2 Week Vacation- How do you eat?

Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »

I eat like I'm on vacation while I'm on vacation. Even if you gain, it'd just be a few lbs, most of which will be water weight.

Do lots of swimming, beach walking, or moving around in general. Don't eat until you're stuffed. Otherwise, just enjoy yourself and try not to worry. Your food diary will be here when you get back.

Solid advice. Enjoy yourself and don't feel guilty if you decide to indulge.

As long as you are mindful about your eating, you will do fine. Some meals you will splurge and then you will likely feel less hungry at others. When we went to Disney last fall I enjoyed "big eating" the first couple of days (dessert was included with every sit down meal in our meal plan) and then by the end of the third day I just wanted a simple salad and grilled salmon and no dessert. So I would say enjoy the food as vacation should be about letting loose a bit but also pay attention to your body's signals.

This article might be helpful: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-full-diet-break.html/

How much damage can you really do in 2 weeks? I am off on holiday for 2 weeks myself and will be eating, drinking, swimming and walking. I would consider it a bad holiday if I wasn't looking at having to lose an extra 5 or 6 lbs when I get back.

Try to make the best choices you can and try to moderate your portions but other than that have a fantastic holiday

This content has been removed.

It depends on your goals and how you can live (accept yourself) with obtaining them later rather than sooner. You have to be comfortable to accept and be accountable for your actions whether it's vacation, a work day, or a day off.
Also, you know your body best and how it responds to the choices you make.

~~~~If you will be beating yourself up after your vacation then I suggest you do your best to follow what you do daily on non vacation time......If you won't beat yourself up after vacation, then live it however but accept the consequences of how it may change your goals....

~~Know thyself Guideline: Here is a comparasion of my experiences. Both week cruises with pre and post stays adding up to 2 weeks vacation.
>Cruise A: I ate as if I wasn't on vacation, I exercised 3x/strength, 3x Cardio in the ship's gym, was active on excursions, use the ships' stair 75% time. I lost 5 punds.
>Cruise B: I ate in moderation which for me was allowing a few days with desserts and the other days with 2 glasses of wine. I exercised in the ship's gym 3x/strength, 3x Cardio, was active on excursions, used hsip's stairs 75% time. I maintained....For me I can not go past 14 days in moderation else I start to gain.

~~Results: Whatever choices I make I live with them, No excuses or whining allowed, I'm accountable for my actions.

I hope this helps you.

I have a lot to lose, like 100+ pounds. I have just been on vacation in the US for a month & I actually ended up losing 18 pounds. It was a roadtrip so even though there wasn't a TON of walking, it was a lot for me!
I tried to log my food while I was there but I'd have good days & bad days with logging so essentially what ended up happening is I ate a very calorie light breakfast and lunch. E.g. continental breakfast at the hotel (such as two pieces of toast with jam & one glass of milk, perhaps an orange) & then typically subway for lunch. Tried to keep snacking to fruit or healthy low-cal options but there were days where I had coldstone ice cream.
Dinner was usually when it came tumbling down & I had In-n-out or Carl's Jr. or some other fast food burger option.
Just try to keep it to one out of control meal a day, if you can of course & you should be fine. Plus take the option to get a bit of walking or another exercise in when you can, especially swimming!

Hope you have an amazing vacation! (:

PS- you can still log your food offline, MFP has a huuuge offline database. That's what I did.

I just got back from vacation. We ate like royalty at very special restaurants. We walked quite a bit and I raced a darn fast 10k. The scale spiked up by 3 pounds... Now up less than a pound. Totally worth it and was easy to get back on track. Have a plan for getting back on track.

I generally am much more active on vacation because at home, I have much less time to exercise. Because of that, I can eat more than I do normally do, but I still don't start eating too much. I do have a weakness for ice cream, and I do indulge in that when I am on vacation, pretty much daily.

I just got back from a 2 week vacation. I did pretty well, in that I still attempted to log every day (you can do this with a pen and paper if there is no internet) but I also didn't deny myself having fun. In the 2 weeks I ended up going over my calories on about half the days, and being under the other half, which was pretty good by my standards. I got a fair bit of exercise from walking, and in the last week managed a couple of sessions at the gym. Had a great time. I don't really weigh myself often anymore, but I reckon I may have gained like one kilo, which I'm not mad about. Worth it

I go on a lot of vacations so I try not to over do it when I'm gone. I now have a pretty good idea of how much I should be eating everyday so I try not to have any huge meals. If I know I'm going over I try to be more active. I'm not gonna turn down having icecream with my kid but I only get one scoop now in a cup vs a cone. I just tone it back a little bit while still having a good time. I've taken 3 weeks of vacation since I started in April and I've still been able to lose 35 pounds in that time. I'm going on a cruise in a couple of weeks and I will still have a good time. All you can eat doesn't mean you have to pig out. That's part of training ourselves to be more responsible eaters.

I'm currently on a 2 week vacation. We are on the go daily. I eat cereal in the morning and take plenty of water when we leave our resort. Then we hike, bike ride, sight see throughout the day. I usually eat a late lunch always a salad with a entree. Fill up on salad then add protein. Later at night I'll have a snack of some sort usually cereal. Yes I eat plenty of cereal. We went on another vacation 3 weeks ago and when I got home I weighed myself and list 4 lbs. I'm hoping the same happens this time. Best of luck.