 250 calories, good protein.
    Lunch: Kind of light - Fish Tacos. Grilled meat and a salad. Fish and a salad. Couple of Sliders. Chicken Wings. (not all of this for one lunch, of course)
    Dinner: Whatever. Have the Appetizer and some drinks. Enjoy your entree. Split a dessert.

    If I'm gone a week, I'll try to hit the hotel gym 3 or 4 mornings before breakfast.

    Lost 2.2 lbs on vacation in february doing this. 1.5 for a vacation week In october. stayed steady for a week last april.
  • marcvandenberg
    marcvandenberg Posts: 190 Member
    Eat yourTDEE.

    So you don't gain weight. Or eat 3500 more (total) and gain 1 lbs

    Be easy during day and enjoy the night..

    Walk a lot, be active.

    Enjoy your holiday.

    Pick up if you come back from it.
  • affacat
    affacat Posts: 216 Member
    Any tips on eating (at least moderately) well while going on a trip? I'll be going to Vegas for nearly a week, and that place is full of delicious food and drinks. I have been doing really well with eating within my 1200 (base) calorie per day limit, but I am afraid this week will put me back on the wrong path! If anybody has any great tips or tricks, I'd really love to hear them. Thanks :)

    I usually have a hard time on vacation, but I lost weight in Vegas. Several reasons:

    1) walking! so much walking in vegas, and everything is stairs, stairs, stairs.
    2) food is expensive! that alone kept my eating habits down.
    3) it's ridiculously dry so I drank tons of water.
  • bpwparents
    bpwparents Posts: 359 Member
    Just try to watch your portions. Do plenty of walking and use the hotel gym. I just got back from Florida and was happy to see that I did not gain by just watching portions and running every other day. Most of all though, enjoy your vaca!
  • recipe4success
    recipe4success Posts: 469 Member
    I think it would be a better strategy to eat more earlier on in the day, because then you will be able to burn off what you ate through activities during the day. So i would say, eat a hearty breakfast and lunch, and a lighter supper...and if you are having a dessert definitely split it! I think a couple of big supper meals would be fine, but not every night.

    I also think having snacks during the day is a good idea, maybe carry some stuff with you that you know is healthier (rather than having to buy a muffin or whatever is available) so that you are not starving when it comes to meal times and more likely to overindulge.

    At least that is my plan for when I go on vacation soon.
  • Nacho12
    Nacho12 Posts: 157 Member
    We usually stay in a place that has a kitchen and bring our steel cut oats with fixings for breakfast or I have a smoothy instead for breakfast so I can bring the protein powder, fruit and almond milk and make a smoothy for breakfast. For lunch I would have a salad with meat and a boiled egg and several vegetables. Then we would eat out for dinner and try to eat a normal meal without overeating. I try to avoid the all you can eat buffets because it is too tempting to eat more than you should at those. If you have dessert, my husband and I usually share it. I just take a few bites of it and let him eat the rest. Usually we are walking more and then just eating normal meals and so far I have been lucky enough to not gain weight while on vacation. I hope this helps.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I went to Disney World and I had whatever I wanted for breakfast (except croissants, something more filling!), then usually one 'good' meal (turkey or salmon with rice or couscous and veggies, or salad with dressing on the side) and one 'average' meal (pizza, pasta with meatballs, rest was pretty healthy). I walked a ton though, but it didn't affect my weight either way (I was in the middle of a plateau anyway).
  • laineybz
    laineybz Posts: 704 Member
    I spent New Year in NYC and was slightly worried about what i was going to eat when over there. BUT i had treats, ate within moderation (and by the end of the week was in real need of a proper home cooked meal!!). I've never been to Vegas but i'm assuming there will be a fair bit of walking like there was in NYC. You'll prob walk off some of it before you've even ate it anyway! Enjoy yourself, it is your holiday. You'll get right back on it after!x

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