Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It really does depend on the cruise line. We sailed with Royal Caribbean recently and I had planned to do scrambled eggs and fruit for breakfast and hit the buffet salad bar for lunch, but it really didn't work out -- the scrambled eggs were powdered and disgusting (there were made-to-order omelets as well, but the line was too long for me to put up with), and fruit was the same every day: pineapple, watermelon, cantelope and whole apples/oranges. That was it. The salad offerings on the buffet were not good -- iceberg lettuce and spring mix, with the spring mix being so limp I didn't want it; shredded carrots; cherry tomatoes; green peppers; and balsamic vinaigrette and ranch. Basically you could make yourself a salad that would be about on the level of what you could get at McDonald's.

So yeah, I thought healthy eating would come easily, and it really didn't. The food on the cruise was so bad, I basically ate what I could tolerate.

I did not realize Royal Caribbean was so bad!

We sailed with them in February 2023 and were surprised and disappointed at how the food had gone downhill since the previous cruise in 2019.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It really does depend on the cruise line. We sailed with Royal Caribbean recently and I had planned to do scrambled eggs and fruit for breakfast and hit the buffet salad bar for lunch, but it really didn't work out -- the scrambled eggs were powdered and disgusting (there were made-to-order omelets as well, but the line was too long for me to put up with), and fruit was the same every day: pineapple, watermelon, cantelope and whole apples/oranges. That was it. The salad offerings on the buffet were not good -- iceberg lettuce and spring mix, with the spring mix being so limp I didn't want it; shredded carrots; cherry tomatoes; green peppers; and balsamic vinaigrette and ranch. Basically you could make yourself a salad that would be about on the level of what you could get at McDonald's.

So yeah, I thought healthy eating would come easily, and it really didn't. The food on the cruise was so bad, I basically ate what I could tolerate.

I did not realize Royal Caribbean was so bad!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I would wait until dinnertime to eat each day and then eat a nice meal within 60 min as previous poster suggested. If necessary have light snack at around 4:00. If it’s too uncomfortable to go all day without eating have something light and protein-based at lunch time.
Skip the breakfast buffet altogether. Just do activities or relax at the pool. Don’t be around all that food all day.

Uh, no, eat like a normal person. Do not starve yourself all day.

Anonymous wrote: I would wait until dinnertime to eat each day and then eat a nice meal within 60 min as previous poster suggested. If necessary have light snack at around 4:00. If it’s too uncomfortable to go all day without eating have something light and protein-based at lunch time.
Skip the breakfast buffet altogether. Just do activities or relax at the pool. Don’t be around all that food all day.

Anonymous wrote: I would wait until dinnertime to eat each day and then eat a nice meal within 60 min as previous poster suggested. If necessary have light snack at around 4:00. If it’s too uncomfortable to go all day without eating have something light and protein-based at lunch time.
Skip the breakfast buffet altogether. Just do activities or relax at the pool. Don’t be around all that food all day.

Anonymous wrote:I just got back from a 10 day Mediterranean and my mom, daughter and I all lost weight because of all the walking and taking the stairs. Especially if you are going on lots of excursions. So you honestly might be overthinking things.