Eating out, family dinners, etc. What do you do?

Francl27

Eat lighter during the day, cut down 100 calories the rest of the week, and you'll be fine.

avskk

Just do the best you can. Plan for it ahead of time when you can by saving back some calories and/or working out more in the days leading up to the meal. Enjoy whateever you have on these occasions; don't make yourself miserable with a salad plate at a beautiful charcuterie. Log it to the best of your ability, erring on the side of overestimation. And then move on and be happy you had a great time!

For regular events, I'll tell you what I told my friend who has a weekly dinner at the in-laws' she didn't know how to log: put a regular quick-add approximation in your diary for that day every week (for her I suggested 700 calories at every Sunday lunch). Then just don't sweat it -- as long as your approximation was realistic, even if it's more food one week and less food at a meal two weeks later, it will eventually balance out. Watch your loss for a month or so and adjust your approximation as needed to get closer to reality.

LivvyOwl97

Everyone's allowed a cheat meal, just enjoy yourself

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saruuhm

Sometimes I will pack my own food or just bring a protein bar! But I have never done that at a restaurant, only if my family or friends want to go out for ice cream or something like that!

Eat what you want and enjoy time with your family celebration! everything in moderation! I still try to log as best as I can when I go out to eat, just still making healthy decisions!

If I know something is coming up, j will eat really clean prior to the event, so I can eat guilt free! Cheat days are good as long as you bust your butt for the rest of the week

Have fun!

samhennings

I eat out. I blow my calorie budget for the day. I enjoy it. I get "back on the wagon" the following day.

While in the restaurant I eat what I want, but I admit I do find myself being a little mindful of the calories in things (if printed) while making my choices.

cwolfman13

Unless you're doing this kind of stuff routinely I personally wouldn't worry about it...it's one day...try to look at the bigger picture...one day is pretty irrelevant in the big picture.

s2mikey

What I do is accept the fact that sometimes you WILL be eating a little "worse" than usual. Then, I try and mitigate the "badness" of the meal by making at least some good choices. Like skipping french fries & haveing a side veggie instead. Choosing a main menu item thats not as bad as a greasy, fried item. Things like that.

The key for this to work is to be sure you are behaving most of the time & outside of the family and friend gatherings. Ive been able to do this and I NEVER worry about it because I follow my own advice of behaving MOST of the time.

Whatever you do - do NOT feel bad or miss out on a good time due to dietary constraints. Life is way too short for that and you'll also end up angry about it. Not worth it

galgenstrick

Wait, a meat buffet??! How the hell didn't I think of that? Where do I sign up?

Emmatyan

BFDeal wrote: »

I eat meat every day. Mostly chicken. It's $1.99 a pound for chicken breast. I get big bags of frozen fish too.They're pretty cheap. Steaks I usually buy if they're marked down because it's the last day before they need to be sold. I'd say I used to spend WAY more on eating out and fast food than I do now on meat. YMMV.

Meat is much more expensive here and I can't afford it other than 1/2 breast in a day( So I really miss meat!

Emmatyan

galgenstrick wrote: »

Wait, a meat buffet??! How the hell didn't I think of that? Where do I sign up?

Sounds amazing, doesn't it?;)

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