Managed to prevent weight gain after holiday

February 25, 2009 | By Valen | In My weight loss plan

I’m back from my holiday! Actually, I was back last Friday, sorry for the late update because, as usual, there are so much work to pick up after a holiday.

I did remember to weigh myself the next day I got home — I didn’t put on weight, in fact there was an insignificant drop of about 0.5 kg, or so I thought, haha! So I did pass my own challenge.

Frankly, I didn’t adhere to all the 6 ground rules to preventing holiday weight gain I laid out for myself before the trip.

Stack up on fruits and salads (source for carbohydrate and fiber) during breakfast.

Failed. Sad to say, the only fruits available during breakfast in the hotel were pineapple and watermelon, there were no salads provided, and the food choices were limited. My breakfast for the three mornings consisted of: some cubed watermelon, a glass of mango juice, 2 slices of white bread with butter and jam, an egg, two pieces of cocktail sausages, one small scoop of noodles and one small scoop of rice. A very typical Malaysian-style breakfast.

Drink lots and lots of water! Will always carry a bottle of plain drinking water in my tote.

Definitely! In fact, one bottle of water is not enough to last you one day in Langkawi Island. Luckily bottled water is conveniently available on the island, sold in convenient stores or petrol stations.

Avoid oily and fried foods as much as possible.

But still couldn’t resist a few bites of fries when they were around, haha!

Opt for lean meat and fish as protein source for lunches.

Followed this quite closely.

I probably can’t avoid greasy seafood for dinners (hey, I have to respect the food ‘choices’ of my holiday mates :P), so the only rule I can apply is portion control.

The seafood dishes we ordered were not prepared in a ‘greasy’ manner, and our dinners always comprised of a healthy mixed types of food, and in the right portion (plus some red wine, too).

Perhaps I should also bring along a small bottle of mixed raw nuts to snack on when I’m hungry between meals or at night. That will be better than munching on chocolates or cakes or chips.

Forgot to pack the mixed nuts!! Broke this rule actually, because the chocolate temptation was just too great to resist! However, I took just that little bit.

So, how is it that I managed to stay the same weight (let’s forget about that insignificant weight drop )?

The answer is simply… lots of walking and sweating, i.e. being physically active. Trekking up a hill, jumping at the beach (i.e. doing the jumping pose for the camera, silly huh?), a stroll after dinner, etc, as long as we keep our body moving, we are able to burn away part, if not all, of the extra calories we took in. And this, really helps to prevent weight gain after a holiday.

Now you know how to plan your next holiday so that you can prevent weight gain and stay healthy, right?

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