Steps to Staying Fit and Healthy While Cruising

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Do you want to bring back some unwanted souvenirs prominently displayed on your body? If
you eat and drink your way through a week at sea, you might as well just acquire it. Cruise ships might offer week-long pampering but also provide many ways to stay fit and trim onboard.

Check these tips on healthy food on a cruise for your next vacation, they might help:

Take the stairs
This is the most no-brainer way to keep the pounds off on a cruise. Take the stairs. On your
daily treks between meals, activities, shows and dates, try skipping the elevator and walk up on your own. Also, you can avoid long waits for the lift.

Stop by the gym
When you tour the ship, make it a point to find the gym. The world-class equipment, array of
classes, and of course, the sea view may convince you that working out during your vacation
could be fun. You might as well feel intrigued enough to try a workout. If you never go, you’ll
never know what you’re missing out on.

Make fitness fun
Working out onboard does not have to involve only mind-numbing hours on a treadmill.
Modern ships offer plenty of ways to keep fit while having fun. Sign up for yoga or Pilates class, visit ballrooms, or climb an onboard rock wall. Dance the night away in the nightclub or take swimming laps in the afternoon. Those extra pounds you gained at the midnight buffet will melt away in no time.

Eat three meals a day
Stick to having three meals a day. If you don’t leave any snacking opportunity from mid-
morning munchies to afternoon tea to late-night treats, you’re sure to go up a dress size, and
we’re sure nobody wants that. Try to keep to a regular schedule of breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and if you need to eat something in the afternoon, bite on to an apple, not an ice-cream cone.

Order smart
Onboard restaurant menus can offer a whopping five courses- appetizer, soup, salad, entrée,
and dessert. Select only one or two first courses or opt for the one that’s healthy. You’ll enjoy
your meal and won’t leave the table so stuffed.

The key to staying fit onboard is all about balancing your indulgences with a little restraint. Try a few of these steps on your next cruise and you won’t have to give up on a fun vacation.