Quote: Originally posted by HEJC72 on 11/4/2011
If the OP is on the SW plan then NO food is banned and it is the least restrictive diet I've ever tried!!
I didn't say that anything was banned, I was pointing but that the diet is a bit restrictive in that certain foods need to be moderated - a lot in some cases, i.e. things like salad dressings that are full of oil should be avoided, or (as you have said) taken in moderation (not banned)!!
------------- Give a man a fish and he'll feed his family for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he'll sit around on a boat all day drinking beer!
We don't diet at any time but we tend to lose weight when we're away in the caravan. I guess it could be down to us walking a lot more, being active a lot more & only eating when we're hungry instead of having regular meal times at home. We're only talking of slight weight losss but no paticular effort has gone into it.
I've been on a diet for about a year now, lost a few stone, but to be honest, whilst on holidays, take a break from it. I don't go silly with the food, but do concentrate on getting quality foods, which I probably wouldn't normally spend out on whilst at home. Spend at bit on the quality and variety so I feel like Im having a treat, but being a little carefull not to get carried away on fatty foods. Lots of exercise, walking, swimming with kids, cycling etc. I have a few drinks in the evenings, white wine, or Whisky with diet lemonade. I think if you hammer a diet, you can get bored of it, and then it lapses, so for me, good to have regular breaks.
Came back from the last break not having put an ounce on, so really pleased with it.
My biggest temptation on the last break was the Pork sctratchings they sell in the farm shops. Need at least a 10 mile hike to walk off the sins in one of those bad boys. Worth it though Lol. The dog doesn't complain either, neither for the pork scratchings, or the walks.
I must admit I find it easier when we are camping as we dont tend to take snacky things with us and just stick to our 3 meals a day, I am on Weight Watchers so I really enjoy my full english breakfast Just by the nature of camping/caravanning you tend to be more active than you would be at home anyway, and if we are going away at the weekend I make sure I am extra good in the week so that I can have that bot... i mean glass of wine in the evening!
Food, one of my favourite subjects. I'm no lightweight (16.5 stone) but pretty fit. Sorry to contradict some of the comments, the "low fat" foods are so often highly processed, with added sweeteners, flavourings and colourings, that I worry they are seen as part of a healthy diet and in reality they are anything but.
I love feeding my family with the type of food I choose to eat, but build in lots of veg, adjust portions, use unprocessed foods as far as possible. Whilst I'm no scientist I've always been fascinated that the French, despite far higher intake of animal fats, have lower heart disease rates than us Brits; is it anything to do with the combinations they eat: fresh foods, veg, fruit, loads of garlic, fish, meat, cheeses, olive oil, wine (!), and happiness with what they eat, as an important part of their daily routine. Suits me (is that why I love my annual trip to France so much?)
I follow the Slimming World eating plan and find it easy to stick to whilst caravanning. I don't feel like I am on a diet as I can have anything healthy that I want as well as a reasonable amount of 'treats' if I feel like it.
Like a previous post mentioned, for convenience I take cous cous and pasta to make easy, quick dinners whilst we are away. Home-made burgers are another favourite. We enjoy cooked breakfasts and scrambled eggs or simple cereal and toast depending on what we fancy. That said, I don't go on holiday to worry about cooking/eating too much, so usually have a takeaway or eat out at least every couple of days. For me, Slimming World is flexible enough that you can do this and still maintain/lose weight.
The following quotation is a favourite of mine (courtesy of Sophie Ellis-Bexter, I think!) and I think it sums things up nicely: "Diets are bad for the brain. It's simple; if you have beer and chips one night, don't the next."
I have already worked out 15 menus for us all day ones.
As were off for nearly 10 weeks we are most certainly going to follow it. But it is not a restrictive diet. As it is NO diet anyway. its getting oneself back to where we should be in this junk filled world of additive this that or the other inside.
All the exercise I can do is arms.On advice I use two soup tins.Bob has 2 baked bean tins.We do it to music,try it to rock around the clock.Talk about knackered. But laugh we do. So behind closed doors or net curtains who's going to see.
Have a look on the slimming world thread on search ..life in general. Check them out to what they eat, your not depriving yourself only of what you should not really but even them little extra naughty bits you can cater for by joggling about. One of them still has a little tipple, as room is made for it without depriving oneself of other things.A lot have families to cater for, so incorporating them also. They do not even realise what she has done except they like it. Have a good read I did.
When I started the diet I went from one big meal a day to 3 meals a day. We cook in the caravan like we cook at home. Using one of meal planners I got from Scottish Slimmers, no problem when eating away or eating out.
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Topic: How do you diet and enjoy caravanning?
Just by the nature of camping/caravanning you tend to be more active than you would be at home anyway, and if we are going away at the weekend I make sure I am extra good in the week so that I can have that bot... i mean glass 
of wine in the evening! 
