Living The Lifestyle - Monday 6/14/21
crewahl
Posts: 5,350 Member
We meet here to explore, share, celebrate and (sometimes) agonize over how we do (or don't) incorporate weight loss guidelines into our daily lives. "It's a lifestyle, not a diet" is easily and often said, but sometimes not so simply put into practice.
This is a thread for everyone. If you're new to GoaD, or to weight loss, your questions and comments are always welcome. If you're maintaining, or a long-term loser, your thoughts on the topic may be just what someone else needs to hear. If you're reading this, join in the discussion!
Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.
Monday -Crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – 88olds
Wednesday -
Thursday - misterhub (Greg)
Friday - whathapnd (Emmie)
Today's Topic: Vacationing
What’s your plan when traveling on vacation? Is it:
- By gosh, I’m gonna stay on plan or else!
- Hey, let’s be reasonable here . . .
- Whoopee! It’s a license to ignore my plan!
And depending on your approach, how do you generally support that? What preparations do you make? What decisions do you have to make?
This is a thread for everyone. If you're new to GoaD, or to weight loss, your questions and comments are always welcome. If you're maintaining, or a long-term loser, your thoughts on the topic may be just what someone else needs to hear. If you're reading this, join in the discussion!
Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.
Monday -Crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – 88olds
Wednesday -
Thursday - misterhub (Greg)
Friday - whathapnd (Emmie)
Today's Topic: Vacationing
What’s your plan when traveling on vacation? Is it:
- By gosh, I’m gonna stay on plan or else!
- Hey, let’s be reasonable here . . .
- Whoopee! It’s a license to ignore my plan!
And depending on your approach, how do you generally support that? What preparations do you make? What decisions do you have to make?
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This is top of mind for me, since I’m dealing with it this week - staying in a timeshare in the White Mountains.
I’ve done all three at different points. I’ve found #1 doesn’t work for me, since if I don’t enjoy things that are specific to where I’m staying, I tend to lose weight but “revenge eat” in rebound when I get home. #3 is a lot of fun, but while it seems easier and easier to put ten pounds on a cruise, it’s also harder and harder to take it off than it used to be.
That leaves me with “let’s be reasonable” - not always my greatest strength around food. I try to control what I can, but still enjoy. I’m not gonna make sure I’m back in our unit for every meal just to stay on plan. I have my default two point breakfast in the unit, try for a frugal lunch (Subways?) when out, and then a flexible but reasonable dinner.
Last night that meant a sampler at a local brewery (Copper Pig), their special burger, and chips. No dessert, and no evening snacking other than carrots. Still, that evening meal was about 140% of my daily points allotment.
So I’ll do what I can, but I am going to hit breweries I haven’t tried every day. I’ll try to make reasonable but satisfying choices. Beyond that? Que sera, sera . . .
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I tend the "be reasonable" option. The main thing I work to avoid is excess. I try to maintain reasonable portion size, regardless what I eat. I also try to limit grazing.0
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I go for reasonable. The first thing I did was to stop tracking on vacation. I tried it. Maybe twice. But it was a drag on vacation. I found it pretty easy at home. But tracking just didn’t travel well.
So I switched my vacation strategy to CORE.
Well, sort of. Because I didn’t really track my steps off the CORE list. I just tried to keep them reasonable.
But the big vacation difference for me was activity. Walking a lot. Golf (no cart). Biking. Even mountain biking. Vacations became a lot more fun.1 -
We've got 2 fairly long distance trips coming up. One on the 4th week end for about 10-11 hours to Little Rock Ar and another one about 13-14 hours to Kansas City, Mo. Milkshake breakfast, milkshake lunch DW and I Allie a dinner with just non starchy vegetables. 👍🤞0
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I like to think that I take the "Hey, let’s be reasonable here" approach. Generally speaking, I try to eat a light-portion breakfast and lunch, but will allow for a bit more "indulgence" for dinner, especially if there is a kosher food option that I don't usually get at home. I am also usually a lot more "indulgent" when it comes to alcohol, but I figure it's a vacation, so that's ok.0
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I too try to be reasonable as I am not making my own food the same way as at home.0
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