Vacation Tips

I came back from vegas this week. We were there for a week. I had my protein shake every morning and tried to keep up with drinking all of my water. When we ate dinner out we shared dessert. I did 3 cardio workouts during the week plus had over 10,000 steps most days. I came back 2.5 pounds up. Both my trainer and I think that's a win! Have fun. Keep your plan, but allow yourself to enjoy a bit.

Swim, hike, rent a bicycle and go for a ride, walk or jog on the beach ... try to be active every day.

If your going to drink, drink. Dont waste calories or sugar on the virgin drinks. Have a good time! You sound well prepared !

Good plan! Have a wonderful time!

It's fantastic that you have a plan in place, but I would like to give my holiday strategy...

I recently went on a 10 day holiday (my first in over 12 months) which involved no logging and no moderation (aka, ate and drank whatever I want). This was on a cruise ship (no internet - couldn't log) and involved stuff like double desserts, sugary cocktails and massive buffet breakfasts. On the first day back, the scale said +5kgs. After a couple of days allowing salt and water retention to come off, it turned out I only gained about 1.5kgs which came off quickly. The very next day after getting back, I was 100% straight back into it. I was refreshed, re-motivated and relaxed.

Now this won't work for everyone, but for me it meant I got to enjoy my holiday the way I wanted to. For me, holidays are my time to "let myself go" with food, and to cut that out, would not be a lifelong-maintainable goal.

Most cruises have a lot of good fruits and vegetables, so you will probably have some healthy options. Like others have said, I think that you should relax and enjoy your vacation, but not waste calories on high calorie food that you aren't excited about.

Sounds like you've got a plan! Stay active (plenty of swimming and walking), lots water and eat mindfully (i.e. don't restrict yourself from delicious holiday food & drinks but don't stuff yourself just because it's there). Like the pp's have said, you'll probably experience a jump on the scale from the sodium so don't panic if it happens.

While on the ship, take the stairs never the elevators. Have fun!

When my sister and I do trips in a car we pack our own ice chest with healthy foods, snacks, beverages and water bottles to drink then we have picnics in beautiful places we see along the way and stretch our legs in a walk. We do have one super nice dinner out over the course of the weekend. This is also budget friendly. We were able to see more parks, museums and activities that we would have spent on more expensive less healthy fast food.