As a professional fitness personal trainer, people often ask me, "Hey Chris, I am going for a holiday vacation. Can you teach me how not to gain weight during my holidays?" or "I am going for my honeymoon and I always gain weight when I go on vacation, can you tell me how to lose holiday weight without spoiling my honeymoon?"
Actually the answer to holiday weight loss or preventive weight gain is very simple. Choose the holiday vacations with plenty of physical activities. Instead of going to the usual tourist sight seeing trips abroad, choose holiday activities that require you to burn calories and yet have fun. Yes, you can have a fun and lose weight on holiday vacations.
Here are a few vacation holiday activities where you can have fun and yet keep your weight in check :-
Holiday Cruise - Your first thought would probably be how you could possibly lose weight going on cruises? It may escape you that most vacation cruise ships have sports facilities built in. You find tennis courts to gyms with full equipments and fitness gym instructors to boot. Some may even conduct weight loss classes on board the cruise liners.
If you care going on a honeymoon cruise, what better way is there to lose weight and keep fit with your beloved partner?
Scuba diving - Have you ever noticed that most scuba diving instructors have well toned muscles and attractive bodies? This is because they scuba dive almost every day with novice divers sometimes up to 3 times a day including night dives.
As a scuba diver and a former diving instructor myself, I know that the sport of scuba diving can be physically demanding for someone who is unfit and the activities during diving trips can burn plenty of calories. For instance, you need to lug your own scuba gear, climb up and down the boats with the heavy equipment and sometimes even swim against strong currents.
On top of that, the tan you get from sun exposure gives you a healthy glow and muscle toning illusion. So you to want control your holiday weight gain? Then go scuba diving. If you are not a diver, then take up a course while on holiday.
Winter Skiing - Skiing down mountain slopes require a lot of muscle work, coordination and flexibility. Can you imagine how many calories you can burn during your winter skiing vacation?
Weight loss camps - Enroll yourself in a weight loss camps. These camps are usually situated on beautiful mountain resorts or in exotic beach resorts.
Use your creative imagination to easily come out with more holiday vacation ideas that can help you lose weight or at least not gain holiday weight.
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You have tried various weight loss diets and exercises except a weight loss surgery to lose those ugly fats, but have given those weight loss programs up time and again because you lack the will and the discipline to carry on with the programs. Is that you? If yes, you are in luck because there is a wonderful solution.
Have you thought of checking into a weight loss camp during your next vacation. Yes, a vacation because you can enjoy the activities these camps will organize for you, just like any holiday vacation.
Most weight loss camps even have spa facilities such as jacuzzi pools, sauna baths and also offer holistic services such as therapeutic massages.There are even niche weight loss camps catering to women only or for children and teens.
Many of these weight loss camps are located in natural settings like on mountains or where beautiful lush greenery abound, some are even located on exotic beach resorts. This is to let guests feel as if they are on a vacation of which they are. At the same time, guests can also take part in activities such as mountain trekking, forest strolls and horse riding all of which help to burn tons of calories.
Your food and meals are tailored to your individual requirement and needs by in-house nutritionists. You can be sure of delicious, yet healthy weight loss food. Healthy food need not be bland and these weight loss camps knew that.
You will never be bored because of the many activities these camps provide. You can hop from a yoga session to play volley ball or from a basketball game to go to a meditation class. Some camps even offer acupuncture and hypnosis to help you lose weight.
On top of that, you will also be making many friends who are at the camps for similar reasons like yours.With so many like-minded people egging each other on, you can be sure that you will get results from your stay at the weight loss camps.
These new buddies may even become life long friends as you will be playing games and attending classes together during your stay. You may even find a permanent life partner there. If this is not a fun- filled vacation, what is?
A weight loss camp vacation usually comes in weekly packages ranging from a week to even a few months. How long your stay will usually be determined by your goals and of course, how deep your pocket is.
Since you usually set aside a budget for your vacations, then why not use this budget on a weight loss camp vacation. Not only can you get a pleasant holiday in a natural and healthy surrounding, you get to lose weight too. Isn't a weight loss camp vacation simply wonderful?
Go on, make plans for a visit to some weight loss camps and find out which one you like most. Then take action to check into your favorite camp soon.
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