Why is it always during a vacation when you gain the most weight?
I wonder why we always overeat when we are overseas. Perhaps it is really the only time when we have a legit excuse ( or is there such a thing as a legit excuse? ) to binge out and be happy and absolutely guilt-free…. while at least until we come back home. That’s what I always say… ” Eat first… later go back then we exercise!”
When you touch down to home, the guilt slowly sets in… at first you get excited about the gifts you got for everyone. Then you get almost deliriously happy over the great bargains you snagged at the local markets ( scheming & plotting ways to gain the upper hand in the bargain battle )… and then wham!
You look in the mirror. Bam!
Yup, looks like some “extra” gifts followed me back on my body…. time for weight loss action!
Now that I am back, I have reverted back to my more vegetables & less meat diet a.k.a. healthy diet ( does not help when you have to attend gatherings with friends at restaurants/BBQ though… ) Plus I will try to avoid any sweet stuff, even not taking sugar with coffee. And of course, try to do more yoga! 
My #1 way is to eat my healthy Vegetable soup for most of my meals. Not only is it nutritional but it is oil free!
Yummy Vegetable Soup
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Soup base like chicken cube or fish cube ( personally I use Red Miso Paste
Carrots
White carrots
Celery
Onion
Potato
Corn
In fact, any vegetables! Bean sprouts, spinach, any leafy greens…
Boil water. Cube the root vegetables. Add soup base into boiling water. Add in all the hardy root vegetables like carrots, potato, corn, onion etc. I’ll add the celery in at this point probably at the point when the carrot just about become tender cos I like them soft. Leave the leafy green vegetables later. Boil & simmer until the vegetables is tender. Then add in the leafy vegetables to cook and then serve.
Add the following for a more hearty soup :
Tofu
Mushrooms
Dumplings
Udon
You can add a bit of healthy olive oil or seasame seed oil just before serving. ( oils are important in our diet too! )
Hey
One thing I do before booking a vacation is make sure that there are no onsite restaurants or buffets! Also it helps if you book your hotel in a fairly remote part of the destination, it makes it hard to go out and get food which works to limit calorie intake. These helpful hints should aid in not gaining weight on vacation and in the end may help you lose weight by forced lower calorie intake. Just be sure to move and be active and enjoy your trip!
Chris (registered personal trainer)
I have recently become a pescetarian and i have found so much about how much healthier it is to cut meats from your diet. I enjoy eating with my husband and this is one thing we love to do together. his favorite meal is sushi so i decided to sacrifice this and eat it once in a while. It is so interesting to see how many vegans (I WISH i had the strength to be one) are totally disease free just by cutting out animal products. I totally feel like it’s something i would like to strive for, thats if i can get my husband on track.
Anyways, keep up the hard work and the weight loss will certainly follow.