How many miles a day?

[BettyBoo29]

It's 15 weeks today we go to the airport (EEEEE!!)
I've been working super hard to get in shape for this holiday but I don't want to go and be on a diet?! But I also don't want to go and get super out of shape?

I've heard of so many people that go and eat everything they want, literally no holding back and they have come back and lost weight?!

So I'm just wondering if anyone has ever tracked how many miles a day you walk?

I walk 5-6 miles everyday at home as part of getting in shape so I'm hoping if I walk that in Florida the weight should stay off?

Thanks!

Beth

 

[wilma-bride]

Yes, you will walk a lot (possibly even as much as you walk at home) but, in my experience, whether or not you gain weight will have everything to do with what/how much you eat and your eating habits before you go.

At home, I am constantly on a strict diet (1200 calories per day) but I do literally no exercise. In Orlando, we nearly always walk at least 3-4 miles per day but my calorie intake probably triples with the high calorie foods we eat. Because my system is used to having restricted calories at home, I find this usually means I will gain weight no matter what (I usually gain around 7lbs in a 2-week holiday).

If your diet is not particularly restrictive at home, meaning you are not necessarily increasing your calorie intake much but are massively increasing your exercise, i.e. walking far more than you would at home, it is probably possible to lose weight, yes.

 

[flortlebap]

I think I read that on average people do around 8-9 miles a day!

I do a fair bit of exercise at home and eat pretty healthily so I always gain on holiday. 9.5lb was my last weight gain but within a week of returning and drinking plenty of fluids I was at 3.5lb so that was probably my actual weight gain minus water weight from all the alcohol and carbs lol.

It's totally possible to eat healthily, but when you have a treat over there they are huge. Crisps are about three times the size of a bag I'd usually eat and run to about 400 cals. It's crazy! Plus I can't resist all the indulgent food and cocktails (lol) so weight loss for me on holiday is impossible!

 

[BettyBoo29]

Yes, you will walk a lot (possibly even as much as you walk at home) but, in my experience, whether or not you gain weight will have everything to do with what/how much you eat and your eating habits before you go. At home, I am constantly on a strict diet (1200 calories per day) but I do literally no exercise. In Orlando, we nearly always walk at least 3-4 miles per day but my calorie intake probably triples with the high calorie foods we eat. Because my system is used to having restricted calories at home, I find this usually means I will gain weight no matter what (I usually gain around 7lbs in a 2-week holiday). If your diet is not particularly restrictive at home, meaning you are not necessarily increasing your calorie intake much but are massively increasing your exercise, i.e. walking far more than you would at home, it is probably possible to lose weight, yes.

Thank you!!

I'm constantly on a strict 1200 calorie diet too, I'm around 9st now so if I put on when I'm over there it's not too much of a biggie cause I've tried to get down to that weight especially for room or putting on while out there! Haha. Me and my boyfriend are massive food lover and been waiting for our holiday for a year and a half so I don't want to deprive myself of what I want while out there - i do think it will be hard to shut myself off from the diet world and being conscious of what I'm eating!

 

[mackay_j]

In the same boat here- I have had to diet very very hard to get back to a size 12- I am now terrified of putting the weight back on - I am disabled thus can't do exercise to help weight loss- so getting any gain back off means going back to between 900-1100 cals a day. I now have 1000 4 days a week and between 1300 & 1500 for treats at the weekend and my weight has stayed stable with that for 2 months.

Not sure I can face having to start again . I may just eat what I want but have no complex carbs (I don't eat them now at all so I am used to just veg and protein I also try and take in very little in the way of fat). Luckily most ice cream ,wine and the occasional cocktail could then still be allowed, just not sure how relaxed I will be about having them- may need to pack my scales and check every 3rd day

 

[pampat]

I wear a pedometer and can tell you that I generally use about 24 - 25,000 steps on a park day. One day at Epcot I got to 48,000. I am much older than most of you, so move less and slower. At home, my target is 10,400 and I always meet that, so I at least double what I normally walk. However, at home I go to the gym three times a week.

