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We’re on day two of the cruise. The first night was a little
frustrating because we didn’t get to sit down at the restaurant for
dinner, due to some confusion in the guide book and the timing of the
restaurants. So, on night two, I’m damn well determined to have a good
dinner.
So, when you combine as much food as you want personally delivered to your table at no additional cost, well-prepared cuisine, a lousy meal the night before (flavored with a touch of resentment because the last place one expects a poor meal is on a cruise ship), with the thought process, "I’m on vacation so who needs to follow a diet?", you have the recipe for overeating. And I was in full boil.
In Weight Watchers, for those folks following what is called as the
"Core Plan," they teach you a scale of
fullness, ranging from zero to
five. The key is to stay in what’s called "The Comfort Zone". (Old school version shown; new version looks a little different. Also, for a little more about this, you can visit a previous link here.)
I’ve just finished a few courses, getting to the end of what would be a healthy meal, On the WW scale, I’m easily a "3," pushing a "3.5" and I know that more food will give me that stuffed, uncomfortable feeling. it doesn’t matter; I’m seriously giving some great consideration to getting some more food, when I see something out of the corner of my eye.
As I continue the saga of how the cruise went, focusing on healthy habits, I wanted to share some of the things I did to prevent from coming back to a huge weight gain — while still enjoying myself. Each day that I post for the next few (barring some brilliant insights I might get on another topic that supersedes this), I’ll post one idea and give some background. I hope it helps. I’m open to suggestions too.
The first thing you have to do is set realistic expectations
Similar to my article about Getting through December,
it’s important to realize that when you’re on vacation, traveling, or
especially when you’re on a cruise, it’s not as easy to lose weight as
when you’re at home, surrounded by the things you know you can eat and
the support network you usually have (such as they might be of course).
Remember, that thin people travel and go on luxurious vacations too.
They even gain weight when they do it. The difference is that they
don’t freak out about it, say, "Oh my God, it’s over!" Then continue
eating non stop until they’ve put on an additional 20 pounds.
When you think about weight loss from a healthy perspective (as opposed to a "how-fast-can-I-lose-these-33-pounds-that-I’ve-been-carrying-for-18-years"
perspective) losing weight is merely losing more weight in given period
of time than you have gained over the same period. If you focus on
short term periods, like a week or a few days, you get a little too
wrapped up in the minor fluctuations. That becomes scary. You freak
out. You eat to calm yourself. Cycle continues.
As I continue the saga of how the cruise went, focusing on healthy habits, I wanted to share some of the things I did to prevent from coming back to a huge weight gain — while still enjoying myself. Each day that I post for the next few (barring some brilliant insights I might get on another topic that supersedes this), I’ll post one idea and give some background. I hope it helps. I’m open to suggestions too.
The first thing you have to do is set realistic expectations
Similar to my article about Getting through December,
it’s important to realize that when you’re on vacation, traveling, or
especially when you’re on a cruise, it’s not as easy to lose weight as
when you’re at home, surrounded by the things you know you can eat and
the support network you usually have (such as they might be of course).
Remember, that thin people travel and go on luxurious vacations too.
They even gain weight when they do it. The difference is that they
don’t freak out about it, say, "Oh my God, it’s over!" Then continue
eating non stop until they’ve put on an additional 20 pounds.
When you think about weight loss from a healthy perspective (as opposed to a "how-fast-can-I-lose-these-33-pounds-that-I’ve-been-carrying-for-18-years"
perspective) losing weight is merely losing more weight in given period
of time than you have gained over the same period. If you focus on
short term periods, like a week or a few days, you get a little too
wrapped up in the minor fluctuations. That becomes scary. You freak
out. You eat to calm yourself. Cycle continues.
As I continue the saga of how the cruise went, focusing on healthy habits, I wanted to share some of the things I did to prevent from coming back to a huge weight gain — while still enjoying myself. Each day that I post for the next few (barring some brilliant insights I might get on another topic that supersedes this), I’ll post one idea and give some background. I hope it helps. I’m open to suggestions too.
The first thing you have to do is set realistic expectations
Similar to my article about Getting through December,
it’s important to realize that when you’re on vacation, traveling, or
especially when you’re on a cruise, it’s not as easy to lose weight as
when you’re at home, surrounded by the things you know you can eat and
the support network you usually have (such as they might be of course).
