Top 8 weight management tips for travellers

03/12/2016

Travelling or a vacation, food can play havoc to your diet and it is not easy to avoid the irresistible food. If your quest is to return home without the extra kilos then follow these simple weight management tips by Kara Landau Nutritionist and Writer at Travelling Dietician.
Weight Management Tip for Travellers # 1: Listen to your appetite
Avoid sticking to a strict food clock. If you feel hungry, go treat yourself with some good, filling food instead of relying on low calorie snack that does not have any protein or fibre to fill you up.
Weight Management Tip for Travellers # 2: Rescue yourself with water
Never misunderstand-thirst as hunger. Most of the times, we tend to hog into basket full of food, when our body needs water to replenish. Thus, understand your body well, and keep on sipping water at regular intervals to escape from the monster, that is, weight gain.
Weight Management Tip for Travellers # 3: Have a close look at your portion size
If you are visiting some city, you cannot return without tasting that specific city's delicacy. Go take the full advantage of your tour and try anything and everything, but the key is don't over indulge into anything.
Weight Management Tip for Travellers # 4: Learn to prioritise and don't live a sedentary life
The world appears to be one big buffet of temptations, if weight management and health are important to you, remind yourself of that ultimate goal before you go at a meal. Prioritise other thing like meeting new people, exploring the city, etc, rather than hogging every now and then.
Besides, you can also make a deal to yourself of taking stairs instead of the elevator or waking short distances rather than hoping into a car.
Weight Management Tip for Travellers # 5: Watch out for energy dense foods
You don't have to be a dietician to know that a big slice of dense cake or greasy burger is filled with empty calories and a lack of nutrients. The food you choose should not be bang for your buck always. Never see how large a volume of food you will get for the money you spent. Instead, classify as how full you will feel versus amount of calories consumed. Learn to replace large calorie count consumption with high nutrients content like fibre, protein and healthy fats.
Weight Management Tip for Travellers # 6: Watch your alcohol
When it comes to alcohol consumption, self control yourself. One or two drinks once a while is cool rather than making it a daily or weekly event. This once in a while strategy will amaze you by instantaneously flattening your belly.
Weight Management Tip for Travellers # 7: Separate emotions from hunger
Never turn to food for comfort, when you feel restless or low. Instead, when you feel low, go for a walk, listen to some music or read some interesting facts. Either ways, if you want to return home without added kilos then separate your travelling blues from hunger eating.
Weight Management Tip for Travellers # 8: Don't feel pressured by others
Often in social situations, we are pressured to eat or drink things based on other people's preferences. Live your own way to travel and eat healthy. Either way, figure out your style of eating, and then try and set up a plan to work with it (a dietician can help you with this if you are not confident going at this task alone).

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