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hard time eating good when I'm on vacation

Mrsmiller0422
Mrsmiller0422 Posts: 16 Member
edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
So we went out of town for the weekend. Ate out all weekend n on the go. Never a sit down meal. I feel so bloated n gross. We didn't stay in a town with real restaurant's. Fast food places . I totally blew my loss.

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Start again tomorrow or when you get back. You didn't blow it. Blowing it would be if you stopped tracking your calories all together.
  • Runagain_4
    Runagain_4 Posts: 97 Member
    I'm the same. I start out with good intentions, then once we're on vacation I tell myself ''well, a little bite of this won't hurt, one slice of pizza won't hurt, another glass of wine because we're on vacation ....''. We have a 2-week ski trip planned for January. I'll still be at least 10 lbs away from my goal weight if I continue on the right track. I'm already starting to think of strategies for sticking with the plan. If this is truly a lifestyle, it needs to factor in vacations - so need to figure out how to reward myself without the excessive food and drink.
    Tips and advice appreciated!
  • Mrsmiller0422
    Mrsmiller0422 Posts: 16 Member
    If you are staying on a hotel that has free breakfast see if they have yogurt n fresh fruit. At least one of your meals won't be so bad.
  • jacklifts
    jacklifts Posts: 396 Member
    I have a hard time with vacations as well. I've found tough that I can eat whatever I want for 4-5 days, and come back, and lose essentially everything I gained in about a week. It's mostly water weight that's gained, and maybe a bit of fat. Even on a 2 week vacation, the most you'd gain is 4lbs of fat, so as long as there is not a specific timeline to lose the weight, it doesn't matter. If it's really a lifestyle, it doesn't matter what you do 20% of the time as long as you eat as you should 80% of the time. The hard part for me is going back to eating on a caloric deficit after a vacation.
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