Does your upcoming trip away have you worried about your waistline? You should be.
The average person gains almost a half a kilo a day while on vacation!
But that doesn’t have to be you. Most of the time extra kiloss sneak up on you when you least expect it, so decide right here and now that your holiday will leave you slimmer than when you left.
All you have to do is have a plan, and that's exactly where these tips will help!
As you embark on your next adventure, use these 7 tips to come home fitter than when you left.
Trick #1: Cut Your Carbs
Lazy days away are notorious for carbohydrate rich meals, and it’s a well-known fact that too many carbohydrates will quickly add up to unwanted rolls. Combat this fat-trap by choosing one meal per day to go carb-less.
- Breakfast: This may be the most effective meal to use the carb-less trick, since breakfast often involves breads, pastries or pancakes. Skip the toast and fill up on eggs and lean breakfast meats, why not go for a brekkie omelette?
- Lunch: A great carb-less lunch is a salad with lean meat. It’s filling and satisfying that you won’t even miss the bread.
- Dinner: Since you’re on vacation, you don’t want to feel deprived, so dinner is the hardest meal to go carb-less. But if you’ve indulged at breakfast and lunch then make it a point to cut the carbs at dinner. Stick with veggies and lean meats.
Trick #2: Be Active
If your travels keep you too busy for a workout, or if your hotel does not have a gym, still make a conscious effort to be active everyday. Go for a jog or just a walk after your day’s activities. This is a great way to see a new city, and also a great way to burn off extra calories. Take the stairs instead of elevator in your hotel and any other buildings you visit. Go on a short jog first thing in the morning it'll stop you lazing away your entire holiday. If your hotel has a pool, swim a few laps each morning or evening. Check out what active adventures, equipment or classes you can easily use or attend. It's an awesome way to see your idyllic surroundings. Don't forget some of our favourites either burpees, push-ups, chin-ups and frogs:)
Trick #3: Indulge with Control
Eating out is part and parcel of being away sampling more exotic foods has to be done. Whether you’re visiting 5 star restaurants or local eateries, you are faced with the same problem: large portions. While the easiest thing to do with a large portioned meal is to simply eat it all - you are on holiday after all...right? - that isn’t the best for your waist.
When you order your meal ask how big the portion sizes are if you think it may be too big do one of the following;
1. Order an Entree Size instead of a main
2. Get it to share with your dinner partner (not with the hottie at the bar). This can also be friendlier on your holiday budget.
3. Get a doggy bag and halve your meal before you even start to eat, no-one knows you there so don't be shy plus you now have lunch for tomorrow ready to go!.
Trick #4: Don’t Eat Late
One of the easiest tricks for preventing weight loss is to simply stop eating 3 hours before you go to bed. This is especially effective while on holiday. So skip that late night indulgence and wake up looking and feeling great.
Trick #5: Snack Healthy
Have you ever noticed how travel days create the perfect opportunity for snacking? A coffee and muffin before your flight, a snack on the plane and then before you know it - it’s lunch time! Taking a road trip? This opens up even more opportunities for regrettable snacking...rest stop vending machines, petrol stations, 7-11's and of course the never ending string of fast food restaurants along the highway.
This holiday cut unhealthy snacking off at the pass by bringing along your own healthy options. Fresh fruit, raw nuts, seeds, healthier snack bars, cut veggies, tinned tuna and low fat crackers are a good start. By filling up on these healthy snacks between meals you will end up without ravenous cravings when presented with a less-than-healthy meal.
Trick #6: Avoid Fried Foods
While fast food restaurants are definitely convenient, with their low prices and quick service, this convenience is not worth the additional chins brought on by fried chicken and fries. As you enjoy your vacation keep this in mind: avoid fried foods. While this is always good advice to follow, it is even more important to abide by while traveling.
While away you will likely burn fewer calories each day than you would burn at home, and you are consuming more calories due to your schedule of eating out. You are walking a fine line, and eating fried foods would throw you right over the edge. A gram of fat contains 9 calories as compared to the 4 calories that proteins and carbohydrates carry - so you can see that consuming fried foods will drastically increase your caloric intake.
If I still haven’t convinced you to pass on the curly fries, keep in mind that heartburn and indigestion are never fun...especially while on holiday!
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