How to lose weight while cruising

Lido restaurant

1. Eat little bits of everything
When we first went up to the Lido deck for a coffee there was a big spread of desserts. I've learned that the bread pudding on these ships is usually really good so there is a scoop of that on my plate (lower left photo). At breakfast this place is packed and it's hard to find a seat. I was glad to see my favourite sliced watermelon always available. Made-to-order omelettes were good too. At the breakfast and lunch buffets there are so many choices, we just have little bits and really don't eat very much.

Main dining room

2. Get seasick
This was the first time we tried the 'open seating' dining option. This happens on the main floor while the traditional fixed time dining is on the upper level. On the first night we were seated at a table for 6 by the big window at the back. We happened to get stuck with some duds so we opted to eat in the Lido restaurant the next night and then back in the dining room on the third night but at a table for two.

(Glenn here....I need to enlarge on Kate's comments re the "duds" at our table. You'd think that people heading out on a cruise would feel quite happy and be smiling a fair bit. Whooeee, not this bunch. The couple across from us included a woman who looked ready to kill if you said a wrong word. I had tried to get a conversation going by asking what people did to "earn their daily bread" and it fell flat. Who needs that? We saw this ogre a couple of times around the ship, always with the same tight lipped look. But, in fairness I wondered if she had been the victim of a concentration camp or some similar horror story. Who knows? But, as Kate said, eating elsewhere was the best solution.)

The first night was when I apparently got seasick. The ship was pitching front and back and from side to side, which might explain why the dining room wasn't very busy. At our table Glenn and I had just eaten some nice bread and an appetizer of pineapple slices rolled in coconut. I'd ordered salmon and after one bite I knew I'd better not eat any more. We really didn't mind abandoning our dreary dining companions. I stayed horizontal for the rest of the evening and was fine the next day when the sea was not as rough anyway.

I'm not prone to motion sickness, so that was a new experience.

3. Walk around the outer deck a lot
4 laps = 1 mile, I think.