Your vacation is a time for fun, relaxation and enjoyment, but if you're trying to manage your weight, it can also sabotage all your efforts! Make sure you include weight control on your daily itinerary, no matter where you're going or how tempting the native dishes may be. The following tips can help you plan a wonderful vacation that won't turn into a dieting disaster.
1. Know what will be on the menu. Conduct a little investigation into the local cuisine of your destination so that you can pre-plan healthy choices. Particularly if the foods are foreign, you need to know what's going into them and what impact they will have on your weight. Also, learn a few phrases in the local language like "diet" and "healthy" if applicable.
2. Buy your own healthy snacks. Shopping at a grocery store while on vacation may seem counter intuitive to vacationing, but it will help to keep you from gaining a lot of weight and save you a bundle as well. Stop at a local market every other day and buy the freshest fruits and vegetables for all of your snacking needs. Look for things exotic too, in order to enhance the experience of being in a foreign place.
3. Don't over-restrict yourself. Putting too much pressure on yourself while vacationing may back-fire, this could cause you to throw the towel in completely. Allow a few exceptions to your weight loss efforts that will give you enough pleasure to hold you back the rest of the time and not interfere with your enjoyment of the vacation.
4. Walk to attractions and shops. If you're heading off to the beach for the day, skip the taxi and walk instead. It's fun to meander around leisurely when you're on holiday and you won't even realize you're burning off so many calories. This can be a very effective means of counteracting the consumption of fancy and exotic dishes with unknown amounts of calories and will also help you sleep better in a strange bed!
5. Fill your days with fun and fitness. Take advantage of things like water sports, indoor pools, hotel gyms and sporting events offered by your travel package and accommodations. You can have a ball while working off calories and working toward your weight loss goals and also try some things you've been meaning to experience, like wind-surfing over the ocean or hiking up a trail with waterfalls!
6. Choose vegetarian options when dining out. If all else fails and your choices on the menu are all too stuffed with fat and calories, ask for a vegetarian dish. This is a universal diet and should be available wherever you travel too. Don't forget to make a meal out of the salad bar or mix and match healthy, low-cal appetizers to fill you up without filling you out!
Weight loss isn't easy and if you run off on vacation without thinking about stepping on the scales once you return home, you are setting yourself up for some serious disappointment! Avoid disastrous weight gain while on holiday by using the tips mentioned in this article and using your head!
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