How to Survive Holiday Travel Slim-Down Style

If you’re one of those holiday hustlers who will go the distance to avoid missing out on festivities with family and friends (literally), this article is for you. Do your holiday plans include jet-setting from party to party? Will you be so busy making merry that your slim-down is at risk of becoming full-on festivity roadkill?

The holidays, in all their go-go-go glory, can wreak havoc on your health. But with a little planning, they don’t have to. Keep your slim-down cool while you’re on the move with these trim-down tips for travelers:

1. Take it to go: Prepack an emergency snack kit, including Nutrisystem snacks and meal bars, water bottles and fridge-free produce to bring on your travels.

2. Watch the clock: Eat at regular mealtimes. Schedule pit-stops around meals if you can. If not, have Nutrisystem foods on hand for when the clock strikes “Eat!”

3. Be a mover and shaker: Long drive? Plan walking/stretching stops. Flying? Get physical by walking the airport pre-flight.

4. Book it: Bring a book, magazine or deck of cards during your holiday travels. Avoid snacking out of boredom by engaging in other downtime distractions.

5. Snooze to lose: Take advantage of travel time to catch up on ZZZs. Nap on the plane or train; alternate taking the wheel if driving with a copilot.

6. Don’t forego H2O: Don’t slack on hydration. It’ll keep your immune system strong as you hustle along!

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What were or are your go-to life-saver recommend-to-all meals/recipes during weight loss?

I'm really clueless when it comes to cooking or prepping or generally anything. I'm starting my journey into weight loss today. I think my cluelessness and feeling overwhelmed in the kitchen has been a large factor to me going to convenience meals for the past few years, contributing to a weight gain of about 30kg since I started feeding myself/making food choices for myself. Googling recipes is just mega overwhelming. The only thing I know for sure I like and works for my goals is plain overnight oats with water instead of milk, and with some cinnamon and banana thrown in. But I need more meals ideas desperately!

So if anyone is happy to share, I'd love to hear and will really use recipes/meals that are shared. Even if it's just one meal that you love and think helped your transition to eating fewer calories and feeling better.

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Thanks in advance for any help

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Wednesday, 04 December 2019? Start here!

Today is your Day 1?

Welcome to r/Loseit!

So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.

Why you’re overweight

Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.

Before You Start

The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.

Tracking

Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.

Creating Your Deficit

How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.

The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.

Exercise

Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.

It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel awesome and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.

Crawl, Walk, Run

It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.

Acceptance

You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.

Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.

Additional resources

Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.

• Quick Start Guide - Build your foundation!
• Loseit Compendium - Frame it out!
• FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions!

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For me, NSV stands for "Not seeing Victories"

Quick background information: I'm 17F, 5"7', SW:196 lbs CW: 162 lbs, so I lost 14 pounds so far.

And I'm honestly not seeing any difference. At the beginning I told myself that it was probably just the water weight I lost and that it made sense that it wasn't visible. But 14 pounds isn't just water weight anymore, right?

And I keep seeing these posts of people, that lost a similar amount of weight and talk about how they already feel better, I've seen transformation pictures were people already look better after losing as much as I did.

And then I saw this one post on Instagram along the lines of "After 10 pounds, you will see it, after 15 pounds your family will see it, after 20 pounds everyone will see it". Well I've lost almost 15 pounds and neither I nor my family sees it. When I told my mother about my weight loss, she said "Oh, that's great honey, but you don't look any different"

And I agree! I don't see a difference when I look in the mirror. And I also don't feel any different. I don't feel healthier, or more energetic and I don't feel my jeans getting looser.

I know I'm supposed to give it some time, but damnit, I've been working hard for this, I've been tracking my calories, and I've been moving more, and every time I slipped up a bit, I got right back on track after. I said "no" to a piece of cake, and I said "no" to a second plate. And it's kind of frustrating, because I feel like I'm really trying and I just don't see any results.

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Question about stalling.

So I'm 161cm started at 122kg. For the last few months I've been steadily losing weight, going to the gym 3-5 days a week, stopped drinking sugary drinks, (mostly) tracking calories, etc and I've finally made it to 113, but In the last few weeks it seems like I've stalled and my weight keeps going from 113kg to 113.5kg and even up to 114kg at one point.

I'm not sure how long to wait at this weight before it becomes a definite stall or maybe I've just hit a small bump especially since I'm lifting weights and eating a good amount of protein at the same time. Could putting on muscle slow my weight loss at all? Sorry if it seems a little rambling.

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Craves at night?

Hi guys. Recently I have stalled in my weight loss CICO diet.

Just as some background, I try to allocate most of my calories from midday to night (90 percent) since that's when I am the most hungry (during weekdays).

Then, I usually go to bed with a full stomach (usually big salad with chicken or tuna) and wake up one hour later with big cravings, even though I'm full.

I have read that book about cravings (cannot remember the title) which says that you can stop them conciously, but being half awake is really difficult to stop them.

This usually doesn't happen during the weekend, I have time to cook full meals during the whole day (11:00 - 19:00) and having a protein shake before bed is perfect.

Due to my work office I don't have time to cook so much things during the week.

Has anybody experienced something like me before? Shall I try allocating all my calories during the whole day rather than in the night? (I.e. could have breakfast at 7, lunch at 13:00 and dinner at 19:00). - I am afraid of these scheme because of the late night cravings!

Any ideas? Feedback?

Thanks.

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I've had a sugar addiction since I was 10, I want to fix it 6 years later.

Hello!

So, I've struggled with my weight since I was about 10 years old. Today I found out that I am dangerously close to having diabetes. All I've lived on for the past 6 or so years is straight sugar and today I am finally fixing that. I am currently doing as much research as possible on sugar addictions and how to fix them, but since I still live with my also sugar-addicted father I feel like this journey is going to be all the more difficult. I am currently 16, 5'7 and 165 pounds. Of course, I want to lose the weight but my main priority for the next month is completely changing my lifestyle and cutting as much sugar out of my life as possible. I've looked it up and a few sources said that a complete detox takes 3-21 days. What's interesting to me is even though I have always hated how my body looks, I never really considered myself particularly unhealthy and have never really cared about my personal health in the first place.

We aren't well off at all and need to make do with the money we have, so if anyone has cheap and affordable dinner/lunch options (I hardly ever eat breakfast) please list them down below. I usually have a budget of >25 dollars per week! Please keep them as sugar-free as possible. For now, I'm living off eggs, ramen, baby carrots, and raisins. I've never eaten healthily so I think I did okay? I don't know. Help me!!

I also have some questions, like is eating fruits during my detox ok? What are some good ways I can avoid eating sugar at friends' houses? How do I stop my "I don't care" mentality while it is in action?

Thank you all so much in advance for your tips, I'm hoping with your help I can beat this and avoid getting diabetes. I'd like to add that this is just the first part of my weight loss journey, beating my sugar addiction. Next is further dieting and working out.

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