Best friend's wedding next weekend....what to do?
Fayeworth
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I am invited to the full day which includes champagne on arrival, wine with a 3 course meal and then a bar through the afternoon/evening. I appreciate dieting shouldn't stop people doing things and enjoying themselves but what on earth am I going to do to at least try to stay within the boundaries? I will swim for an hour before I go but still feel like it's a lost cause.
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Enjoy yourself, be mindful, log what you can and move on.0
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Eat a couple of hundred under your defecit each day, exercise harder each day and save up a couple of thousand extra calories
Drink sparkling wine ..cava or prosecco is 95 calories a glass...pre log how much you will drink, intersperse with diet sodas and water
Avoid nibbles as much as possible
Have small quantities of the sit down meal and log as best as you can
And have fun for the day0 -
One day is not going to derail your progress as long as it's limited to this day. It's a special occasion! If you're really concerned, eat the healthiest options available, don't finish all the portions, and avoid anything overly fried, sugary, etc. But seriously, I wouldn't worry about it, diets should fit your life! Just be present and celebrate with your friend
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Single days won't kill your diet, enjoy yourself and get back on it the next day.0
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I kinda see it as how often do occasions like this come around? I think you should focus more on just enjoying yourself that day rather than worry so much about it. Just pick back up the next day.
If anything I would say maybe try to lay off drinking too much since it's super easy to consume way too many calories that way. Just have like a glass of champagne to celebrate with them and maybe cut yourself off from there.0 -
Enjoy the time celebrating with your best friend, log if you want, and the next day get back to it0
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If I don't want to pull out my phone and log everything at an event like that, I estimate by hundreds of calories and keep a mental tally, until I hit my limit for the day. I also am very choosy about what I eat. I only pick my absolute favorite foods and avoid the high calorie foods that are not my favorites. Then I fill my plate with fruits and veggies to fill in the gaps. So I would think "okay, already had two drinks and two plates of food. That's 700 calories, so I need to slow down a little for a bit"0
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I say it's a lost cause. Have fun, it's just one day.0
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When I know ahead of time, I "bank" spare calories.
Starting about 3 weeks before Thanksgiving, I'll short my quota 100 or 200 calories a day, knowing that multiple Thanksgiving dinners (at different relatives/friends homed will break the bank by several thousand calories a day.
Even then it's not perfect. I still gained ... but not near as much as I would have and it was gone a week later.
I'm a big fan of planning ahead.0 -
Go, enjoy, log if you want, don't if you don't. It's one day, and a special one at that. You don't want your focus to be on what you do or don't eat or drink.
Celebrate, and best wishes to your friend!0 -
I'm gonna be naughty and tell you to just enjoy the day and hang the calories! It's just one day, so take it as a short holiday from your weight loss and get straight back on the horse the following day.
If, however, you know that once you slip you won't be able to get back on, there'll probably be only one glass of champers each, so that's not bad. If waiters come round offering gravy/sauce, just decline. Eat the meat and veg, because that stuff's generally okay, and don't eat TOO much in the way of your carbs. Just a little to be polite. Same with dessert. Eat maybe half of it and then say you're full. A lot of people will be too, haha!
If you want alcohol in the evening, stick with spirits and diet sodas?0 -
I ate 4000+ calories on Christmas Eve, again on Christmas, and yet again the following Saturday. I was about the furthest thing from "mindful" about my calorie intake as I could've been. I ate at a reasonable deficit the next week and ended up weighing a little less than I did before Christmas. I didn't eat a lot less than normal to "make up" for the holidays or do extra cardio in an attempt to burn off the calories.
The moral of the story: Go to the damn wedding, eat whatever the hell you want, and continue as you normally would the next day. And stop thinking that one day of indulgence is going to reverse weeks or months of hard work. Unless you have a friend getting married every week, it's not going to make a difference.0 -
I am invited to the full day which includes champagne on arrival, wine with a 3 course meal and then a bar through the afternoon/evening. I appreciate dieting shouldn't stop people doing things and enjoying themselves but what on earth am I going to do to at least try to stay within the boundaries? I will swim for an hour before I go but still feel like it's a lost cause.
Decide in advance how much alcohol you want to consume. Eat a reasonable amount of food. Don't eat or drink all the things if you don't want to.