Remember, that thin people travel and go on luxurious vacations too.
They even gain weight when they do it. The difference is that they
don’t freak out about it, say, "Oh my God, it’s over!" Then continue
eating non stop until they’ve put on an additional 20 pounds.
When you think about weight loss from a healthy perspective (as opposed to a "how-fast-can-I-lose-these-33-pounds-that-I’ve-been-carrying-for-18-years"
perspective) losing weight is merely losing more weight in given period
of time than you have gained over the same period. If you focus on
short term periods, like a week or a few days, you get a little too
wrapped up in the minor fluctuations. That becomes scary. You freak
out. You eat to calm yourself. Cycle continues.
As I continue the saga of how the cruise went, focusing on healthy habits, I wanted to share some of the things I did to prevent from coming back to a huge weight gain — while still enjoying myself. Each day that I post for the next few (barring some brilliant insights I might get on another topic that supersedes this), I’ll post one idea and give some background. I hope it helps. I’m open to suggestions too.
The first thing you have to do is set realistic expectations
Similar to my article about Getting through December,
it’s important to realize that when you’re on vacation, traveling, or
especially when you’re on a cruise, it’s not as easy to lose weight as
when you’re at home, surrounded by the things you know you can eat and
the support network you usually have (such as they might be of course).
Remember, that thin people travel and go on luxurious vacations too.
They even gain weight when they do it. The difference is that they
don’t freak out about it, say, "Oh my God, it’s over!" Then continue
eating non stop until they’ve put on an additional 20 pounds.
When you think about weight loss from a healthy perspective (as opposed to a "how-fast-can-I-lose-these-33-pounds-that-I’ve-been-carrying-for-18-years"
perspective) losing weight is merely losing more weight in given period
of time than you have gained over the same period. If you focus on
short term periods, like a week or a few days, you get a little too
wrapped up in the minor fluctuations. That becomes scary. You freak
out. You eat to calm yourself. Cycle continues.
As I continue the saga of how the cruise went, focusing on healthy habits, I wanted to share some of the things I did to prevent from coming back to a huge weight gain — while still enjoying myself. Each day that I post for the next few (barring some brilliant insights I might get on another topic that supersedes this), I’ll post one idea and give some background. I hope it helps. I’m open to suggestions too.
The first thing you have to do is set realistic expectations
Similar to my article about Getting through December,
it’s important to realize that when you’re on vacation, traveling, or
especially when you’re on a cruise, it’s not as easy to lose weight as
when you’re at home, surrounded by the things you know you can eat and
the support network you usually have (such as they might be of course).
Remember, that thin people travel and go on luxurious vacations too.
They even gain weight when they do it. The difference is that they
don’t freak out about it, say, "Oh my God, it’s over!" Then continue
eating non stop until they’ve put on an additional 20 pounds.
When you think about weight loss from a healthy perspective (as opposed to a "how-fast-can-I-lose-these-33-pounds-that-I’ve-been-carrying-for-18-years"
perspective) losing weight is merely losing more weight in given period
of time than you have gained over the same period. If you focus on
short term periods, like a week or a few days, you get a little too
wrapped up in the minor fluctuations. That becomes scary. You freak
out. You eat to calm yourself. Cycle continues.
As I continue the saga of how the cruise went, focusing on healthy habits, I wanted to share some of the things I did to prevent from coming back to a huge weight gain — while still enjoying myself. Each day that I post for the next few (barring some brilliant insights I might get on another topic that supersedes this), I’ll post one idea and give some background. I hope it helps. I’m open to suggestions too.
The first thing you have to do is set realistic expectations
Similar to my article about Getting through December,
it’s important to realize that when you’re on vacation, traveling, or
especially when you’re on a cruise, it’s not as easy to lose weight as
when you’re at home, surrounded by the things you know you can eat and
the support network you usually have (such as they might be of course).
Remember, that thin people travel and go on luxurious vacations too.
They even gain weight when they do it. The difference is that they
don’t freak out about it, say, "Oh my God, it’s over!" Then continue
eating non stop until they’ve put on an additional 20 pounds.
