Foolproof Ways to Avoid Weight Gain on Vacation ...

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Foolproof Ways to Avoid Weight Gain on Vacation ...

Vacation is a time to leave work behind, let your guard down and have a fun time with friends or family. It’s also easy to get off your healthy routine. And if you’re not careful, you might come home with a few extra pounds.

Here are simple ways to enjoy your vacation without packing on weight.

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1

Pick a Hotel with a Kitchenette

Eating out every day can mean extra calories and consuming more than the recommended daily amount of sodium. To maintain your weight while on vacation, pick hotels with a small kitchenette. You can stop by a local grocery store and pick up fruit or vegetables and prepare your own healthy meals. If you can eat some of your meals in the hotel room, you'll avoid excess sodium and calories.

2

Bring Food While on the Road

If driving to your destination, rather than stop at a fast food restaurant every couple hours, pack healthy snacks and meals for the road. Instead of potato chips, soda and other unhealthy snacks, bring low-fat crackers, fruit and water.

3

Don’t Get a Rental Car

Getting a rental car might be the only option depending on where you visit. But if you're staying in a city with a lot of public transportation or attractions within walking distance, skip the rental car and walk around town. The extra walking keeps you active and you're able to burn off extra calories.

4

Hit the Workout Room

Exercise might be the last thing on your mind while vacationing. However, if you're eating out two or three times a day, going to the workout room in your hotel for 20 or 30 minutes a day can give your metabolism a boost, helping you burn more calories and fat. If you don't have a workout room in your hotel, you can walk around the parking lot for 20 or 30 minutes.

5

Be Active

Lounging by the pool all day is fun and relaxing, but this isn't going to burn calories. While looking for activities in your destination city, choose those that involve movement — maybe going for a bike ride, hiking or visiting an amusement park. Anything that involves walking around for the majority of the day. Remember, any activity counts toward maintaining your weight. So get up and move around.

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6

Know the Calorie Count

Before going to a restaurant, head online and pull up the restaurant’s website and check the calorie count for different food items. This way, you have an idea of what to order before sitting down. You can check the calorie count, sodium and fat, and then choose low-calorie options to maintain your weight.

7

Watch Your Drinking

If you consume too many empty calories while on vacation, this can also have an impact on your weight. Sodas, juices and alcoholic beverages have a higher calorie intake. This doesn’t mean you can't enjoy a cold alcoholic selection, just make sure you’re also drinking water to reduce the number of empty calories you take in.

When you come home from vacation you want to feel relaxed and rejuvenated, not weighed down. With the above tips, you can enjoy yourself and experiment with different cuisines while maintaining your weight. What are other ways to prevent weight gain while on vacation?

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Where Thoughts and Opinions Converge

I'm on vacation that last thing I'm going to be thinking about is my weight!

Obviously some people are naturally quite slim, but what they're saying is don't be in such a hurry to lose it if it's gonna make you nuts!

So not much of a holiday then!!!!!

I used to work at a health food store, and I found a magazine called "what doctors don't tell you" and it's got really cool articles. One article was saying that the medical community is starting to realize that it's usually a lot better to be about 30 lbs above your BMI, calling it the Goldie locks weight, neither too fat or too thin. They say it cushions your organs especially in a emergency & that the so-called healthy weight is dictated by a infatuation with being very thin.

Maybe worrying like crazy about your weight b

Haha haha that's true!

This is totally off topic but the green bikini top looks like a pair of eyes!

Well,on a two week cruise we can at least get lots of exercise about the ship even if the food will be out of of this world!

urns calories, hehe.

Pack healthy snacks to leave in the room. I'm sorry, but I'll be damned if I'm going to go to the hotel's fitness room!

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