GOING ON HOLIDAY! SCARED ABOUT WEIGHT GAIN! HELP!

Hi ya,
I've just been to Torquay few weeks ago & no matter how much I logged my food, walked for miles & drank plenty of water in the day I still put a few pounds on when I got back.. so dont worry, you're on hols, so just enjoy yourself, eat & drink in moderation & if you do put some on, it's ok cos you can just work it off when you get back! I went back into healthy routine asap so I lost my holiday weight & a pound extra after a week

Have a good time x

Just try to make healthy food choices and still exercise/stay active. That's about all you can do. Unless you go WAY overboard on how much you're eating/drinking you really shouldn't gain "fat" -- you may have some water weight gain and be up a couple of pounds but that usually drops off after a day or two of being back to the normal routine.

Good luck and have fun on holiday!!!!!!!!!!!

be really careful with the alchohol. Try drinking a glass of seltzer water between each alchoholic drink. It'll look like you're keeping up with the girls while only drinking half of the calories.

eat what you want but only small portions. Portion control is key. That way you'll avoid the constant 'nagging' about eating: "You're on vacation, just eat." "You don't need to diet, you look fine." "You're a party pooper." etc.

I just went on vacation last month. There was no choice of food. You ate what was prepared or you didn't eat. Even though the food for the most part was deep fried and super high in calories, I only gained 1 1/2 pounds over the week.

I just returned from a holiday myself. I got in workouts on 2 of the 4 mornings and the other days were active with walking. HAven't weighed yet - I really didn't rack up a huge calorie surplus but would guess I'm retaining some water due to high sodium of restaurant food.

On the drinks - alternate alcoholic drink with water...will fill you up, keep you hydrated, and reduce the calories you consume.

Just got back from 3 day walking break, ate what I wanted , put on 1.25lbs not bad now 3 days later after some good burns walking since I got home nearly back to normal.

Enjoy the journey, I know I'm enjoying mine

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hi everyone!

I just need some advice on what to do about keeping the weight off on holiday!

I'm going to Newquay with the girls for a week and i know it will consist of sunbathing (if weather nice) and drinking alchohol.

I know i will put some weight back on, but any ideas how to keep my weight gain at a MINIMUM?

Hopefully we will be going bike riding, snorkelling & horse riding though!

advice is much appreciated

Your going to Newquay then there's no problem it's all hills there you'll burn off your nights out with no problem.

By the way check out my food diary, I'm not joking I enjoyed my food.

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This is the approach I used when I decided to take time off from logging and exercise when I had my stress fracture: LOGIC.

I knew logically that I would have to eat 500 calories above maintenance each and every day to gain one pound a week. So I considered that my worst case scenario. I also knew that my maintenance calories are around 2200, so I'd have to eat 2700 calories every day for that scenario to take place. And that's a lot of food for me, especially if I wasn't exercising and working up more of an appetite.

But the risk of gaining 4 pounds during that month was worth avoiding the stress of trying to stay with a calorie plan when I couldn't live my normal, active life.

I think I might have gained at most one pound. In a full month of eating what I want, little to no exercise, and playing lots of video games. And it was gone as soon as I was able to start exercising again.

So... RELAX. Have fun and enjoy your holiday. Forget calories for a while. You can't do any major, irreversible damage in just one week. You might see an increase on the scale, but it will mostly be temporary water weight gain. So if that will bother you, don't weigh yourself until you've been back on track for a week.

What do you normally drink? Instead of wine have vodka and diet coke? Things like this can help too.

Have fun - haven't been to Newquay in a very long time, but usually very messy!!!

We went to Ibiza last month .. and I came back 9lbs heavier - ruined weeks and weeks of hard work and totally not worth it. Take MFP with you (on your phone for example) and log everything. Don't over do it, enjoy yourself but really think about what you're putting in your mouth!

im also afraid of gaining weight i went to jamaica this may i have been doing everything to try 2 get to 5 pounds off that i gained and i still havent been able to!!

now im leavin in 2 weeks for italy and im going for 3 weeks..i wont be site seeing ill b with family always eating im sure!!! i wouldnt want to gain more weight!! im excited and at the same time dreading this vacation!!

we go to sardinia every year...it is our family holiday. last year, i was so obsessed, i brought my home scale with me and weighed myself everyday. that definitely kept things in check! i also walked everyday, drank water to no end, didn't drink one drop of alcohol and ate NO carbs. at the end of the trip = no weight gain.

this year, i threw all the rules out the window. i ate EVERYTHING, drank EVERYTHING, did NOT exercise and did NOT weigh myself. everyday was a binge. as a result, i had a horrible time, i felt fat the entire trip and i never once took off my coverup when we were on the beach. i literally felt like a whale. and to top all that off, i came home to an almost 10lb gain.

so...moral of my story is next year, i will not be as strict as last year and i certainly won't be as lacksy daisy as this year. somehwere in between would be great. enjoy the good stuff in moderation but stay within some sort of boundary. i figure if i approach it this way, i will only gain 4-5lbs instead of 10lbs.

just keep in mind...it's a holiday. you have to enjoy yourself a little bit. you don't have to "go to town" but you can certainly indulge.

p.s. but definitely keep the alcohol consumption low. i've read that alcohol can slow the metabolism down for up to 3 days after consumption. if that is true, that is a scary thought.