| Few things can destroy a fitness plan like a | | | | salad greens. It also doesn't hurt to throw |
| vacation. It's great to get some time to | | | | in some chicken or egg whites for protein. |
| relax, but spending a week or more sitting | | | | For dressing, get oil and vinegar instead of |
| around while eating junk can reverse weeks of | | | | creamy dressings like blue cheese. |
| progress. But just by paying a little extra | | | | |
| attention to what you are eating and doing, | | | | But what should you do to get some exercise |
| you can have a fun time at a great | | | | in? Well, you might see if you can make |
| destination while still staying true to your | | | | exercise an actual part of your vacation by |
| goals. | | | | exploring bike trails, going rock climbing, |
| | | | or taking a long walking tour. If this isn't |
| While traveling to your destination, avoid | | | | an option, you should try packing some |
| mindless eating. Often vacationers have to | | | | portable resistance tubing and a jump rope |
| sit for hours in a plane or car, and to pass | | | | into your luggage. |
| the time they munch on whatever is at hand. | | | | |
| | | | When you have a few minutes to yourself in |
| Before you know it, you've consumed hundreds | | | | the hotel room, spend some time jumping rope |
| of fat-soaked calories and have nothing to | | | | for cardio and attach the tubes to a closed |
| show for it but a huge dent in your diet and | | | | door to get your strength training in. |
| an empty bag of potato chips. While riding in | | | | Alternatively, you can familiarize yourself |
| a car or plane, always be conscious of what | | | | with exercises that require no equipment. For |
| you are putting in your mouth and find other | | | | leg exercises, you can do one leg squats. |
| ways to keep yourself occupied, like reading | | | | |
| a book watching movies on a portable DVD | | | | To do this, just balance yourself on one leg, |
| player. | | | | and then squat down as low as you can, pause, |
| | | | and raise yourself back up. For upper body |
| In you must much on something, opt for | | | | work, you can do pushups. If you need |
| unbuttered popcorn. It's not only light on | | | | something a bit more challenging, try |
| calories, but can be surprisingly filling. | | | | one-armed push-ups. |
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| If you eat out at a restaurant while on | | | | For more upper body work, a sturdy hotel door |
| vacation, feel free to ask the waiter about | | | | is a great place to do chin ups. |
| the nutritional information of their meals. | | | | |
| | | | It's probably unreasonable to expect anybody |
| If you find that everything at your | | | | to maintain the same level of exercise |
| particular eatery is either covered in thick | | | | intensity and diet limitations they |
| butter or cooked in lard (which can sometimes | | | | experience during a normal week while on |
| be the case), you might just be better off | | | | vacation, but even getting a little exercise |
| getting a salad. | | | | in when you can while help stay at least |
| | | | slightly on track and more motivated to get |
| Try to get a spinach or romaine salad, as | | | | up to speed when you arrive back home. |
| they offer more nutrients than most other | | | | |