Vacation time fear...How can I deal?

I would say try to still be somewaht mindful of what you eat, at least for breakjast and lunch and stay as active as possible. I did that on my cruise last year and worked fairly well for me good luck!

I see you do have a game plan and that's what important. Walking will help alot... Enjoy yourself and just try to make healthy choices...You can do it!!!:-)

I see you do have a game plan and that's what important. Walking will help alot... Enjoy yourself and just try to make healthy choices...You can do it!!!:-)

Last year when I went on vacation to Orlando my hubby asked me to take a break from EVERYTHING, counting, working out, everything. I thought he'd lost his mind, which I'm still not sure isn't completely true :laugh:
But I did, since he is so supportive I figured I'd give him a week. I ate anything I wanted, still substituted something because ice cream on my pancakes just sounded wrong :noway:
I enjoyed my time and didn't worry about it, got on the scale and lost 3lbs that week :noway:
I don't drink but I love sweets and had my fill of dinning out. Good Luck with whatever you decide to do :flowerforyou:
I'll be going on vacay soon again, and figured I'm gonna gain, but hope to maintain...either way I'm going to enjoy myself :blushing:

Watch what you drink, work out how many calories in a glass of wine, beer or whatever you're having. Vodka with zero calorie lemonade is about 70 cals with 1 shot of vodka, a lot better than a 300cal medium/large glass of wine! It's also fizzy so you'll be full up after 2 glasses! I think white wine spritzers are low cal-ish too, and they'll have the same fizzy effect!
Go for grilled fish and white meat as the main part of your meal rather than a salad- less likely to have high calorie dressings and keep you full longer.

You've learnt over using MFP 'good' foods and 'bad' foods, just keep that in mind and don't think 'its a holiday, i deserve a treat' because you'll just gain! Good luck!

When I'm travelling, I pick one meal to splurge on (usually dinner & drinks), and then keep the others reasonable. I take Clif bars, apples, etc., with me, so that I have good things to munch on for breakfast. I also try to get in at least an hour or more of walking, if I can't make it to a gym or pool.

Number one because there is drinking involed you need to push the water cause drinking dehydrates the body, not to mention the salt from the food you'll be talked into eating. but it might do your body to get a little switch up it might boost your motabolism. Workout when you can, and enjoy yourself

I've never understood that saying "have your cake and eat it too." Why else would you have cake? Does anyone buy cake just to look at? Of course if I want cake I want to eat it. Duh.

...Anywho, don't sweat it Mami. Just have fun and do your best to not go too overboard. Have fun!

TOTALLY agree. I've always wondered where they saying comes from....seems ridiculous to me. ha


My advice - vegetables and LOTS of water! Make sure that you get a salad with lunch and dinner. That's what I usually do. It helps me not over do it with the "bad stuff" while on vacation. I can still have dessert but usually only want a bite or two.

I'm with the other who say just enjoy yourself. It's your vacation!! How many times a year do you get this opportunity? I know that when I go on vaca with my fam later this year, I'm not going to stress. I'm going to eat what I want, when I want. Then get back on track the next week. No big deal.

EDIT: Whatever you do, just stay away from the regular soda. Get diet or zero with your meal (of course, water is preferable ) Even when I have a huge cheat meal with a desert and everything, I always get a diet soda with it. There's NO reason for an extra 200+ calories for a drink.

Last year when I went on vacation to Orlando my hubby asked me to take a break from EVERYTHING, counting, working out, everything. I thought he'd lost his mind, which I'm still not sure isn't completely true :laugh:
But I did, since he is so supportive I figured I'd give him a week. I ate anything I wanted, still substituted something because ice cream on my pancakes just sounded wrong :noway:
I enjoyed my time and didn't worry about it, got on the scale and lost 3lbs that week :noway:
I don't drink but I love sweets and had my fill of dinning out. Good Luck with whatever you decide to do :flowerforyou:
I'll be going on vacay soon again, and figured I'm gonna gain, but hope to maintain...either way I'm going to enjoy myself :blushing:

This. Don't go nuts and eat everything you possibly can just because it's there, and definitely try to stay active and keep in your mind that this is a planned break from your diet rather than a screwup--but just be human and enjoy yourself. Lots of weight loss research (read Lyle MacDonald on this) shows that breaks from the diet can help reset your metabolism to higher levels and bring back up all the hormone levels that long-term dieting drops down really low. (Which is why many people actually *lose* weight over a break, or immediately after returning to the diet from the break.)

So..be healthy and make healthy choices, and get some enjoyable activity, but have some dang fun and splurge a little! Just keep planning to _get back to it when you get home_ (that's the key thing!! If you feel like it's a mistake and you might as well give up, it'll be hard to return to dieting, but if you think of it as part of the diet, it'll be just fine in the long run.)

(When I was a super-obsessed bodybuilder, I went to Cozumel with my family on vacation and packed whey protein and protein bars, and spent the first half of the vacation prowling around looking for a gym I could go to and doing multiple sets of pushups poolside so that I didn't lose any muscle. Then I got over myself, and I had way more fun, and my poor family CERTAINLY had way more fun once I turned into a human being again! The point of being healthy is so you can live your life, not the other way around!)

Look up what your maintenance calories would be (set your goal to 0 lbs per week) and aim to be between your regular target and your maintenance target. You'll probably have some up days and some down days, but as long as you commit to getting back on plan as soon as you get back, at worst you will have a small hiccup. Enjoy your vacation!!

BTW the meaning of the "have your cake and eat it too" is that if you eat the cake, you don't "have" (as in possess) it anymore... can't have it both ways.