Eating healthy on a cruise??

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Funny you should ask. I returned from a cruise about 2 weeks ago, and it turned out that I actually lost a pound during it. And I wasn't even trying to. 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).

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.

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.

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.

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. lol