What is your average weight gain on a cruise?

[Salty Dawg]

You're not gaining weight... you're getting a return, plus interest, for the investment in taking a cruise. Everyone knows that salt air causes your clothes to shrink!

[Live2Cruz]

Just back from my 4/24 Glory cruise. Weighed in today. Officially I gained 4 pounds. That includes 2 days pre-cruise, 7 days cruise, and one day back eating like crazy. I am hoping 4 will be the total, but it really hasn't all had time to settle yet. I lost 7 before I went so I am still down, but would like to take off a couple of what I picked back up.

[tef43]

Dieting before a cruise is not necessarily a good idea. Your stomach shrinks and you will feel terribly uncomfortable after indulging in the gastronomical delights aboard ship.

 

Best to start overeating before you leave, so that your stomach s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-s and you have room for all the good stuff.

 

Food, glorious food!

 

Gluttony, my *second* favorite deadly sin.

 

Tom <--- Curmudgeon of the Seas

Eleven cruises so far. Up next:

Shhhh, it's a surprise!

And then:

Carnival Spirit 12/10/05 Mexican Riviera

Perhaps something else in the works as well. Watch this space.

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[ralmyers]

tef -I am with ya! You have to die of something, it may as well be the love of overindulging in food :-) It is not fun to watch what you eat your whole life and die anyhow- LOL!

 

as far as liv to jump goes, yeah I hear ya bragging. I am jealous. The days of eating whatever I want and not gaining an ounce are over. I can look at something and gain 3 pounds!

 

Triumph

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Triumph - 04

 

 

[halos]

I have dieted all my life and one day because I became so scale obsessed (weighing in every day upon waking, after every meal, and then after each time I peed, for God's sake) that I decided the scale must go.

So...since I don't know the actual 'poundage', I just go by how my clothes fit.

If I can still zip my jeans (THE ONES I LEFT AT HOME BECAUSE I DON'T BRING JEANS ON A CRUISE) after I get home, then I don't fret too much.

 

I believe in Miracles

MIRACLE JUNE 19, 2004

Calm Seas, Good Friends

[steveNcindy]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tef43:

 

Gluttony, my *second* favorite deadly sin.

 

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Tef - what is the "most" favorite??

 

PS ARe your wings going to pull it out tonight without Stevie Y??

 

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[Catrin]

 

You are all scaring me!

I am 71 lbs lighter than last years cruise.. so if I gain 5lbs or so, It will be fine!

 

I will just have to go right back on my program.

The one thing this year, though.. is that I am still going to be very careful with what I eat. Sure I am going to try a few deserts etc. But for drinks I will just have water... and no rolls with dinner!

Cathy

 

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[teedee]

I usually gain about 5 pounds. I have bad knees and can't do stairs, unfortunately there's nothing wrong with my taste buds and I eat like there's no tomorrow on a cruise. I do try to do a lot of walking on the decks, but when you're walking from buffet to restaurant to grills it really doesn't do much good!

 

Terri

 

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[tef43]

And now a tribute to all of us gourmands on the ship, to the tune of John Denver's Annie's Song:

 

You fill up with breakfast

Like a hog in a slophouse

Like a Brando at Big Boy

Like Roseanne at DQ

 

Like a giant Ms. Pac-man

Like a Pizza Hut Jabba

You fill up with breakfast

Lunch and dinner too

 

Come let me stuff you

Let me hold your mouth open

Let me cram in some donuts

Waffles, pancakes, and then

 

Let me shove in some bacon

Let me toss in a penguin

Come see the menu

Start stuffing again

 

----instrumental----

 

You fill up with breakfast

Like a dog in a dumpster

Like Elizabeth Taylor

At Old Country Buffet

 

Like a sumo in training

Like a fad diet backlash

You're filled up with breakfast

Start filling away

 

Tom <--- Curmudgeon of the Seas

Eleven cruises so far. Up next:

Shhhh, it's a surprise!

And then:

Carnival Spirit 12/10/05 Mexican Riviera

Perhaps something else in the works as well. Watch this space.

Dance like it hurts, love like you need money, and work when somebody's watching.

[chuleta]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Salty Dawg:

You're not gaining weight... you're getting a return, plus interest, for the investment in taking a cruise. Everyone knows that salt air causes your clothes to shrink!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

I think you have something there Salty Dawg . I actually never gain wieght but by the end of the week my clothes feel tighter???? I guess the stairs don't do much for the middle!

 

Mary Lynn

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[halos]

TOM,

YOU ARE A PISS!!!!!

 

I believe in Miracles

MIRACLE JUNE 19, 2004

Calm Seas, Good Friends

[tef43]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by steveNcindy:

Tef - what is the "most" favorite??<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Six guesses, and your first clue is that it is *not* sloth, that one is third.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by steveNcindy:

PS ARe your wings going to pull it out tonight without Stevie Y??<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That was a truly ugly injury. I'm not going to say that they can't do it, but it's definitely going to be more difficult.

 

Tom <--- Curmudgeon of the Seas

Eleven cruises so far. Up next:

Shhhh, it's a surprise!

And then:

Carnival Spirit 12/10/05 Mexican Riviera

Perhaps something else in the works as well. Watch this space.

Dance like it hurts, love like you need money, and work when somebody's watching.

[jemingway]

I have zero weight gain. I gain 5 pounds, but my wallet loses 5 pounds, so nothing changes.

 

JV The 4 stages of cruising: planning, anticipation, experience and reflection.

[yst347]

I walk 3 miles on the track every morning. I still gain 4 to 8 pounds on a cruise but I usually drop 4 to 6 pounds in the first week back.

 

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