When you think about weight loss from a healthy perspective (as opposed to a "how-fast-can-I-lose-these-33-pounds-that-I’ve-been-carrying-for-18-years"
perspective) losing weight is merely losing more weight in given period
of time than you have gained over the same period. If you focus on
short term periods, like a week or a few days, you get a little too
wrapped up in the minor fluctuations. That becomes scary. You freak
out. You eat to calm yourself. Cycle continues.
As I continue the saga of how the cruise went, focusing on healthy habits, I wanted to share some of the things I did to prevent from coming back to a huge weight gain — while still enjoying myself. Each day that I post for the next few (barring some brilliant insights I might get on another topic that supersedes this), I’ll post one idea and give some background. I hope it helps. I’m open to suggestions too.
The first thing you have to do is set realistic expectations
Similar to my article about Getting through December,
it’s important to realize that when you’re on vacation, traveling, or
especially when you’re on a cruise, it’s not as easy to lose weight as
when you’re at home, surrounded by the things you know you can eat and
the support network you usually have (such as they might be of course).
Remember, that thin people travel and go on luxurious vacations too.
They even gain weight when they do it. The difference is that they
don’t freak out about it, say, "Oh my God, it’s over!" Then continue
eating non stop until they’ve put on an additional 20 pounds.
When you think about weight loss from a healthy perspective (as opposed to a "how-fast-can-I-lose-these-33-pounds-that-I’ve-been-carrying-for-18-years"
perspective) losing weight is merely losing more weight in given period
of time than you have gained over the same period. If you focus on
short term periods, like a week or a few days, you get a little too
wrapped up in the minor fluctuations. That becomes scary. You freak
out. You eat to calm yourself. Cycle continues.
As I continue the saga of how the cruise went, focusing on healthy habits, I wanted to share some of the things I did to prevent from coming back to a huge weight gain — while still enjoying myself. Each day that I post for the next few (barring some brilliant insights I might get on another topic that supersedes this), I’ll post one idea and give some background. I hope it helps. I’m open to suggestions too.
The first thing you have to do is set realistic expectations
Similar to my article about Getting through December,
it’s important to realize that when you’re on vacation, traveling, or
especially when you’re on a cruise, it’s not as easy to lose weight as
when you’re at home, surrounded by the things you know you can eat and
the support network you usually have (such as they might be of course).
Remember, that thin people travel and go on luxurious vacations too.
They even gain weight when they do it. The difference is that they
don’t freak out about it, say, "Oh my God, it’s over!" Then continue
eating non stop until they’ve put on an additional 20 pounds.
When you think about weight loss from a healthy perspective (as opposed to a "how-fast-can-I-lose-these-33-pounds-that-I’ve-been-carrying-for-18-years"
perspective) losing weight is merely losing more weight in given period
of time than you have gained over the same period. If you focus on
short term periods, like a week or a few days, you get a little too
wrapped up in the minor fluctuations. That becomes scary. You freak
out. You eat to calm yourself. Cycle continues.
As I continue the saga of how the cruise went, focusing on healthy habits, I wanted to share some of the things I did to prevent from coming back to a huge weight gain — while still enjoying myself. Each day that I post for the next few (barring some brilliant insights I might get on another topic that supersedes this), I’ll post one idea and give some background. I hope it helps. I’m open to suggestions too.
The first thing you have to do is set realistic expectations
Similar to my article about Getting through December,
it’s important to realize that when you’re on vacation, traveling, or
especially when you’re on a cruise, it’s not as easy to lose weight as
when you’re at home, surrounded by the things you know you can eat and
the support network you usually have (such as they might be of course).
Remember, that thin people travel and go on luxurious vacations too.
They even gain weight when they do it. The difference is that they
don’t freak out about it, say, "Oh my God, it’s over!" Then continue
eating non stop until they’ve put on an additional 20 pounds.
When you think about weight loss from a healthy perspective (as opposed to a "how-fast-can-I-lose-these-33-pounds-that-I’ve-been-carrying-for-18-years"
perspective) losing weight is merely losing more weight in given period
of time than you have gained over the same period. If you focus on
short term periods, like a week or a few days, you get a little too
wrapped up in the minor fluctuations. That becomes scary. You freak
out. You eat to calm yourself. Cycle continues.
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