I cannot go to USA and not put on weight, there is something in my head that says 'eat, eat, eat'!!! I'm going to have to up my exercise levels whilst away and thrown in swims night and morning and at least one gym session a week.

Pam

 

[disney212]

I am one of the folks who always looses at WDW. At home I eat 1400 calories per day and have lost a lot of weight. At Disney I eat what I want. I think a lot has to do with how you tour. We are rope drop folks, we eat a protein bar for breakfast, we normally aren't too hungry by lunch so we grab a sandwich and a water, we do a TS for dinner, some days have a snack and always have adult beverages in the evenings (and during the day most days). We also close the parks down at night. It is DH and I and we also park hop a lot and we are in our mid 40's. We wore our pedometers on our October trip and averaged 13 miles per day. I personally don't get that hungry while I am at the parks. Maybe it's the excitement or all the things to see.

 

[Jakejosh4]

I usually lose around 5lbs in weight as I am more active in Orlando than at home I don't go mad but have more desserts than normal but I drink loads of water.

 

[Elise79]

We have worn pedometers around the parks and I now always wear my fitbit.

I walk anywhere between 5 and 15 miles in a day, now this depends on the park and if we stay all day or take a break of an afternoon.

I always gain weight - I think it is do with the cocktails I enjoy more than the food although does add to it.

 

[disneyholic family]

just like in the real world, the people with speedy metabolism tend to lose, and the rest of us who fight our weight, usually gain or stay the same.

when all 6 of us went, we all walked the same amount (miles and miles and miles) and we all ate a lot.

The 2 with annoyingly fast metabolism ate even more than the rest of us (as they always do - they pass out if they're not constantly eating).
They really packed in the calories, yet they lost weight (DH and DD, lucky them - i hate them both).

the 2 with average metabolism stayed the same.

And the 2 of us who have been fighting our weight since the day we were born (and will have to do so until the day we die) - we both gained weight.
And we didn't eat nearly as much as everyone else, though we definitely ate more than we do at home.

so as they say, your mileage may vary.

For me, the food is part of the holiday - part of the enjoyment. I'm careful when i'm home. Two weeks off the wagon isn't going to kill me.

 

[hopex]

I'm having exactly the same problem! I've also been trying really hard to lose weight for this trip, knowing that I'm probably going to put it all back on again! It's a tough decision... I really don't want to put on weight but I also don't want to miss out on eating all the good food, it is all part of the holiday after all!

 

[Kath2003]

We walk a LOT whilst out there and I have never come back without gaining 7-10lb, which is a fair bit as I'm pretty small. I'm on my feet all day everyday back home so the walking doesn't really make any difference. We do a quick service brunch and sit down evening meal most days - very rarely anything other than just a main course as I can't eat a dessert/starter too. I don't drink anything but water during the day but do drink alcohol with dinner. It drops off as soon as you go back to eating normally, though. The food is all part of the appeal for me - dull, dull, dull food in everyday life, splurge on holiday!

 

[emmamc252]

erm, firstly, I always wonder if people who say they lost weight, actually lost weight or are severely dehydrated because of the sun/walking etc.
if you walk for like 8 hours a day, unless you are super huge the calorie burn is going to be maximum about 600kcal.
just bear this in mind though, 1lb of fat is 3500kcal.
so the average woman needs 2000kcal a day (WHICH I WILL COME ON TO IN A MINUTE LADIES!) so if you are burning an extra 600kcal a day thats 2600kcal to maintain your current weight.
Say you overeat by 1000kcal a day. firstly thats a HELL of a lot of food! EVERY DAY? unlikely, you will have some high days some lower days. BUT say you pig out and eat 3600 kcal a day and somehow manage to not vomit any of it back up from being far too full...... for example one of the HUGE burger platters, chips everything at say hard rock or rainforst, like the BIGGEST you can order, or rack of ribs are the most calorific meals and if you clean your plate you would be looking at 2000kcal. MOST meals on a menu even like that will be 1400kcal-1800kcal, and thats if you ate EVERY BITE on your plate! Really would you eat that much?
over a 14 night holiday thats 14,000 extra calories, so 4lb Maximum proper weight gain.
The numbers ont he scales go up and down depending on far more factors than calorie intake. MY mum annoys me most sundays when she announces, "youre dad and I had a takeaway last night and i've put on 2lb!"
NO YOU HAVEN'T! to do that overnight you would have had to inhale 9000kcal! is that even humanly possible?

