{"id":11001,"date":"2009-08-19T01:01:06","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T06:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=11001"},"modified":"2009-08-18T16:31:22","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T21:31:22","slug":"how-to-avoid-a-nutrition-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/how-to-avoid-a-nutrition-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Avoid a Nutrition Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"female traveler\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/how-to-avoid-a-nutrition-vacation\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11138\" title=\"healthy traveling woman\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/healthy-traveling-woman1.jpg\" alt=\"healthy traveling woman\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a>Raise your hand if your eating habits went on vacation when you did only to result in coming home feeling heavy, sick, and a little depressed. Think about it for a second. It sounds totally absurd. Vacations are supposed to be relaxing and rejuvenating. If you come home feeling guilty and stressed, then the <a title=\"vacation fitness\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/vacation-exercise-tips\/\" target=\"_self\">vacation<\/a> didn&#8217;t do its job. But don&#8217;t fret, if you&#8217;ve put off your trip until the last few weeks of summer, I&#8217;ve got some tips that will have you coming home feeling happy and healthy!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>Embrace the power of portions<\/strong>! With <a title=\"portion sizes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/watching-your-weight-start-with-portion-control\/\" target=\"_self\">portion size<\/a> in mind, you can truly have whatever you want. Just not too much. By giving priority to putting fresh fruits and veggies on the plate, you&#8217;ll fill up on nutrients and fiber but not on calories. So a few bites of a high calorie dessert you &#8220;can&#8217;t resist&#8221; can fit in while you are on vacation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Moderate. Moderate. Moderate<\/strong>.\u00a0 I tell people to &#8220;choose between.&#8221; If you&#8217;re in the mood for a rich breakfast like pancakes, have a pancake with a couple egg whites and then for lunch have some healthy greens with grilled fish. Choose a glass of wine with dinner or dessert, but not both. Alcohol lowers the inhibitions and once you&#8217;ve had a few, resisting the &#8220;munchies&#8221; is like staying away from a BOGO shoe sale &#8211; IT AIN&#8217;T HAPPENING!<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rethink convenience foods<\/strong>. Fresh fruits are nature&#8217;s convenience food. Fruits like oranges, bananas, and apples come in their own packaging (how&#8217;s that for going green?). <a title=\"road trip fitness\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/1039\/\" target=\"_self\">Road tripping<\/a>? Bring a cooler of fresh fruit, 2% mozzarella string cheese, grape tomatoes, Fig Newtons, hard boiled eggs, and whole wheat crackers with a small schmear of natural peanut butter. Be sure to eat a balanced meal before you hit the road and then rely on the cooler for healthy noshes between destinations. If you are full, you won&#8217;t feel tempted by the roadside fast food.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t be &#8220;the rationalizer.&#8221;<\/strong> You know who I&#8217;m talking about&#8230; the person who says &#8220;I&#8217;m on vacation so I don&#8217;t care.&#8221; &#8220;Just one more.&#8221; Bottom line: you can have fun and nourish yourself at the same time. If you&#8217;re out for a week, pick one or two truly &#8220;carefree&#8221; food days and balance them out with some extra activity. But don&#8217;t sign up for a week of overdoing it. The <a title=\"emotional eating \" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/how-to-overcome-the-guilt-of-overeating\/\" target=\"_self\">emotional fallout<\/a> you may feel when you come home is not worth the few days of food frenzy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raise your hand if your eating habits went on vacation when you did only to result in coming home feeling heavy, sick, and a little depressed. Think about it for a second. It sounds totally absurd. Vacations are supposed to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/how-to-avoid-a-nutrition-vacation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[3,345,29,1478,74],"class_list":["post-11001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-diet-tips","tag-healthy-eating","tag-nutrition","tag-travel","tag-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11001"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11011,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11001\/revisions\/11011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}