Thin Blog

You struggle so hard to be able to fit into those clothes and now you are besides yourself because you are afraid you are going to gain a ton of weight on those glorious few days of heaven, referred to as vacation.  As the day of vacation bliss approaches you think to yourself that you may not be able to resist your chocolate nemesis or your double dessert desires.  If this is how you feel then let us be the first to tell you that you are not alone.  Sure there are a ton of articles out there that sound the trumpet of how to resist the deluge of calories and how you can come home as slim and trim as you are now.  Well…..we have a different take on the entire process of vacation and we encourage you to take a vacation from “dieting” .  The reason for this contrasting statement is because we do not even advocate you being on a diet in the first place.

All diets are doomed to fail because of two reasons.  One is the start date and the other is the end date.  If you decide to do on a diet you have set yourself up for failure because in order for a person to lose weight for life they need to skip the diet and learn how to live.  If you start a diet and lose say 50 pounds by not eating any carbohydrates what happens now that you have lost all the weight?  If you count every calorie you eat are you ready to measure and count your calories for the rest of your life?  If you are trying to lose weight the best way to make it happen is by changing your life style to include more activity and by eating better food choices.  This change of life style is something that needs to transcend a vacation.  If you travel to France and desire to eat a pastry that choice will not ruin your weight goals because once your travels are over you will land right back into your everyday life and that life includes better and healthier food choices. 

If you have the lifestyle now that is truly geared at being healthy and losing weight then your food choices for a week or two will not destroy the goals you have put into place for the rest of your life.  If you love Mom’s pot roast then why not indulge in that second helping while on that visit.  Who knows how long Mom will be around for you to enjoy another first helping?  The point is that if you are really serious about losing weight then the best way to make that happen is to be intent on obtaining true health.  That health is what will carry you to a slim weight through the daily choices you make.  The choices you make on vacation will allow you to re-energize yourself and when you return you may have gained ten pounds but the mental attitude will be one of having been refreshed.

If you are going on vacation and are afraid of the choices you will make then stop worrying.  Your weight loss will happen by those choices you make in your everyday life.  Your vacation is not your everyday life so enjoy yourself while you live outside of your life.  Enjoy yourself while on vacation.  Your weight loss will be waiting you when you return so enjoy, refresh and reenergize yourself.

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