HOW TO LOSE FAT ON VACATION
Hey. Just got back from a great 2 week vacation with the family. It was just what the doctored and more! Everything was great – the weather, the food, the people, the entertainment, the hotel, the sports facilities…. Just about everything. There is nothing I can really complain about (I don’t like whining anyway).
Typically going away with three young children can be fraught at the best of times, but the facilities and the care for the children at our hotel made it a memorable stay.
I’ve decided to split this post into 3 sections because there’s a lot that I wanted to share with you about my vacation. The first (and that’s what this blog is all about) is how I managed to lose 5lbs whilst on holiday! Yep that’s right. No BS – I managed to lose 5 lbs; returning from holiday leaner with a great tan… that’s not bad for the confidence! I’ll share with you how I lost fat on holiday and how you can too without sacrificing great food and compromising your enjoyment of the holiday in any way.
WHO’S YOUR ROLE MODEL?
In the second and third posts, I want to tell you about two very special people that we met whilst on vacation. For anonymity reasons I won’t disclose their real names – lets call them Andrew and Dave. Both of these people inspired and motivated me – but for very different reasons. They very quickly became role models – people that I aspire to be. Having a mentor or role model in your life is important. It is very easy to maintain the status quo – but that doesn’t help you grow as a person. Having a role model or model can help stretch, motivate and guide you. More on Andrew and Dave over the next few days.
Now let’s find out how I managed to lose 5lbs fat on vacation…
I didn’t have a plan to lose 5 lbs. Instead I set off with a plan to maintain my weight by not succumbing to masses of junk food and copious amounts of alcohol. Not easy when we were on an all-inclusive holiday!
HOW TO LOSE FAT… ON VACATION
So here are my secrets on how to lose fat on vacation:
- Make sure you spend time implementing great habits before setting off on vacation. You can’t just expect to turn up at the beach, decide to suddenly start eating healthily and exercising daily.
- Eat breakfast every single day. If there’s one thing I swear by is having oatmeal with low fat milk every morning. It’s great for slowly releasing energy throughout the morning without ever feeling hungry before lunchtime.
- Eat plenty of salads, vegetables and lean proteins (chicken and fish). Food portions whilst on holiday are notoriously huge. My tip here is to use a smaller-sized plate which will naturally limit the portion size. Avoid the starters, the side plates of bread, and the dessert tray.
- Once a week have a real cheat day. Enjoy eating whatever you want from lunchtime onwards. Don’t make yourself feel uncomfortable through overeating though – instead just enjoy some of the foods that aren’t typical of a healthy fat loss regime.
- Limit your alcohol consumption. There are many deleterious effects of consuming alcohol (I won’t go into them here). Instead drink plenty of water and then drink some more (water). I abstained from alcohol for most days and then had a few beers on a few special evenings (including a late night out with the boys until 3:00am after the World Cup Final).
- Make sure your holiday is an active one. If you spend most of your time lazing around in the sun doing nothing apart from soaking up the rays, lethargy sets in…. When this happens, it negatively impacts on eating habits with the end result being to eat more junk food.
- Hit the gym (if there is one) or do a bodyweight resistance workout in your hotel room. This again is about creating a good habit – for me and Julie it became a daily ritual for 30 minutes every morning. I introduced her to the wonders of metabolic resistance training (high intensity resistance training). She became a quick convert into the benefits!
- Have a game of squash or tennis or volleyball if the hotel facilities allow. Be careful though… make sure your body is ready for any ‘new sporting activity. Can’t use me as an example here – during my second game of squash I managed to partially tear my hamstring… putting me out of action for a few days. Note – my last game of squash was about 15 years ago at university.
Here’s another thing that I find on vacation. Even though it’s about spending great quality time with the family, I find vacations a great opportunity to have great self time – this means time to reflect, time to plan and time to feel good away from the day-to-day pressures of ‘the job’! Self-time for me is healthy time. Being healthy makes me feel and look great as well as clearing out all the garbage in my head.
So there you go. Not too complicated. Not too painful. We had a memorable holiday doing things we had never done before, enjoying the company of each of other and new friends….. and I still managed to lose 5lbs of fat.
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P.S. I’ll leave my watersport adventures of windsurfing and sailing for another day – I’m not a natural at either of them.
P.P.S. Look out for Parts ’2′ and ’3′ of “How to Lose Fat & Be Inspired on Vacation”. I’ll be introducing you to two guys that made a real difference to me and make a real difference to those that are around them.
