Cruises

clayelliott847
clayelliott847 Posts: 125 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I am going on a 7 day Caribean Cruise after Thanksgiving. Any suggestions for eating withing reason.

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  • krismacdee
    krismacdee Posts: 5 Member
    Recently went on a 4 day cruise. Ate all I wanted even dessert. You will walk a ton, only up ounces when I got back, came right off!!! Enjoy!
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Portion control is your friend. Take about half the amount you think you want. You'll still be full!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,510 Member
    edited November 2017
    I think the beauty of a cruise is that you can make it as healthy and controlled as you want it to be. There's so many food choices and so many options to exercise that if you're determined to make it. But do enjoy yourself - you're going on a cruise!

    I think the main thing to remember is that the food isn't the reason you're on the cruise. Eat when it's time to eat, but don't make it one of your passtimes - too much other cool stuff to do!
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    I've taken several cruises and have lost weight on every one. Too busy doing things, slow eater. Worked great for me. Have fun!
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,488 Member
    edited November 2017
    I tend to cruise 10-21 days and rarely have a gain over a pound or two, which drops off with a couple of weeks once I return to my regular routine without any effort.

    The buffets are full of delicious foods and it is tempting, when it's your first cruise, not to try everything.

    Go ahead and try everything- just make it a taste, not a serving, and work your way around the stations day by day. There is no need to have the Indian, Mexican, and British breakfast topped off with American pancakes the first day, chose one a day.

    For lunch, salad bars are wonderful, as is the selection of grilled veg, meats and fish.

    The dining room dinners are usually 4-5 courses. You have no need to eat them all, you can pick and choose when you have what. I chose what I want to eat rather than what course it belongs to, the staff don't care. You can also ask for off menu grilled or steamed items if it happens to be a menu that doesn't suit you on a particular day, or sauces and dressings served on the side.

    Try and stick to tastes and your usuall portion size.

    All the above posters are correct, having a ton of fun on a cruise usually means a lot of movement and activity making your calorie burn pretty high.

    When you get home don't worry if you are 10 lbs up. You would be amazed at the amount of water retention flying, being in the heat, and eating foods that have a higher salt level in food can add.

    I actually travel with bigger clothes and shoes for the 2nd half of my cruises because I add so much.

    Have a great cruise, I am off to the Caribbean for 14 days in March.

    Cheers, h.

    As a cruise lover and forever curious, I have to ask- anyone want to come and say which is your favourite cruise line, and why?

    Mine is Celebrity, can't beat the service and food. The ships are beautifully furnished too.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »

    As a cruise lover and forever curious, I have to ask- anyone want to come and say which is your favourite cruise line, and why?

    Mine is Celebrity, can't beat the service and food. The ships are beautifully furnished too.

    Agreed - Celebrity. I have had 2 very nice cruises with them - one to Alaska in one of those rooms on the back of the ship with the big balcony - best way to view the glaciers EVER - instead of fighting the crowds on deck early in the morning you can lay in the lounge chair on the balcony in your bathrobe. PERFECT!

    The other was a re-positioning cruise - transpacific. Vancouver Canada to Japan. It was great - so many days at sea but a terrific experience.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,488 Member
    Hee hee, I rarely check people's profiles, but I had to check you out because of your cruises start port @Ready2Rock206. I'm across the border and water in Victoria.

    Cheers, h.
  • ttreit
    ttreit Posts: 59 Member
    Just remember there really is no limit to the food so you don't have to worry about missing out. Take lots of little tastes of things and then go back for just your favorites. Eat slow and really taste everything but allow yourself to go back as many times as you want. Don't be afraid to throw things out if you don't care for them or not to finish something. The starving children in [enter country here] gain nothing from you putting on a pound of fat. Better to just throw it away.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Eat within reason before the cruise. Eat within reason after the cruise.
  • LAWoman72
    LAWoman72 Posts: 2,846 Member
    My FIL has a real weight problem (he's about 5'7" or so and has never weighed less than 240 since I've known him, but most of that time has been a minimum of 280, sometimes over 300), but he says he always loses weight on cruises. He says you're just so busy, there's so much to do, you wander around the ship, you get off the ship to go shopping or go climb something, etc., etc. and he never really watches what he eats when he goes on a cruise but he pretty much always drops a few pounds.

