{"id":247,"date":"2017-04-04T13:03:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T13:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workationing.com\/?p=247"},"modified":"2022-11-04T15:11:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T15:11:08","slug":"lost-38-pounds-3-months-traveling-without-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workationing.com\/lost-38-pounds-3-months-traveling-without-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Lost 38 Pounds in 3 Months While Traveling (Without a Scale!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You know what\u2019s kind of awkward? Writing a blog post about something that is your absolute least favorite thing to talk about. And for me, that\u2019s my weight. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Man, it just sucks so bad. I\u2019m a driven, accomplished, confident lady and I don\u2019t love admitting that I have that particular weakness. It\u2019s not cute. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s also not fun to admit how long I\u2019ve struggled with it (for probably half of my life), and that nothing that I\u2019ve tried has ever seemed to make any difference in the long term. I\u2019ve made a reputation for myself as someone who gets things done, so my inability to deal with the issue of my weight felt like a particularly embarrassing failure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For me, losing weight has been a battle that I\u2019ve always lost. And to be honest, I\u2019d gotten to a point where I expected to continue to lose it forever. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until I started Workationing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Kari and I arrived in Aguada, Puerto Rico on January 1, we were determined to make some healthy changes in our lives. And to my surprise, those changes were easier to make than I ever dreamed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Tv0RgLq0_I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s now three months later and I just stepped on a scale this morning for the first time since I left home, and I was astonished at what I saw. I\u2019ve lost a grand total of 38 pounds since this journey began \u2014 and I\u2019m just getting started.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So how did I do it? And what is it about traveling that made something that once felt impossible feel almost effortless? Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve learned:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Change Your Context<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>When I was growing up, my dad used to ask me this one particular question. \u201cWhat is the strongest force in the universe?\u201d he\u2019d ask at the dinner table or as he drove me to basketball practice, and I\u2019d know what the answer was.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHabit,\u201d I\u2019d parrot back with a roll of my eyes. I did not enjoy this game. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But I can see now that my dad was absolutely right. The coolest thing about traveling the world so far hasn\u2019t been seeing new places, meeting new people, or even crossing items off of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/workationing.com\/puerto-rico-bioluminescent-bay\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">my bucket list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s been the way that I\u2019ve been able to intentionally reprioritize my life and change patterns of behavior that felt completely beyond my control back home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a lady in her mid-to-late 27s, I knew that I needed to do things like work out, eat better, and have more structure in my life, but the life that I\u2019d built for myself had all of my bad habits built into its very DNA. That made change extremely hard. I\u2019d get started on a new diet or a new routine, but when push came to shove, the path of least resistance always took me right back to my old habits.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BP-IYcNj_QS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loving these views. #medell\u00edn #medellin #medellincolombia #travel #workation #digitalnomad #digitalnomads #digitalnomadgirls<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by Kelly Chase (@kell_of_the_brawl) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-02-01T[spp-timestamp time=\"13:33:19\"]+[spp-timestamp time=\"00:00\"]\">Feb 1, 2017 at 5:33am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The things about traveling is that there is no path of least of resistance. Just about every decision that you make everyday has some element of complication or problem-solving involved. Even going to the grocery store can be a challenge. Where is it? Can you walk? How will you get your groceries home? Why is the milk in bags on the unrefrigerated shelf?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The result is that traveling forces you to engage in active decision making every single day. The default, mindless behaviors that were your go-to at home are not necessarily any easier than anything else when you are out on the road, and so it becomes much easier to make better choices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve heard it said that there\u2019s no such thing as a geographic cure, but from what I\u2019ve experienced in three months on the road I suspect that those people just didn\u2019t get weird enough with it. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Consider Ditching the Scale (at least for a while)<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Probably the coolest thing about the weight loss I\u2019ve experienced while traveling is that I\u2019ve done it without a scale. I recognize that might not be the best approach for everyone, but for me it was a real game changer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on my decade of unsuccessful diets, I knew that the pattern of behavior that had me ditching my diet and reverting back to my old ways after a few weeks almost always involved a scale. I would always start strong with working out and eating well, and as I started to lose weight I\u2019d inevitably get obsessed with weighing myself \u2014 which always lead to disaster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If I was losing weight quickly, I\u2019d decide to treat myself and cheat on my diet. If I was losing it slowly (or more slowly than my obsessive, irrational brain decided I should be losing it), I\u2019d feel hopeless and give up. That\u2019s why I decided that this time I\u2019d try to bypass that deeply ingrained, self-defeating thought process and just ditch the scale entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BPvB7SLjL_L\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mmmmm. Breakfast. Thanks, @karidephillips! #digitalnomads #digitalnomad #workfuel #healthyeating #healthyfood<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by Kelly Chase (@kell_of_the_brawl) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-01-26T[spp-timestamp time=\"16:48:18\"]+[spp-timestamp time=\"00:00\"]\">Jan 26, 2017 at 8:48am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It made a huge difference for me. Instead of obsessing about the scale, my only way to measure my progress was by how I felt. After years of being at war with my body, my whole mindset shifted to focus on listening to my body and doing my best to give it the things that made it happy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For someone who\u2019s been out of touch with her body for a long, long time this was both a revelation and a relief. It turns out that my body likes getting enough sleep. It likes fresh fruits and vegetables. It likes to be active. And all those things that I was turning to for comfort before? Well it turns out that those things make me feel terrible. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once I started to realize just how good I could feel, it seemed suddenly unthinkable that I would return to my old ways. And if I\u2019d been weighing myself the whole time, I really don\u2019t think that I personally would have been able to get there. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Build Healthy Habits Into Your Travel Plans<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Kari and I started planning our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/workationing.coming-vs-digital-nomad\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workationing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> adventure, we made a few decisions in the name of preserving <a href=\"https:\/\/workationing.com\/freedom-travel-world-costs-40k\/\">our budget<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0that ended up being awesome for getting in better shape, as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First and most importantly, in most of the countries that we\u2019re traveling to, we\u2019re traveling without a car to save money on a rental. This means that we need to choose an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Airbnb<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is centrally located so that we can walk to things like stores, restaurants and beaches. Doing this builds physical activity into basically every single day, which is a big change if you\u2019re used to driving everywhere. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve also been very intentional about choosing Airbnb rentals that have gym facilities. For instance, in Colombia we had a gym in our building and in Puerto Rico we were across the street from a public track and outdoor free gym. The easier it is to make it to the gym, the more likely you are to go, so these decisions were crucial.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BSdq6DvhJCQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part woman, part machine. #getthosestepsin #fitbit #fitnessjourney #motivated<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by Kelly Chase (@kell_of_the_brawl) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-04-04T[spp-timestamp time=\"12:34:15\"]+[spp-timestamp time=\"00:00\"]\">Apr 4, 2017 at 5:34am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also got <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitbit.com\/home\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fitbits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I may not hit 10,000 steps every single day \u2013 but before I wasn\u2019t even counting and had no step count or daily distance goal at all. We got these gadgets at the airport before we left on Workation, and they\u2019ve become permanent fixtures on our wrists ever since. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like my old habits were built into my new life, traveling gives me the opportunity to build new, better habits into my routine on the road. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Have Fun!<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This part might seem trivial or even a little self indulgent, but I assure you that having fun is one of the best \u2014 if not <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> best \u2014 tool in your weight loss arsenal. Why do I say this? Because science.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/addicted-to-fat-eating\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Studies have shown<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that people can get addicted to high-fat foods in much the same way that they can get addicted to things like drugs and alcohol. This is because these things trigger the release of the feel-good chemical dopamine in the brain making it more likely that those behaviors will become habits.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BSds850hSsO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The craziest bar we&#8217;ve been to in our lives &#8212; great selfie lighting though.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by Kelly Chase (@kell_of_the_brawl) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-04-04T[spp-timestamp time=\"12:52:06\"]+[spp-timestamp time=\"00:00\"]\">Apr 4, 2017 at 5:52am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over time, this habitual behavior can create a higher threshold for dopamine in the brain, which basically just means that it takes more of that thing to make you feel good. This is why diets are so hard. You\u2019re literally waging war against your own brain chemistry \u2014 and that\u2019s an extremely hard battle to win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A great way to counteract this process is to find your dopamine somewhere else, and it turns out that travel can be an incredible source for that. This is because <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/novelty-and-the-brain-why-new-things-make-us-feel-so-g-508983802\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">novel experiences activate the dopamine centers in the brain<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> giving you the same feel-good rush that overeating provides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traveling provides a constant stream of novel experiences, and therefore, dopamine. So while it probably won\u2019t completely eliminate your cravings for unhealthy food, you\u2019ll likely find it much easier to make better decisions. I certainly have. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is just the beginning of my journey. Ideally I\u2019d like to lose 100 pounds this year. While that\u2019s a lofty goal, the good news is that now that I\u2019m down 38 pounds I\u2019m more motivated than ever keep this progress rolling \u2014 and with the new habits I\u2019ve developed I\u2019m more confident than ever that I\u2019m going to get it right this time. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to follow along with more of our Workationing story, check out the Workationing podcast on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-workationing-podcast\/id1196572748 \"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iTunes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/workationing\">SoundCloud<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can also follow along with us in real time on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/workationing\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know what\u2019s kind of awkward? Writing a blog post about something that is your absolute least favorite thing to talk about. And for me, that\u2019s my weight. Man, it just sucks so bad. I\u2019m a driven, accomplished, confident lady and I don\u2019t love admitting that I have that particular weakness. It\u2019s not cute. 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