Camping on a diet...

A few weeks ago I went camping and this was a portion of our menu - not all SUPER healthy, but kept me within calories. Try working out and saving some calories from your workouts before you go, or incorporate outdoor activities while you camp:

breakfast: breakfast burrito with eggs, veggies, sausage in a low carb wrap
lunch: Pre-made turkey sandwich (you could substitute lettuce for the bread)
dinner: grilled steak, grilled corn on the cob, baked sweet potato (just wrap it in foil and throw in the fire)

First of all, how on earth are you surviving on so few calories that you have to eat cauliflower soup?!

Second, when I went camping last month I didn't worry about what I ate while there. I didn't binge, but I didn't log either (no internet anyway). I made sure every lunch and dinner had fruit & veg, kept the snacks to things like healthy trail mix and protein bars, and did a TON of hiking and canoeing. Even though on our way home we stopped at a restaurant and I had a huge plate of carbs and fat (open face hot turkey sandwich, piled with mashed potatoes and drenched in gravy), I still lost 1.5lb on that trip.

It's all about moderation, keeping active, and making good choices. Have some BBQ! Just don't eat the whole pig!

100 % agree with this.

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I completely agree with the last few posts. You really do have to enjoy! I am going camping soon and making sure that I enjoy yet get some exercise in with the kids. That's it! Not worrying about it too much!

I go camping A LOT in the summer time. I always pack my own cooler of food for the weekend:

Breakfast: eggs (or whites) over the fire w/ sliced ham, whole wheat toast, fresh fruit

Lunch: Chicken over the fire (I bring raw breasts in a baggie or container), mixed veggies over the fire (i'll chop up a variety-peppers, onions, zucchini, etc. and bring in a bowl. Pour a little fat free italian over them and wrap in foil, cook with chicken) with a prepared salad on the side with almonds, veggies & cottage cheese

Dinner: I usually bring a salmon or tilapia fillet and cook over the fire. With it, I'll wrap a head of cabbage and throw in the fire (I hollow it out where the "stem" is and fill with fat free italian and chopped garlic) and make a baked sweet potato in the fire.

I bring bananas, peanut butter, dark chocolate, fruit, nuts and protein bars for if I want a snack.

I'll usually have a couple spoon fulls of whatever other people are having (potato salad, beans, etc.) but I don't usually go for a whole serving. I find that with the above foods that I prepare for myself I get pretty full to begin with.

Edit to add: If I know I'm going to want hot dogs (gasp!) that weekend, I'll go for turkey dogs and use low carb wraps instead of buns. It's pretty good topped with sauerkraut and mustard!

Hike and climb a crap ton while you're camping and it will balance out.

i agree just exercise more and be reasonable with portions and you will be fine

I just went camping this last weekend and the weekend prior. I ate w/in my range by monitoring my portions. I ate the carbs, I ate the bbq & incorporated salads & had fruit as my snacks. Oh & I definitely had a s’more or two + some wine. It’s all about portions and making sure you aren’t sitting around the campsite all day. I hiked an awful lot and averaged about 5+ miles a day according to my fitbit. So go & have fun.

I love camping, and I love grilling. You can grill chicken, steak, shrimp, fish, vegetables, fruit...Are you camping at a lake? Near the ocean? If you are you can catch your dinner everyday. Nothing better than fresh seafood

Also most people are pretty active while they camp. If you go hiking, for a swim, etc. you could be burning a lot of extra cals and need the ribs, peanut butter, (substitute any other calorie dense food)

Camping doesn't count. Lots of reasons for that. But...

1) You have to live life. You can't avoid things becuase you might eat food; that's ridiculous.

2) Camping is awesome, and it doesn't matter what you eat. You're not going to get fat in one weekend, or whatever. It's not going to happen, even if you tried to do it on purpose. The body doesn't work like that.

3) I'm very active when I camp. And, all the beer counter acts the activity, so it's a break-even situation.

4) There's smores. Deal with it. Have a few and enjoy your life.

My kind of guy!

This is going to be a bit of a problem for me. I go camping every weekend for the entire summer starting with memorial day. I am losing a pound a week so I am not stressing yet. I eat what everyone eats I just use some portion control. I drink water instead of beer and I keep moving.

I go camping A LOT in the summer time. I always pack my own cooler of food for the weekend:

Breakfast: eggs (or whites) over the fire w/ sliced ham, whole wheat toast, fresh fruit

Lunch: Chicken over the fire (I bring raw breasts in a baggie or container), mixed veggies over the fire (i'll chop up a variety-peppers, onions, zucchini, etc. and bring in a bowl. Pour a little fat free italian over them and wrap in foil, cook with chicken) with a prepared salad on the side with almonds, veggies & cottage cheese

Dinner: I usually bring a salmon or tilapia fillet and cook over the fire. With it, I'll wrap a head of cabbage and throw in the fire (I hollow it out where the "stem" is and fill with fat free italian and chopped garlic) and make a baked sweet potato in the fire.

I bring bananas, peanut butter, dark chocolate, fruit, nuts and protein bars for if I want a snack.

I'll usually have a couple spoon fulls of whatever other people are having (potato salad, beans, etc.) but I don't usually go for a whole serving. I find that with the above foods that I prepare for myself I get pretty full to begin with.

Edit to add: If I know I'm going to want hot dogs (gasp!) that weekend, I'll go for turkey dogs and use low carb wraps instead of buns. It's pretty good topped with sauerkraut and mustard!

Can I go camping with you? That sound absolutely delicious!!!!!

We go camping every weekend pretty much but I make sure to prep some healthy food before. We are extremely active on our camping trips, taking long hikes and bike rides. I usually will cut up potatoes and onions and wrap them in foil with salt, pepper, garlic and some EVOO. Or we do sweet potatoes with just a tiny bit of honey and cinnamon (not super healthy but yummy). I put peanut butter in jars and maybe some celery for snacking or make a healthy trail mix. We also make breakfast burritos ahead of time and cook them in foil on the fire. I take my vegan Boca pattys and the BF cooks them over the grill grate or my turkey dogs on a stick!