Count calories
Whether on vacation or not, your hands down, fail-proof way of keeping weight under control is to count calories. This is also the best option if you don’t want to eliminate any foods you love. It’s the only thing that has ever worked for me. If you think about it, all of the most popular weight control programs are centered around a 1,200 calorie diet. Fortunately, it’s so easy for people to do for themselves if they just have the right tools. For a woman who is trying to lose weight, an average daily calorie intake should be 1200–1500. Since it’s hard to count calories when you’re eating out a lot and away from your normal schedule, bring a pocket size calorie-counting book. You can pick these up at your local bookstore or online retailers for around six bucks. It not only lists the calorie content, but also the carbs and fat grams of every food imaginable. The more you do this the easier it will be for you to know how many calories you are consuming just by looking at certain foods.
Tips for Maintaining Your Weight on Vacation
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Thanks, this is helpful. I travel so much for work that it's hard to get into a workout routine.
thanks! yea, its true... alot of people are actually way more active on vacation than in normal life. So I think that the workplace should start giving us more vacation time to prevent obesity. hah.
Great article! My vacations usually contain alot of scuba diving which is great exercise. My mother swears she loses about 10 pounds everytime she goes on a cruise. How does she do that? She says that because cruise ships offer such a huge variety of food that it is actually easier to choose healthy over unhealthy. Doesn't work for everyone though. My best friend usually finds my Mom's lost pounds every time she goes on a cruise.
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