What Do You Do INSTEAD Of Eating?

crozierb

I love this thread- it is very true that socializing is always revolving around eating and drinking! Since it's sometimes too hard to say no, I have been walking or biking to meet people at the bar/restaurant lately.
Other than that- swimming/beaching with friends, playing bean bags (aka corn hole) and sketching are a few healthier activities, all of which can be enjoyed while drinking crystal light

CharlieBarleyMom

I went to a wedding on Saturday in the couple's back yard. Instead of a sit-down dinner there was pork barbeque, macaroni and cheese, some other cheesy thing in a crockpot that was gone by the time I got to it, fruit salad in goo(?) (don't know how to describe it but it wasn't just cut up fruit), some cut up melon, hamburger barbeque (in other regions this is known as Sloppy Joe Meat), baked beans, some cut up celery, tomatoes & baby carrots with ranch dressing on a platter, hot dogs, hot dog rolls, hamburger rolls, some kind of bread/rolls and iced cupcakes instead of cake -- oh, and yes, alcohol.

So, knowing I would have at least a couple of beers while I was there, I made sure I got exercise in before I went and I had over 1000 calories when I got there.

I made good choices from the bad - I had some cantaloupe melon, 1 small scoop of Sloppy Joe, a handful of baby carrots and a couple of tomatoes. I also had 2 Corona Extra 12 ounce beers. And, I had a cupcake including the icing.

But that's all I had - I did not have a second cupcake. I didn't sample everything on the buffet. I didn't need to. I know what those foods taste like and I have a goal in sight. I am sticking to my goal.