Average weight gain?

[CaddyB123]

Here I am back again, with five more pounds on my body. I am feeling horrible. It came on so quickly! How to get it off FAST!

[Cuizer2]

Here I am back again, with five more pounds on my body. I am feeling horrible. It came on so quickly! How to get it off FAST!

 

Surgery. :eek:

[chasetf]

I usually break even.... especially on those port intensive European / Med cruises where we do a lot of walking. ;)

[Madkitty]

I must admit I ate a lot on hol and I dont normally but because we made a ruling to never use the lifts (unless in emergency) I didnt put any on.....in order to get it off just cut down a little but still make sure you are eating c1600 cals

[delacruz]

On my last cruise I had decided to try as much as possible to pick the healthy choices, indulging in only what looked like would be scrumptious. I also took the stairs as much as possible, hit the gym a few times, and did a lot of walking in port. I broke even - no weight gain!

 

My problem NOW is that since I've been back, I've been so used to all the variety, that I've been overdoing it at home and have gained 5 pounds in the month I've been back.

 

I am craving going on my next cruise so I can eat healthier again!!

[superjerryw]

I hit the gym every day on a cruise. On sea days I may hit the gym twice. I eat a normal breakfast and lunch and only pig out at dinner. The last few cruises I've managed to gain no weight at all. It is rather amazing that a piece of food that you can eat in one minute takes one hour of exercise to burn off.

[caribsun]

I run every day and that keeps the weight off. If you want to lose 5# eat only rice&beans with salsa, fruit, veggies, oatmeal with skim milk and drink a lot of water. The 5# will be gone in a week!!

[piercetc4]

eat healthy and get some exercise- drink lots of water

[jspang]

I lost 8 pounds in November - (Norovirus) lots of bathroom time though :(

[Sally Forth]

I am overweight but don't usually gain on cruises because I'm not snacking during the day. (unless you count the liquid variety) I think it's because of the walking and also because I'm not spending 8 hours on a computer the way I do at work.

 

DH and I recently lost 5 lb (actually 7 but 2 came back when we started eating) on one of those 3 day detox diets. No meat, dairy, beverages other than water, white carbs or processed foods. I think if you take quick action, the weight will come off just as fast as it went on.

 

Viv

[CaddyB123]

Can someone point me to a website dealing with detox diets?

 

TIA.

[gerif]

I normally figure on a 5 lb. weight gain - however, it usually drops off within a few days of returning home, so I'm figuring part of it is just water weight.

 

Last year, we traveled with 7 year old GS and had early seating for the first time - no mid-afternoon snacks, no dropping by the bar before dinner, no going to bed on a full stomach. Even having two desserts at every meal, I didn't gain an ounce.

 

I do try to hit the gym at least on sea days and take the stairs as much as possible.

[mommabean]

I usually gain about 5 pounds on a cruise, too. I'm also sure it's mostly bloating and water weight from excessive carb consumption since I usually do no refined carbs at home. I've finally figured out that if I go back to eating like I normally do (as in no midnight pizza, no foo foo drinks, no bread with dinner) when I get home and don't weigh myself for 2 weeks that I will end up back at my regular weight. It's weighing myself as soon as I get home that causes me the distress.

[BillOh]

My first cruise, had lost some weight prior. Could rarely use the elevator due to my wife's knee. (It was our 25th anniversary cruise and I don't think we spend more tha 1 hour apart the entire 7 days) We had the late seating for us, so we started getting a pre-dinner snack in the Windjammer to hold us over, then a pre-snack snack to hold us over to the pre-snack. Ended up putting on 13. I wouldn't have done it any different, but next time however!;)

[Janet524]

I run every day and that keeps the weight off. If you want to lose 5# eat only rice&beans with salsa, fruit, veggies, oatmeal with skim milk and drink a lot of water. The 5# will be gone in a week!!

 

YUM!

[junobeach]

I take the stairs, even up 6 or 7 floors. I also usually only eat 1/2 of what was given to me at dinner, including dessert, and am still stuffed. I also hit the gym almost every day. I've never gained weight on a cruise.

[Sue L]

I usually lose weight on cruises because I walk so much more than I do at home. We take the stairs (unless I am in heels) and do a lot of active tours. I don't scrimp on what I eat and usually lose 3 or 4 pounds or stay the same.

[Inshape]

I rarely take the elevators and walk a lot all over the ship. I do not drink tons of calories, but water and unsweetened ice tea. I eat normal ofr breakfast, lunch and have a nice snack...hard to resist the cafe pastries! I go to town with trying a lot at dinner and still i do not gain. The trick is working out while on the ship, and I try to lose about 5 before I go on the cruise...so in case I do gain it is fine! This past cruise on mariner I did lose my 5 before going and never gained it back even though I ate. Cruising is not the time to go on a diet...but to take advantage of nice food unavailable to you on non vacation times. But with the array of fruit--it is easy to fill up on that and not the carbs at breakfast and lunch.

[RRCRUISE]

Well...I just came back from the Mariner. I worked out about every day and used the stairs if I was only going 2-4 floors at a time as it seemed to get me there quicker. However, I still seemed to gain 11 lbs.LOL

[chasetf]

I lost 8 pounds in November - (Norovirus) lots of bathroom time though :(

That sounds like a pretty drastic diet plan..... :eek:

[sgttami]

On my first cruise (7 days) in '92 I gained 12 pounds.!!! My second formal night dress was quite tight... That was back in the days when the food on RCI was "really good." (At the time, I thought you had to eat EVERYTHING!!) Midnight buffets were every night and I thought you HAD to eat dining room breakfast every day.

 

Since the quality/selections of food declined over the years, so did gaining weight on cruises!!

 

Now...a pound or two I might gain and on some cruises I lost a few.

[RonneyKay]

why are you fretting about 5 lbs. It will come off in just a couple of weeks if you go back to doing what you did before the cruise. Its only 5 lbs.

[RonneyKay]

why are you fretting about 5 lbs. It will come off in just a couple of weeks if you go back to doing what you did before the cruise. Its only 5 lbs.

[suezyq50]

I gained 5 pounds this week, but enjoyed the food. I know I can take it off quick with some walking.