do you gain weight?

[davidb69]

Do you gain weight while at Disney? I normally have to watch what I eat or else I gain weight easily (I love to eat and dh is a chef). However we are taking advantage of the dining plan during our August trip (seven nights) and I will not deprive myself, meaning I will eat desserts, etc. I know we are going to be walking a lot, but I am not naive and do not expect that to preclude me from gaining weight. What has been your experience? And if you do gain some pounds, is going back to normal habits when you are back at home enough to go back to your regular weight?

You express the same thing my wife asks me all the time. I've always lost weight at disney but I have been always 70-80lbs overweight already. We are currently both on a diet right now. She's in perfect shape now after losing 50lbs and I am on my way losing 30lbs. Our feelings are that we are on vacation but we are going to try not to over think about it. Take a dining tip sheet if you follow calories per day and you should be able to keep track and not gain weight.

 

[xipetotec]

Do you gain weight while at Disney? I normally have to watch what I eat or else I gain weight easily (I love to eat and dh is a chef). However we are taking advantage of the dining plan during our August trip (seven nights) and I will not deprive myself, meaning I will eat desserts, etc. I know we are going to be walking a lot, but I am not naive and do not expect that to preclude me from gaining weight. What has been your experience? And if you do gain some pounds, is going back to normal habits when you are back at home enough to go back to your regular weight?

i find that despite making pigs of ourselves, I don't gain weight cause I walk like I've never walked before when I'm there... I guess it balances out

 

[rosiejo]

I always come home lighter - must be something to do with the miles and miles of walking we do at the parks!

 

[Disneydonnam]

The only time I gain weight is in Disney. My husband and I each gain 6-8 lbs each trip. The Dining plan has us eating much more then we usually do. Thank God we walk miles each day.

 

[meriface11]

i gain a little weight (last year i actually couldn't wear my pants on the last night) plus, i find it hard to go back to "regular" eating at home after being on the DDP and eating however many snacks i want everyday. we go down in september and i am actually glad about the no appetizer on DDP because i certainly don't need it, but i always ate it because it was free! thank god they didn't get rid of dessert.

 

[DOES THE SHOE FIT]

I lost 5 lbs after being there for 5 days - I assume from all the walking. I did not do the dining plan either. One thing I did was eat kid meal portions when doing counter service meals. For ex: I would order a kids meal and regular slices of pizza knowing my kids love pizza. They got the pizza and I gave them the fruit from my kids meal. I ate what was left of the kids meal. But when we had table service ADR's I ate whatever I wanted, plus had several root beer floats at Beaches and Cream - YUM! If you think about it you'll find something that works for you