Staying on track on vacation

steph8679
steph8679 Posts: 25 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello All!

I'm going on vacation for a week and I'm excited to get some sun and have some fun! I'm hoping that I won't undo all my hard work in the week I'm gone. What are your "secrets" for staying on track and still enjoying your time on vacation? Have a great day! :happy:

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  • stuffinmuffin
    stuffinmuffin Posts: 985 Member
    My advice would be to stay active and be mindful of what you put in your mouth. Also check out what your maintenance cals would be and just try and stick to those.

    Most of enjoy yourself. You now have the tools at hand to undo any damage you might have done when you get back.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    I just got back from Vacation (about 2 weeks ago) no internet access, all inclusive...all you can eat and drink...I gained 4lbs...but it was worth it...

    It's gone now so not a biggy...

    Don't worry about it if it will cause you to stress on vacation..I mean it's only a week right.
  • rmdaly
    rmdaly Posts: 250 Member
    I don't know what your situation is going to be, but if you can eat well for breakfast and lunch, then you can probably splurge a little at dinner. I take a hot water heater with me and I make single serving bags of oatmeal with raisins and stuff that I can eat first thing in the morning and keep myself on track. If you have a fridge, you can get simple lunch foods to eat: bread, meat or cheese, salad makings, soup and fruit to eat.

    Focus on getting some exercise by walking, jogging or biking if you can. That will help too.

    Have fun!
  • Leonidas_meets_Spartacus
    Leonidas_meets_Spartacus Posts: 6,198 Member
    Plan your meals ahead of time, where and what you are going to eat. Have one or two meals where you can splurge and drink. I travel 4 days, almost every week. May be I am more used to staying on track when away from home. If the resort/hotel has a kitchen and fridge, you can buy some healthy food and eat it.
  • tquill
    tquill Posts: 300 Member
    I usually go with the see food diet on vacation. I see food, I eat it.

    If the vacation is something that doesn't happen all the time (annual or so), I tend to value enjoying myself more than sticking to a diet. I'm not eating ice cream 5 meals a day... but I'm certainly not caring too much about what I eat.

    On the other hand, if these "vacations" come a lot more often than once a year... then I would probably pay closer attention to what I'm eating during them.
  • steph8679
    steph8679 Posts: 25 Member
    Thanks everyone for your great advice!
  • steph8679
    steph8679 Posts: 25 Member
    I usually go with the see food diet on vacation. I see food, I eat it.

    If the vacation is something that doesn't happen all the time (annual or so), I tend to value enjoying myself more than sticking to a diet. I'm not eating ice cream 5 meals a day... but I'm certainly not caring too much about what I eat.

    On the other hand, if these "vacations" come a lot more often than once a year... then I would probably pay closer attention to what I'm eating during them.

    See food diet lol! :laugh:
  • amblight
    amblight Posts: 350 Member
    I'm going on vacation soon too, and so worried! I'll be visiting my friend and her family in their country for the 3rd time, so I know from experience that food is going to be a major part! You know those movies, when the people are so happy to have guests, they present all the specialities, put it on your plate, serve you foods with 10minute intervals? yeah, it's like that, lol :b And it's cusine known for cheese and oils... Oh well, we are going hiking too, so I'm hoping I can justify having a biiiiit more of those delicious foods!
  • steph8679
    steph8679 Posts: 25 Member
    I'm going on vacation soon too, and so worried! I'll be visiting my friend and her family in their country for the 3rd time, so I know from experience that food is going to be a major part! You know those movies, when the people are so happy to have guests, they present all the specialities, put it on your plate, serve you foods with 10minute intervals? yeah, it's like that, lol :b And it's cusine known for cheese and oils... Oh well, we are going hiking too, so I'm hoping I can justify having a biiiiit more of those delicious foods!

    LoL! I think I'm going to have to justify some of my dinners as well!

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