To ask you to be honest and tell me how much you eat on an all inclusive holiday?

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how much do you really eat? and drink?

we've never dont this but I think I'd be eating all the time to get my money's worth ...but I am a right grubber.

is it worth it?

I don't drink, so no alcohol but food, tons! I've always put on half a stone after being away two weeks 😳

OMG remind me to never go AI! I fear I'd be like the person who put on 20 pounds. I like a drink but the idea of starting the day with a glass of fizz with breakfast I definitely wouldn't have the self control when it came to the food. Horses for courses I guess.

We did AI for the first time this year and it was great. I find that once you've taken away the constraints of convenience and cost - i.e. it's as easy to get salad as it is to get chips and the wine costs the same as water- you're much more likely to choose what you instinctively want to eat and drink. For me, this meant lots of salads and water and no snacks. But also wine twice a day and puddings with every meal

At Club Med the first few days eat everything. Then feel a bit queasy.
I'm like Bluntness Can drink all day and am fine!

Single mum hwrebwith teo young children.

All very skinny and eat very modestly, me basically fruit, veg, chicken and natural yoghurt.

I don't think I get a fraction of what I pay, but I LOVE not having to think or plan or visit a supermarket during my hols. That what I pay for by going AI - the freedom from thinking and planning for food.

I went to an amazing AI place in Mexico, loads of fresh fruit, fresh fish and salads. Wonderfully varied selection at meal times. I'd eat more than I normally would at breakfast, a light lunch then a big dinner (steak/lobster/sushi).
I'd have a cocktail in the afternoon and then wine wth dinner.
I didn't get drunk at any point and didn't put on any weight. I did however go running, as I adore running and for me a holiday is about doing things I enjoy! Also had quite a lot of sex with DH to help keep the weight off!

Bluntness - So after champagne at breakfast, wine at lunch and then a few cocktails you hop on a Jetski or go off in a Kayak

You are a fucking liability - glad I wasn't swimming anywhere near you

Plus, on holiday, wheee I'm in my bikini most of the time, I don't want to go around bloated from food! Want to have flat tum and be able to swim/ snorkel/ keep up with the children without feeling a bit squiffy and whale like!

Not that much more, to be honest, if anything more at all.

What I remember WAS a bonus was DS having lots of choice and he'd try little portions and then go get more if he liked it. He was/is such a bloody awful eater (now under a dietitian) that it solved the problem of buying a meal and him leaving it....only to have to buy something else.

In the hotel we stayed at last year, you could do AI, fb, hb or b&b. The difference between the food prices wasn't that much so we paid fb and went out for a meal a couple of times. It was much cheaper to do full board than all inclusive as we don't drink much alcohol. So all ice creams and drinks including water were on top. Everything else included. Saved £350ish last year on a one week between dh, dd and me. It's great to have food on tap especially with children.

Urge; yes indeed most hotels have something alcoholic and fizzy available at breakfast - but that isn't Champagne, it is usually the local fizz which costs about a Euro a bottle (and for good reason), which is why I ask the question. I have stayed in lots of hotels which called their sparkling wine Champagne, but none where it actually was.

I love the range of choices in a good AI - so at breakfast DH can have a full cooked breakfast with eggs anyway you like them, I can have a smoked salmon bagel and a spicy tomato juice and DD can have a hot chocolate and whatever pastries she fancies or pancakes or churros. Repeat at lunchtime - I like local stuff so head for the fresh fish, salads, dips etc, DH has some ridiculous combination of meat and more meat and DD will have pasta with a fresh sauce made to order. Everyone's happy and if you don't like something, you leave it and get something else. I do worry about food waste though in places like this.

We've done AI for the past 6 holidays, two BB before that. Costs about the same as B&B plus meals / drinks for us but means we're not worrying about the spend or waste if DD decides she doesn't like something. Actually with euro where it is, it's probably cheaper!

I have cereals, pastries and fruit for breakfast plus juice and coffee. DH has cooked breakfast. DD will eat whatever sugary crap is available plus juice and fruit.
Lunch will vary between snack bar (toastie or burger, chips, salad, ice cream) or buffet restaurant. Dinner at buffet restaurant - 3 courses sometimes with cheese course as well plus a bottle of wine between me and DH.

Couple of cocktails after dinner. Constant fizzy drinks or water during the day.

I do put on a few pounds during the holiday as I'm eating way more than normal.

We never bother with AI. There is literally no point. I don't drink, and DD and I do nothing but quaff water like a pair of camels when we're at home, so you can imagine what that turns into in 30-odd degree heat! The heat really puts us off our food during the days as well. We stick to light meals in the morning and evenings, drink plenty of fluids and enjoy the odd ice-cream. I came back from holiday half a stone lighter this year, as I tend to do most years. The food was delicious, but we picked at it like birds while away! All I want is cold, fresh, light foods - salads, fruit, fish, etc. Nothing stodgy!

We went to an AI in Cuba. It was the first time we lost weight during a holiday due to lack of choice , the snack bar served greasy burgers and chips ( and was referred to as the Cack bar after the one and only burger we had there) but we only used it as a base to escape elsewhere really. So we definitely didn't max out our food intake by Amy means.

I love food and invariably put on a half a stone on an AI holiday. I love trying everything and eat waaaay more than I do at home

We had champagne cava on offer at breakfast too! It was a great way to start the day, mind you, I mixed mine with organ ce juice to make a weak bucks fizz.

. But as far as the food is concerned, I didint really eat any more than at home. I do love eating all the lovely cut up fruit though. Why does fruit always taste so much better when someone else chops it up?!

Can anyone recommed a good AI in MALTA (for next year)

Doesnt need to be Cruise quantity and quality but dont want dodgy buffet either...

Haven't done AI, but at buffet breakfasts, DH eats loads, but we don't. Have just returned from an amazing hotel where the breakfasts were out of this world, but DDs and I just had eg a slice of toast and an egg, and maybe some fruit. I really don't want to overeat on holiday, as losing it is hard, and DDs don't get hungry at breakfast.

Don't think we should pay for breakfast rates as I don't think we get our money's worth. I'd rather save my calories (and money!) for an amazing dinner somewhere. But if making the most of it works for others, go for it!

We went half board at a 5* hotel this year and the vast majority of guests were AI. We looked at the difference between half board and AI and decided that we wouldn't limit ourselves in any way shape or form and act as if we were AI. We had buffet breakfast, kids had as many drinks and ice creams as they wanted, we ordered whatever we wanted at lunch and had as many drinks and cocktails as we liked. We wouldn't have had one thing different had we been AI and our bill was £600 cheaper than it would have been had we upgraded. On those grounds I think that for all but the greediest people AI is a false economy

Do people really eat like greedy pigs on holiday?

All these replies saying LOADS I just have visions of walking from buffets with food falling off the plate

Yes I eat like a greedy pig on holiday

I'm good all year, watch what I eat, moderate alcohol and exercise 5 x per week

So fuck yes I stuff my face, drink all day, lie in the sun and I couldn't care less what anyone thinks

I can see the temptation with AI but was put off it in the homeland of AI many moons ago when I saw adults and kids just load their plates in the US for the AI brunch. A lot of it was wasted.

Blunt; where do you holiday? And is it actual champagne, or local fizz

Champagne. Many Caribbean higher end all inclusive resorts have it as part of the ai.

You are a fucking liability - glad I wasn't swimming anywhere near you

well I think our judgement, the four life guards on duty on the beach and the water sports staff judgement is what counts, but cheers anyways for your opinion ...

Fair enough