I'd do the champagne, wine with lunch and then non-alcoholic, unsweetened drinks the rest of the day/night. I'm not really a drinker though so a bar doesn't tempt me. I'd probably eat until I was full.
I wouldn't stress about it. As others have said, it is one day. Maybe eat light the day before and the day after. Exercise as you can. Get back to your normal routine after the event.0 -
Get plenty of rest beforehand, enjoy yourself, and resume your weight loss plan the next day.0
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Go, enjoy, join in, but just be mindful - you are in control. If u want to drink all the champagne do, and enjoy it. If u aren't bothered by missing it, go for the soft option or just have a bit to toast and leave the rest. Same with the nibbles etc, don't feel you to have it cos others aren't but don't make yourself have a bad day - you have choices. And you can always burn off some extra calories on the dance floor!0
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^^^^ This!!!LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »I ate 4000+ calories on Christmas Eve, again on Christmas, and yet again the following Saturday. I was about the furthest thing from "mindful" about my calorie intake as I could've been. I ate at a reasonable deficit the next week and ended up weighing a little less than I did before Christmas. I didn't eat a lot less than normal to "make up" for the holidays or do extra cardio in an attempt to burn off the calories.
The moral of the story: Go to the damn wedding, eat whatever the hell you want, and continue as you normally would the next day. And stop thinking that one day of indulgence is going to reverse weeks or months of hard work. Unless you have a friend getting married every week, it's not going to make a difference.
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For one day it really doesn't carry much in the way of consequences if you let your hair down and your waistband out. Eat what you like - you'll probably find if you've been "on it" for a while in terms of controlling your eating you'll want less than you might think - you'll be full sooner etc. Enjoy a few drinkypoos and dance your sweet little *kitten* off - this will burn calories anyway!0
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Enjoy the day...celebrate with your friend and make sure you stay off the scale when you get home. It will likely show a gain which will be water (not actual pounds) and you will just freak yourself out. Trust me I know from experience. It took me a long time to come to that mind set. Get back on track when you get home.
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What I always try to adhere to is to try and not embarrass myself on the dance floor and don't hook up with anyone - never a good idea at a wedding.
Oh wait, what were you asking about?0 -
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I am invited to the full day which includes champagne on arrival, wine with a 3 course meal and then a bar through the afternoon/evening. I appreciate dieting shouldn't stop people doing things and enjoying themselves but what on earth am I going to do to at least try to stay within the boundaries? I will swim for an hour before I go but still feel like it's a lost cause.
Decide in advance how much alcohol you want to consume. Eat a reasonable amount of food. Don't eat or drink all the things if you don't want to.
I'd do the champagne, wine with lunch and then non-alcoholic, unsweetened drinks the rest of the day/night. I'm not really a drinker though so a bar doesn't tempt me. I'd probably eat until I was full.
I wouldn't stress about it. As others have said, it is one day. Maybe eat light the day before and the day after. Exercise as you can. Get back to your normal routine after the event.
This is what I was going to say, also. Just eat what you want to eat. Just because food is there and everyone else is over eating doesn't mean you have to. Relax, enjoy, have a good time and focus on the event itself and the people. The food and drink should NOT take up more of your thoughts than the other parts of the day.0 -
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Eat, be happy, celebrate with your friend. Happiness is the key to weight loss. A balance has to be struck between restriction and enjoyment to ensure long term success.
A day doing so won't derail your weight loss, just as one day in the gym won't turn you in to a performance athlete.
You could increase your deficit pre and post wedding if you really wanted. But I'd just enjoy yourself, then continue eating at a deficit.0 -
I'm usually a stickler about this stuff but, eh, don't worry at all about it. I agree you can bank some calories and even do some extra working out leading up to it and afterwards. But on that day, just enjoy yourself and don't worry about it. Don't let your BFF have memories of you being diet-anal on her special day. She's worth it!
I can't believe *I* just said this! But it's true! If you bank and then get right back at it, you may not even notice any change. In fact, you might be surprised by a drop in weight. I've heard a number of people say that after they have taken a break from "dieting".
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one day won't derail your progress.. we don't get fat from one bad day and we don't get fit from one good day. just enjoy it and move on 0
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One day is not going to affect anything overall about your weight loss. As long as your are being consistent in general, don't worry about the wedding day -- have a good time. If you try to stay within your calorie limit then you're not going to have a good time and then regret it. Just celebrate with your friends. I would not even log anything that day at all.0
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