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You make your best effort to be healthy when you travel. You scope out the healthy options at the airport, you keep fruit in your hotel room, you don’t eat the full portions you’re served at restaurants and you incorporate some physical activity into your agenda. But, despite your best efforts, you always come back at least five pounds heavier. You can even feel it happening while you’re traveling—you feel heavier, and the outfits you packed stopped fitting just right. What is it about traveling that makes us all pack on some pounds? It’s a real shame, since we take a lot of photos on vacation, and we want to look our best in those. Plus, we want those cute outfits we bought on vacation to still fit when we get home and lose the weight. Here’s a look at the reasons you put on weight when you travel, and what to do about them.

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You pick the wrong accommodations

You look for the cheapest hotel that is centrally located. But the cheapest hotel is typically cheap because it’s more of a motel or bed and breakfast, meaning it does not have a gym, a restaurant, or mini fridges in the rooms. That means you cannot work out, you’re forced to go out every time you want to eat and you cannot keep healthy snacks in your room. You may even rely on the vending machines you often find at cheap hotels. Pay a little more for good amenities, and you could keep the weight off.

 

 

 

 

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