What to do when going on vacation?

Usually, I just enjoy it. I'll workout daily if it's easy and it fits in with everything. If not, I don't care. I just do what I want. It's a vacation.

Make the best choices that you can. You have the knowledge. When I go out to eat I only eat 1/2 of the serving. Plus usually when you're on vacation you're doing exercising like lots of walking & swimming. Just make the best food choices and drink lots of water, but going on vacation is about enjoying yourself, so please do! Also watch the cocktails. It kills me how many calories are in most of the darn fruity cocktails that I love. Me personally I'd rather eat my cals than drink them. If all else fails, you will get back on track when you get back. And good luck!

Hey Cherora,

Been there before. My favorite place is Hawaii, they have everything I love including some of the best "unhealthy food" that I love. To answer your question.
1) not access to MFP, then write down what you eat on in a notebook or something along those lines.
2) hopefully you will be doing a lot of walking so at least that is better than nothing. Or are you going to be at the beach. Take a dip and swim. A few yards of swimming doing the breast stroke will work muscles that you never used before. Really stretch and kick your legs hard, or if you want I can suggest some hotel room body weight exercises. Just let me know.
3) eating out. It will be ok if you miss a healthy meal and sub in for something else. Just try to exercise portion control when eating the unhealthy stuff. One trick is to down 2 glasses of water before your meal. You will be semi full an not eat as much. Those worked for me on our most recent trip. Hope that helps.

Charlie:happy:

HAVE A HOLIDAY!!!

After we all get to that goal weight we have to go on, not reduce food, eat normally and use fitness as a routine, for life. However we all need a break now and again. Don't be harsh on yourself, just recognise what you're eating and if it's more than you need. At the end of the day you can order almost anything but decide to only eat what you want of it. On almost anywhere you can find 10 mins to jog on the spot once a day. That way you're aware of what you're eating and you're keeping your heart pumping for a while during the day.

Seriously, enjoy yourself, don't worry too much, if you've been on here for a little while, i'm sure you've got an idea of what you should be eating, run with it, don't go mad, just enjoy.

Oh and bring me back a tan!

Fin x

enjoy the food whereever you are going...and try to do a lot of walking already a lot of countries other than america you are mostly walking anyway. but enjoy it!

I have MFP on my phone. I keep logging but don't really worry about going over. I just don't want to get out of the habit of logging.

I go and have a good time however I remain focused on my life goals as well. So making good food and beverage choices as well as plenty of activity remain part of my vacation enjoyment and I feel enhanced the enjoyment.

Lol if im on vacation I'm going to eat any damn thing I please.

I took a mini 4 day vacation a few weeks back and actually ended up losing a pound still. I had what I wanted but kept it in control portion wise and was lucky and was able to work out one day and walk a lot another day. Since I have the app on my phone it made it easy to still log everything I had and my exercise. Enjoy your vacation but don't go crazy, or if you do, get back on track when you get home

My wife and I just went to Hawaii for a vaca, and I did not want to go backwards...and I still wanted a mai tai/pina colada, etc every now and then. So I tracked them in, logged all my calories like I always do, and had a blast in Hawaii. We "cheated" by having desserts/drinks here and there, but we hiked our butts off, had a blast and were still around our calorie goals. Came back from vaca, and had not gained a pound.

Keep on trackin'!