Diet is just another word when you have a view like this
We spend months beforehand trying to lose the weight, only to gain some of it, or even all and more of it when we go abroad.
Gaining weight whilst on holiday is a natural thing - there's nothing else to do but eat and drink whilst you lounge by the pool and those ice-creams have nowhere else to go but stick around your stomach.
But maybe choosing a specific destination to help control the amount of weight you gain may be the answer, because a new study suggests that holiday-makers pile on more on a trip to the United States than anywhere else on the planet.
Researchers found those who jet off to the other side of the Atlantic return home eight pounds heavier than when they left.
Larger portions, all-you-can-eat buffets and snacking throughout the day were blames for the dramatic weight gain over a two-week holiday.
The Carribean and its all-you-can-eat inclusive resorts secured it second spot in the Holiday Fat Map, while France was third and Italy fourth. Greece completed the top five.
"A large chunk of holiday-makers do little else but loung around the pool and use their two-week break as an excuse to indulge and let themselves go," says Peter Seddon, obesimed's technical director.
"Many adults behave themselves all year round watching what they eat and regularly exercising so it's understandable why they might switch off on holiday."
The survey, conducted by Obesimed, quizzed 2,00 Brits on their holiday habits, they founf that four in 10 have ballooned in size so quickly that they haven't been able to squeeze into clothes they wore at the beginning of their holiday.
Peter warns that you musn't go overboard because when you return home and hope to shift the weight it may be tricky to do so.
He continues: "It's easy to underestimate the calories in large portions so readjusting to smaller portion sizes when you return from holiday is cricial to getting back to your ideal weight or kick-start weight loss."
WHERE BRITS PUT ON THE MOST WEIGHT
COUNTRY POUNDS GAINED
USA 8
Caribbean 7.4
France 7.3
Italy 7
Greece 6.9
UK 6.8
Portugal 6.7
Spain 6.6
Turkey 6.3
Africa 6
Femalefirst Taryn Davies
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