how to manage low calorie diet on vacation ??

just enjoy your vacation and gt back to it when you return. i gained 1.5 pounds on vacation and lost it and more within a week and a half.

Also meant to say that there's nothing wrong with eating fast food on your trip. Most places have options that can be fit into any calorie goal for the day, especially 1600.

Just relax and have a good time! Don't think of yourself being on holiday from MFP otherwise you might go crazy (that's my mindset: I've had one biscuit so I must eat the whole packet now and I'll start again tomorrow) - eat sensibly, indulge on stuff but stop when you're full and just make sure you make satisfying and satiating food choices! I wouldn't log but I would perhaps keep an estimate of calories in my head or my phone's calculator if I'm feeling anxiety

Seriously you probably won't gain any real weight and I imagine you'll be walking around a lot and doing lots in the day. Have fun and enjoy yourself!

Part of my "diet" (aka lifestyle) is that holidays are a no-logging, no-worries zone. I recently went on a 9 night cruise where I had no internet (first holiday since starting MFP). I ate whatever I wanted, probably drank my maintenance in calories each day and didn't care basically.

However, the deal was the day after I got back, I got 100% straight back into it.

So I got back, stood on the scale and it said I had gained 5kg. I laughed, knowing this was mainly water retention. Two days later the scale said I had only gained about 1.2kgs. A week after that I was back where I started.

Some people can't do the "diet break" as they wont get back on the wagon. But for me, I can easily set a defined time and at the end of it jump straight back in.

For me, I wanted to enjoy my holiday and that meant enjoying food and drink. In the end, I had a fantastic holiday, didn't worry once about what I should be eating and any weight I put on was quickly lost afterwards.

If you want to keep going on holidays, that's fantastic - most fast food places offer calorie information that can be logged easily. But it's also okay if you don't... As long as you can jump back into it.

KateTii wrote: »

Part of my "diet" (aka lifestyle) is that holidays are a no-logging, no-worries zone.

I have a similar view on the matter. There are four, maybe five, food-centric holidays a year. Combine that with a week or two of vacation time and that leaves you with 346 days of well-monitored eating. It works out in your favor!

Its normal for your stomach to be bloated after eating because you just put food and liquids in it. It doesnt mean you've gained weight.

Even fast food places has healthy choices these days. If you really wanna stick to your goal, have a salad, careful with the dressing etc, you know what to do, just be smart about it.

I tend to eat my way through places I visit because it's food I can't get at home. Not *everything* I eat is huge or calorie dense, but a lot of it is.

I have one reasonable meal per day (generally breakfast) and then eat what I want. It's a small part of the year, and it doesn't do much damage. This year, six weeks of travel added four or five pounds. That's really not bad at all considering how delicious everything was, and it was gone within a month (the first couple pounds to drop were probably water weight from so much sodium at restaurants anyway).

I went away for the day yesterday. The food choices in the area for dinner were fried foods, pizza, ice cream or salads with fried chicken. I walked 6.5 miles when I started to look for food. I refused to eat until I found a McDonalds where I purchased one grilled chicken ranch wrap. I've worked too hard so I do not desire the food. If you keep busy and make decent choices, you should be fine at the end.

Enjoy your vacation and eat at maintenance.