Eating healthy on a cruise??
sydkins432
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Has anyone attempted this? Are there healthy options besides eating lettuce for 7 straight days?? All I've heard about is chocolate lava cakes and 24 hour pizza. Hoping I can survive!
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go enjoy. its a vacation. dont worry about it. youll lose it when you get home0
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Me? I would say screw and live it up. You paid for it and you only live once. Experience it. Sorry for not answering your question.0
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enjoy the cruise, try to eat some lighter foods, but have fun and don't worry about it so much...
part of the lifestyle change is learning that it is OK to loosen up around holidays, vacation, etc; it is impossible to always be 100% accurate with tracking...0 -
There certainly are healthy options available everywhere and I might suggest them for breakfast, maybe even lunch but other than that love yourself and enjoy your vacation! Realistically you can't actually do much damage in a week as far as fat goes.0
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I went on a cruise last december and the first day i was trying to eat healthy but then i said screw this i am going to enjoy my vacation and don't worry about it. i had a little of very in moderation and had a great time came back home and didn't even gain one pound. you are very active on the ship and you do a lot of walking. you will be fine just go and have fun0
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Yes. I cruise a couple times a year and do eat healthy. I also work out every day as usual. There are lots of healthy options. Just have to watch your portions as usual. And don't let the waiters at dinner bring you every dessert on the menu. lol I cruise Carnival and there is always healthy options at every meal.0
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i went on vacation last month and while not a cruise, i still ate all the things, and only gained a pound and a half. it was off the week i came home. go. enjoy. have fun.
and cruises have gyms... and pools and day trips and other activities to help work off food!0 -
try to survivie! ... there is also a gym on the curise, so at least you have that....
get as much fruit and and take it to your room. empty the mini bar and put it in there. also yogurt and deli meat for the potein
i eat alot of the vegetarian options too. cut down on saturated fat.
you CAN take grilled veggies to go from dinner - they have plate covers! dont be embarrased
24 hr hamburger/hotdog spot- skip the buns and fries.
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Oh God, I gained 10 lbs on a cruise I went on! Try to combat it with walks around the deck or dancing! I made the mistake of being way too sedentary which was a mistake I wouldn't make again.0
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One of the main reasons I decided to get my butt in gear and lose weight/get healthy was taking up cruising - the weight would go on and never come off because I was lazy and didn't make an effort to shift it when the holiday was over. My advice - eat what you want, practise a wee bit of moderation (like, don't have 5 ice creams a day, just have 2 or 3 ;-) ) and enjoy yourself. We tend to do a lot of walking in the ports and we make sure to do a few miles a day on the Promenade on sea days. Last summer I put on 4lbs in a fortnight but it soon came off when I got home. Lots of lines offer healthier options (usually indicated by a little symbol on the menus) and common sense will dictate the best choices at the buffets. Don't worry, enjoy yourself - you can't do *that* much damage in 7 days.0
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I've only been on one cruise (Princess) and there were lots of excellent healthy options at all times. You don't have to eat pizza and lava cakes all the time just because it's there. I did find that the restaurant meals (ie from a menu not buffet) tended to have smaller portion sizes and were served with generous portions of vegetables (of course, you can always order a 2nd and 3rd entree...) I also noted a good selection of proteins (fish, beef, chicken, seafood) at the buffet prepared by lower calorie methods. My mom has been on several on different lines, and she says the food options are similar.0
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I took a cruise last summer and gained 6 pounds! There's a lot of desserts to tempt you at the buffet style lunch on the Lido decks. My advice is try your best to pick healthy breakfasts and lunches and just enjoy your dining experience. Just watch out for the convenient ice cream cones available 24/7.0
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I took a cruise last summer and gained 6 pounds! There's a lot of desserts to tempt you at the buffet style lunch on the Lido decks. My advice is try your best to pick healthy breakfasts and lunches and just enjoy your dining experience. Just watch out for the convenient ice cream cones available 24/7.
you ate 21000 calories over maintenance...wow!0 -
sydkins432 wrote: »Has anyone attempted this? Are there healthy options besides eating lettuce for 7 straight days?? All I've heard about is chocolate lava cakes and 24 hour pizza. Hoping I can survive!
But I was also doing a few other things. I almost never took the elevator on the ship. I used the stairs all the time. And I was moving around a lot so I went up and down those stairs multiple times a day. I loved swimming in the ocean when I had the chance. I limited my alcohol intake (two reasons: first, although I have a very high tolerance, I just don't like alcohol that much, and second, the "packages" that are worth it are ridiculously expensive).
It's not like I missed out. I went to on-board shows, danced my heart out at a couple parties, swam in the ocean (did I mention?), hung out with friends, got to see some amazing places.0 -
I wasn't logging on the cruise (I am NOT paying $70 a day for wifi, thank you), and I was eating what I felt like. Turns out, my body's been retrained. Without even thinking about it, I was picking healthy options: plain yogurt and adding my own fruits to it, eating fruits rather than drinking juice, ordering fish for dinner (Okay, I actually love seafood and fish) and mostly leaving the blab of mashed potatoes on the plate while cleaning up the steamed multicolored veggies. Again, I didn't force myself to do it, it just happened. And to boot, I enjoyed delicious multilayered chocolate cake with a side of vanilla ice cream with each dinner.
But I was also doing a few other things. I almost never took the elevator on the ship. I used the stairs all the time. And I was moving around a lot so I went up and down those stairs multiple times a day. I loved swimming in the ocean when I had the chance. I limited my alcohol intake (two reasons: first, although I have a very high tolerance, I just don't like alcohol that much, and second, the "packages" that are worth it are ridiculously expensive).
This is what I aim for, a change of habits & a change of mindset. Thanks showing us it can be done.0 -
I didn't log on my cruise but I had my maintenance calories in my head.
Honestly, the buffet food kind of stinks so eat your veggies then. There are some "healthy" options on the menu for dinner with less calories, salmon, etc. I chose from a those a few nights, but also ate what I wanted a few nights. I drank, but only a few glasses of wine per day. Some of the desserts weren't great, so I didn't finish them. But some were great so I ate them all up. I also worked out about 5 out of the 8 days in the gym and did a few excursions that kept me quite active. No weight gain or loss.0 -
Hi! I went on my first cruise on March aboard the Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas. I found it super easy to maintain healthy eating patterns because the food choices were so broad! I just ate as I would at home...saying "no" to the breads, pastas and desserts (ok...once in awhile I'd eat a half portion of a dessert if it looked amazing) and filling my plate with meat and veggies preceded by a salad. I still had a couple of glasses of wine in the evening.
Just make a decision ahead of time about how you want to eat and stick to it! Have fun!
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I've never been on a cruise, so I can't speak to the food options, but I'm beginning to doubt this idea that every time you go on vacation or over the holidays you should "enjoy it." If enjoying it means overeating, I think you're setting yourself up for weight gain. It would be better to learn to enjoy eating in moderation and putting in a sufficient amount of exercise.0
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I went on a cruise and there are tons of options. I tired to eat within reason, but I did enjoy myself and eat the desserts, higher calorie items and drank alcohol. I also stayed active, walking a lot and I took advantage of the gym most mornings. I ended up gaining 1.5 pounds during the week, which came off within a couple days after returning home. I say enjoy yourself,I sure did!0
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I loved the fact that all the fruit and salad was prepared for you! No chopping up or peeling. I would go crazy on the fruit and salad, but not stop yourself from the indulgent bits. It was the unlimited cookies EVERYWHERE that put me over my calories. And maybe the alcohol. lol0
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