Work christmas party success

Nice! Wish I could say the same for myself for what I'm pretty sure is going to happen at my xmas party tomorrow.

morihay wrote: »

After food tracking for 90 days I successfully ate a meal and desert only being over 100-200 calories with high estimates for the day without looking up food first the retraining of portion size is working for me!!!

You GO!

I attended my Christmas work party today as well, saved up calories, and I was successful too.

I attended my Christmas party yesterday with every intention of eating whatever I wanted. But I was thwarted.

The place we went served up 3 teensy cups of mixed nuts first ... for our table of 12 people. I didn't have any for the first hour because I know they are high in calories, and I wanted to reserve my calories for the main portion. But after sitting there for an hour getting hungrier and hungrier, I finally had 6 almonds.

Eventually we were served 3 small plates (to share among the 12 of us) of pickled capsicum and mushrooms ... and I avoid both because neither sits well with me.

Some time later, 3 small plates of sweet potatoes arrived. I had some of those because by then, I could eat a chair. I ended up with about 1/4 of a potato.

Then food started arriving a little bit more regularly, but still strangely spaced out ... not all at once. I had about 2/3 of a carrot, a sprig of broccoli, a tip of asparagus, a piece of salmon about the size of a table tennis ball, and about 1/4 of a spanish sausage.

Finally the actual meal arrived ... a plate of half raw beef (which I don't eat), and 1 small plate containing the "vegetarian meal" which 3 of us shared. That was about 2 tablespoons of quinoa and about 1/4 of a zucchini.

3 hours had passed by this point, and I was ravenous. But desert was coming!

Yep ... a tiny plate of 6 little brownies for the 12 of us to share and a few blackened bananas. We cut the brownies in half so all of us could try them, and I ended up with a piece the size of a Ferrero Roche chocolate. I didn't get any blackened bananas.

I returned to my office for about an hour and had a banana and apricot to ward off the hunger. When I finally added it all up, I ate less on my Christmas lunch than I do on a normal week-day lunch.


This is the second time I've been thwarted like this at a party. I wanted to celebrate completing my recent course, and went to a friend's place for a potluck party they were putting on intending to eat everything ... especially desserts. But everyone brought healthy stuff ... veggies, little chicken sandwiches on whole wheat, and stuff like that. No dessert.


This whole "I'm going to eat everything" thing is just not working out for me!!

Great job on everyone's success. I to am proud of myself. Went to the company Christmas party and stayed in my calorie limit. Yay!

Good job all! I had my party last night, was able to eat a little of everything I wanted because I had saved up calories throughout the week. Now to crossfit this morning and we are back rolling!