    (They go on cruises 2-4 times/year...yeah, I hate them too.)
  • leonhnchan
    leonhnchan Posts: 36 Member
    I'm going on my first cruise next month and have been working hard to get ripped for it. It's good to have an event/date to work towards. I will bring my L-Carnitine and HMB supps and as I follow intermittent fasting, I will also be doing it on the cruise. I will also hit the gym a couple of times a day before I have feasts as a post workout meal. It's going to be an awesome holiday!
  • amyepdx
    amyepdx Posts: 750 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    I tend to cruise 10-21 days and rarely have a gain over a pound or two, which drops off with a couple of weeks once I return to my regular routine without any effort.

    The buffets are full of delicious foods and it is tempting, when it's your first cruise, not to try everything.

    Go ahead and try everything- just make it a taste, not a serving, and work your way around the stations day by day. There is no need to have the Indian, Mexican, and British breakfast topped off with American pancakes the first day, chose one a day.

    For lunch, salad bars are wonderful, as is the selection of grilled veg, meats and fish.

    The dining room dinners are usually 4-5 courses. You have no need to eat them all, you can pick and choose when you have what. I chose what I want to eat rather than what course it belongs to, the staff don't care. You can also ask for off menu grilled or steamed items if it happens to be a menu that doesn't suit you on a particular day, or sauces and dressings served on the side.

    Try and stick to tastes and your usuall portion size.

    All the above posters are correct, having a ton of fun on a cruise usually means a lot of movement and activity making your calorie burn pretty high.

    When you get home don't worry if you are 10 lbs up. You would be amazed at the amount of water retention flying, being in the heat, and eating foods that have a higher salt level in food can add.

    I actually travel with bigger clothes and shoes for the 2nd half of my cruises because I add so much.

    Have a great cruise, I am off to the Caribbean for 14 days in March.

    Cheers, h.

    As a cruise lover and forever curious, I have to ask- anyone want to come and say which is your favourite cruise line, and why?

    Mine is Celebrity, can't beat the service and food. The ships are beautifully furnished too.

    I’m with you - I love cruises! Cunard & NCL are my favs - I’ve done each 4 times. Cunard because the Queen Mary is amazing and NCL because you get a lot for the price. Next Sept - NCL Venice & Greece for my 60th - counting the days!!
  • Oma827
    Oma827 Posts: 114 Member
    I'm a Carnival fan, but did Princess to Alaska and it was spectacular. Worked this program without fail and lost weight at planned pace. I found the key is planning to enjoy.

    For me, that meant:

    1. Packing shaved deli ham, sliced turkey, fresh fruit chunks, etc. in a thermal bag for lunch and dinner on the long flights.
    2. Bringing protein powder measured into 10 tiny ziplock bags; thermal cup with lid. Going up to buffet in morning, pouring skim milk into glass, then into cup w protein powder.
    3. Being adopted by headwaiter, who brought next day's menus to me at dinner every night. I made sure I could order okay at b and l; he took my order for dinner. Next night, there it was. I was asking for vegetables they had on the menu, just plated with the size protein I needed and no sauces.
    4. Flying home: hit the buffet in the morning, ate fresh scrambled eggs n fruit, then cut up meats and fruit for the sealed plastic containers I had with me for lunch and dinner.

    I am trying very hard to live as "food is fuel," honoring my body with fuel and exercise. I enjoyed everything I ate and this worked for me! Happy travels.
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    Cruises are made for eating! I threw all diet rules out the window and ate everything I wanted. I was up maybe 2 pounds when I got back. As others have said, stay active.
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  • wsusan162
    wsusan162 Posts: 58 Member
    Just got back from our cruise last week.....gained 8 lbs. Take the stairs every time, we got lazy and started taking the elevators.
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