In honesty the best thing that the ladies on here eating 1200kcal a day or less TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT WEIGHT could do is read into how to build up your metabolism when you have DESTROYED IT which is what you are doing RIGHT NOW! please stop! Your body does need food!

When you start eating again (by that I mean eating your maintainance calories, google calculators for this but i would say even if you don't move and weigh 9 stone you would be 1600kcal) you will see the scale go up 1-3 lb, THIS IS NOT REAL WEIGHT THE SAME AS MY MOTHER HAS NOT PUT ON 2LB OVERNIGHT! this is just your stomach having food in it, water etc. MEASURE YOUR WAIST HIPS ETC< they will not have changed 1cm!

I would recomend for those of you with metabolism problems (IF YOU NEED TO EAT 1200 to maintain thats you!) that you read up on the 5/2 diet. IT will allow your body to be reintroduced to proper calories and get your metabolism going again!
BUT PLEASE< EAT!

FYI I am 5ft 8 and weigh 130lbs ish, I do not weigh myself daily! I am a uk size 8, which i think is a US 4? yes I exercise which I get some of you can't but I eat around 2200kcal a day.
YUMMY!

 

[Kath2003]

...I could definitely overeat by 2000 calories a day in Orlando

 

[mackay_j]

In honesty the best thing that the ladies on here eating 1200kcal a day or less TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT WEIGHT could do is read into how to build up your metabolism when you have DESTROYED IT which is what you are doing RIGHT NOW! please stop! Your body does need food!

Hi I can assure that my 900 cals stepping up to 1500 cals was done with my doctors/ consultants buy in - a dietitian was involved and I was only allowed to stay on 900-1100 for 3 months. I had to have blood tests weekly to check Iron and other things while I was doing it. We set a time limit rather than a target weight -to try and get weight off ahead of going into a rehabilitation center to try and get more use if my legs back - idea was less weight may equate to more of a chance of progress in the rehab unit- I was not allowed to stay on that low cal intake while doing the rehab programme. But did go back on it when I got out again under medical supervision . But you are correct in saying under 1500 is not normal and should only be done for short periods of time or with doctors/ nutritionists advice.

I was never very large but after taking ill gained about 2 stone due to no longer being mobile. Over the last 4 months I have got it off, It was the nutritionist who now is slowly increasing the amount of calories I can take in without weight regain. At the moment 1500 every day was too many for me so we are now trying a mix of 1000 to 1500 and that seems to be working so it must be all I am able to use now. I am sure my doctors know what they are dong thus not everyone can eat more and not gain.

 

[edinburghlass]

Never a good reason to shout at people, no matter the point you are trying to get across

 

[mackay_j]

Never a good reason to shout at people, no matter the point you are trying to get across

sorry for that - I didn't know that red meant shouting, I thought that was using capitals - I only did it to show that it was part of the previous post as by cutting the post down I lost the quote part. No way did I mean to be rude in any way - sorry again.

 

[Elise79]

sorry for that - I didn't know that red meant shouting, I thought that was using capitals - I only did it to show that it was part of the previous post as by cutting the post down I lost the quote part. No way did I mean to be rude in any way - sorry again.

Don't worry red isn't shouting

She was referring to the previous poster who you quoted.

 

[tinks_1989]

sorry for that - I didn't know that red meant shouting, I thought that was using capitals - I only did it to show that it was part of the previous post as by cutting the post down I lost the quote part. No way did I mean to be rude in any way - sorry again.

I don't think it was aimed at you

 

[edinburghlass]

sorry for that - I didn't know that red meant shouting, I thought that was using capitals - I only did it to show that it was part of the previous post as by cutting the post down I lost the quote part. No way did I mean to be rude in any way - sorry again.

No need to apologise, you posted while I was posting about the poster using capitals