On a Cruise, Maintaining and Losing Weight

[cruiser777]

I also LOVE to dance- go on dancing- it is not only healthy- it's FUN! You look so happy both of you!

[Shari2]

Jan...LOL

Keith and Rita...Cruiser777...dancing is great exercise...and so much fun...sadly with my back I can't do fast dancing anymore, but hope to again someday.

[Jan115]

Hey ... there's the "document dance" or the "happy dance" we do before very cruise. That's gotta be good for some serious calorie burning, right?

[Shari2]

Jan...right on!

[Gymbrat333]

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.

[Jan115]

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.

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!

[Gymbrat333]

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.

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!

Good for you! Have a great time on your cruise. I eat healthy during the week, and allow myself 2 cheat meals on the weekend, which usually consists of frozen yogurt or ice cream with chocolate sprinkles, and I make myself a pizza on whole wheat crust with fat free cheese, onions, and 75% fat free pepperoni, or I will make tacos with lean ground beef or chciken breast.

My favorite quote is Eat Healthy 80% of the time, Enjoy yourself 20% of the time, and exercise all of the time.

[zebra]

I usually start the cruise with willpower and great intentions! Then ...... as the days scoot by so does the willpower!! I still use the stairs and walk the deck as much as possible, I guess that has kept a pound off here and there. But long cruises are what does me in .......

[DebbieandJerry]

Diet is a four letter word. With that being said, adopting a healthy lifestyle that is sustainable is something that will work. I have been told that it takes up to 15 days (after eliminating some food type) for the craving to go away. (not so for me but that's another story). And, I have been told that it takes up to 6 weeks before a change becomes a permanent thing.

One of the main reasons why we fail to sustain a lifestyle change is because we don't see (or feel) instant gratification. As a personal trainer, I always found myself motivating my clients to keep working out. I reminded them why they sought me out in the first place. Compared where they were to where they are. Oh how quickly we think change can happen.

Dr. Dean Ornish gave a great lecture at work a few months back. He said that we need to evaluate why we are on so many pills and then evaluate the level of change that we are willing to take to get off of the pills (and stay off). He wrote a book (can't for the life of my think of the name), but it has 5 different levels of life style changes.

My thought is that if we think about what we want, be realistic about how we are going to get to that 'want', then we are well on the way to being healthy beings.

As for vacation, isn't that supposed to be about spoiling ourselves???