Holiday

[alex7ra]

Back from my holiday in France and I only put on 1/2 pound which I am very pleased with as I know I can vary that much day to day anyway.

Just wanted to share my holiday tips for those of you who will be holidaying yourselves soon:-

1. I wouldn't have an alcoholic drink until 630pm (ie no lunchtime drinking). I had three drinks one night and felt quite ill so limited it to 2 per night thereafter and sometimes just the one. And I made sure I had two days during the week where I didn't have anything at all.

2. I had my normal breakfast everyday during the week (yoghurt, fruit and a sprinkling of Alpen) and then had a croissant on our last day.

3. I took my fry-light with me.

4. I only had one dessert a day. This was either sorbet or my cousin made a lemon cake so I had a couple of slices of that.

5. Salad for lunch every day. I did have cheese with my salad but in moderation and mostly low fat versions.

6. Steered clear of French bread - only had a baguette sandwich on one day which was the day we took a packed lunch for our 30km cycle ride.

7. Tried to do something active every day - swimming, cycling or walking (didn't manage this everyday but did most).

8. I wasn't good all the time; I had a whole pizza on my last night, a sorbet after my cycle ride and ate my way through a whole bar of milka during the week and a bowl of crisps before dinner on a couple of nights. This meant that I didn't really feel like I was on a diet for the week but didn't go overboard and put loads of weight on like I normally would.

I really enjoyed myself and my eating. I feel like I've learnt a lot about food over the last few months and am less daunted about when I stop trying to lose and start trying to maintain now.

4lbs to goal!

[treena4Kids]

Well done think I gonna struggle with tip number 1, lol

[size12goal]

hey, well done and thanks for those tips - I am away myself shortly so good to have in these in mind.

[alex7ra]

Hi Concerned

I am quite interested in the principles of a high fat low carb diet. Reading your posts has stopped me snacking on yoghurts throughout the day but I do still have fruit with a yoghurt and a spoonful of cereal for breakfast in the mornings. Do you have any suggestions for breakfast that don't involve cooking or meat (sometimes I have eggs but mostly I can't face those in the morning)?

Many thanks

[IndigoBlue61]

Great plan, good to have ideas how to cope with holidays, 😊😊😊