Meal Idea's While on Vacation

Are you going to be eating out at restaurants or will you be able to cook for yourself?

If you aren't hungry in the morning, I'd suggest skipping breakfast or just having something small like a piece of fruit. You'll have more calories left over to spend on lunch and dinner (and dessert!)

It is vacation, so you should be able to eat delicious foods and enjoy yourself. Eat whatever you want, but keep portion sizes small. Split an entree with a friend, or take home leftovers and eat that for lunch the next day.

Stay as active during the day as you can. Walk to your destinations instead of driving. Even taking public transportation is more active. Play games on the beach, volleyball, frisbee, go swimming.

At the beach? Eat seafood. Most seafood is pretty low cal, high protein provided it's not fried.

I'm actually out at work in Dubai for 3 months, it took me a while, but I'm finally understand the food, and understanding how to calorie count here!

My biggest tip is try sticking with light meals for when you know what you are going to be eating. Also, try and maybe work in a bit more exercise to even out the extra unknown calories. I worked out a max of 30 minutes/wk before the vacation, and now i'm putting in about 20 minutes a day. My one life saver is having some non-fat yogurt and almonds to help make meals a bit more healthy! Sometimes lunch is a GIANT bowl of rice, so i take maybe 1/4 cup of rice, mix it with some yogurt and almonds, and it's actually very filling, and a lot healthier of an alternative!

My breakfast is two eggs (i'm on 1400 cals), my lunches are variable to whatever my cafeteria here gives me (upwards of 700 calories, ouch! but YUM) and my dinner is usually a half portion of something, a soup or a salad.

For instance, today i had:
a 2 egg omelette and a banana for breakfast (305 cals)
Chicken Tandoori with Chapati and yogurt (600 cals)
and i had a half portion of Chicken Korma with a Parotta (380 cals)

That's 1285 cals, and I'll probably snack on 100 cals of almonds while winding down.

Then i burned 270 calories running up and down the stairs at my hotel!

I would not recommend skipping breakfast this will stall your metabolism. Even an egg or a slice of toast would be better than nothing.

Make sure your room has a mini fridge and a microwave. You might have to pay a little extra for it, but it really helps. Keep some lite Greek yogurt and berries in the fridge for a quick breakfast. Saves $ too.

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