Gymbrat333

Congratulations, Sailingrose! I always enjoy reading your posts!

Hi Olga...it's great to have you back!! Hope you have a wonderful time on the "Breeze." I will be anxious to hear your review since I am going on her for a group cruise this Fall.

Olga, congratulations for booking the Carnival Breeze! Less than two weeks and you will be aboard. Also, it's nice to see you back on CruiseCrazies!

Congrats. Can't wait to hear about the ship and the itinerary

Nice to hear from you, and happy to see your cruise will soon be here.

Have a great cruise!

I exercise everyday at the gym on the ship, but do not diet. I eat lots of sweets(my favorite), drink lots of water, no alcohol at all, I eat a lot of bread, but do not put any butter on it, and avoid deep fried foods. I do not weigh myself the day I return home from the ship because I am super bloated due to the sodium in foods. I weigh myself 2 days after, and usually do not gain weight and sometimes a pound or 2.
When I eat out at restaurants at home, I will eat pasta, but ask for the sauce on the side, and put very little on it.
I always season my foods with garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, onions and garlic because I don't like salt at all. When I eat anything with salt, I get super bloated, and then super hungry and I want to keep eating.

Glad you found your way back! Wow - your cruise will be here before you know it. Have a great trip and, yes, please tell us all about it when you return.

Sounds like you've developed great lifestyle fitness habits. I loaded the MyFitnessPal app to my iPhone and though my intentions are good, I haven't been very faithful lately. But now that I have a cruise coming up in 4 weeks, I am back on plan, so hopefully I will be ready and fit for the streets of San Francisco!

I'm so glad to be back at Cruisecrazies. I've been trying to log in for a few months and was having difficulty.
I booked The Carnival Breeze 3 weeks ago and will be sailing on July 14th. I can't wait to write a review and tell you all about it!

I exercise everyday at the gym on the ship, but do not diet. I eat lots of sweets(my favorite), drink lots of water, no alcohol at all, I eat a lot of bread, but do not put any butter on it, and avoid deep fried foods. I do not weigh myself the day I return home from the ship because I am super bloated due to the sodium in foods. I weigh myself 2 days after, and usually do not gain weight and sometimes a pound or 2.
When I eat out at restaurants at home, I will eat pasta, but ask for the sauce on the side, and put very little on it.
I always season my foods with garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, onions and garlic because I don't like salt at all. When I eat anything with salt, I get super bloated, and then super hungry and I want to keep eating.

Kevin...I agree with Gymbrat on that one...I do think we get a lot of salt from foods from the ship, or from just eating out at restaurants at home. My ankles swell up a lot when on a cruise, and I've heard of others that that happens to, so, it seems to be the salt, also the humidity. When that happens I just drink all the water I can for a couple of days and the swelling goes down...have to balance the salt and water.

Gymbrat once posted that part of the weight gain is due to the high salt content in the foods. That should make us feel a little better.
I don't use the gym very much, myself, when I'm on a cruise. I do enjoy walking the promenade for several laps, and taking the stairs as much as possible. Also saves time waiting for the elevator.

Sorry, I couldn't resist!

Very interesting, Olga. I thought the Destiny was huge but that was years ago. One day , we will meet up with you on some ship. Have a fantastic cruise.

Congratulations on your booking the Liberty, Olga. You don't have long to wait. What did they do to the Liberty when they refurbished her and how does it compare to the Destiny???

Congratulations on the new booking.

Sweet! I have heard that this ship is really cool. Good for you !

Olga - Have a great time on the Liberty. Your cruise will be here before you know it. Please be sure to list your cruise in the Who's Cruising forums.

Congratulations, Olga! I was on the "Liberty" three years ago, and I really liked it. I hadn't been on Carnival since the '80s and I was really surprised how everything had improved since back then.

How great is it to type “just booked cruise” in a new topic? Okay, not as great as actually going on the cruise, but still pretty darn good, huh!?! Have fun!

Have a great time!!!!

Happy Planning for you upcoming cruise, Olga!

Congrats Olga!

That's great. Congrats on the booking. Enjoy the anticipation.