Thursday, June 20, 2013

How You Can Stay Fit and Healthy While Traveling

During the summer months, it is not uncommon for families to go on vacation with each other. Whether you just have a week off and are going to be spending it at home or you've actually made plans to go somewhere, your healthy lifestyle should not have to suffer because of it. Too many people put their exercise plans and diets on the back burner while they are on vacation because they feel as though the restrictiveness is going to ruin their holiday of the year.


The truth is that exercising and dieting while on vacation can actually help in more ways than one. For one, by exercising regularly and watching what you eat, you might find that it helps you stay in control and helps you to avoid the bloated feeling you often get when you eat too much. What's more, when you finally get back home, you will not have to be so surprised at the number on the scale saying that you gained a lot of week from a week's worth of not exercising and overeating. There is no reason for you to revolve your entire vacation on the food that you are going to be eating. Make healthy decisions and do not give up on your exercise while you happen to be there.


Part of having a successful healthy holiday is staying at the right hotel. By doing the best research possible from your home computer, you can find out what types of gym amenities your hotel has within it. Most hotels do have gyms, but not every single one of them has this type of amenity, so it does pay off to look this information up before booking the actual room. Some hotels even offer yoga classes in the morning for their guests without you having to pay a thing. By doing research beforehand, it is going to be easier for you to stick with your exercise plans so that you can live a healthy lifestyle even when on vacation. On a recent trip to Maui I used a website called Gogobot in order to see all of the Maui hotels in a list where I could then search through and see which ones had 24-hour gyms. Due to this, I was able to workout early in the morning and not sacrifice any of my vacation plans.



There is probably nothing more frustrating than coming home from a vacation to find that you gained a ton of weight and are also finding it difficult to get back into an exercise routine because you were off of it for so long. Staying at a hotel with a fully-equipped gym or pool will help you to get in some much needed exercise so that you do not have to worry about excess weight gain. You will simply be able to enjoy your entire vacation without having to worry that you are going to go home and realize that you gained a ton of weight and need to start all over again with your diet and exercise plan.

By: Mike Manning of Manning's Musings

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