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