HELP.. Business lunch = Pizza - Cannot duck out

SlashWannabe
SlashWannabe Posts: 15 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Ok, how do I handle a business lunch that is pizza as only option. I cannot duck out and cannot be rude by not eating either.. What are my options?

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  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    Bring your own food and eat it before pizza, take a small slice and eat very slowly, or pick it apart so it looks like you ate it.
  • jenlarz
    jenlarz Posts: 813 Member
    Pizza is not the devil. Are there options for type ? Think crust saves some calories, start with a salad. Eat it. Have a light supper if you have too many calories. It will be fine.
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    Just eat it. No food is forbidden if you plan for it.
  • Zella_11
    Zella_11 Posts: 161 Member
    Limit your intake, drink a lot of water, log the calories, fit these pizza calories into your overall daily goal, and, I can't stress this enough, enjoy the pizza! ;)
  • skinnyforhi
    skinnyforhi Posts: 340 Member
    edited June 2016
    I'd be SHOCKED if one slice of almost any type of pizza is more than folks on here have allotted for lunch. Unless I'm wrong, one slice of most pieces of pizza will fall between 300-500 calories...? Have one piece and don't feel guilty. Nobody became overweight from eating one piece of pizza at a business lunch, ever. You can always try to pick one of the smaller pieces, if that will make you feel better. They are rarely all the same size. If it won't be overly obvious, depending on the company, maybe you can cut one piece in half. I could do that with my coworkers, but I wouldn't do that with clients. Try and read the room. If you do cut a piece in half, don't say a word about it or draw attention to yourself, and anyone who makes a comment is in the wrong, not you.

    If I'm wrong, please feel free to tell me what piece of pizza is more than 500 calories so I can not eat that kind LOL.
  • AmandaOmega
    AmandaOmega Posts: 70 Member
    Beware the kind of pizza you eat. Extra cheese, meats, etc can easily pack on calories. Opt for chicken instead of pepperoni, go for thin crust instead of pan, etc. There are little things that you can do to help minimize the damage. Obviously doing a meat lovers with cheese stuffed crust is going to be worse than a chicken, spinach, and feta thin crust.
  • gabrielleelliott90
    gabrielleelliott90 Posts: 854 Member
    Eat however much you want. Tomorrow is a new day.
  • bellaa_x0
    bellaa_x0 Posts: 1,062 Member
    edited June 2016
    personally pizza doesn't keep me full (unless i overindulge), plus it doesn't fit my macros right now to make it worth it. i never eat pizza at work... i just say i don't eat pizza and eat my own lunch that i bring. nobody gives me *kitten* for it and i don't feel bad. end of story.
  • absentmindedhousewife
    absentmindedhousewife Posts: 68 Member
    Bring your own salad. Say "Doctor's orders! Say, how's that work project going?"

    Eat the salad, give the reason, CHANGE THE SUBJECT.
  • Zella_11
    Zella_11 Posts: 161 Member
    Mmmmmm.....fetaaaaaa......love that stuff.
  • DaniCanadian
    DaniCanadian Posts: 261 Member
    Dear lord noooo, not pizza, nooooo!!! Haha sorry, I'm totally kidding. Stuff like this is gunna pop up lots, that's just life. If I have days like this where I'll be eating something higher in calories then I'll eat a smaller breakfast and supper/lunch to make up for it.
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    A slice, or two, of pizza won't derail your otherwise good eating habits. Unless you have a reason for drawing attention to yourself, go with the flow and enjoy.
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    Eat a piece of pizza, have a salad before or after. Drink water. Problem solved.
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    Eat the pizza. Eat a light breakfast to balance it out.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    I stretch out pizza by eating it with a big salad. If there's no time to arrange for a salad at this late date, eat the pizza slowly and chew it thoroughly.
  • sherbear702
    sherbear702 Posts: 650 Member
    If you want a piece have a piece (or two), whatever. If you're being strict with your logging, make it fit. If you don't want pizza, don't have pizza. If people think you're being rude for not partaking that is their problem. If someone like you were at my pizza lunch and didn’t eat I’d say Yea! More for me. Tell people you’re not hungry. It really doesn’t have to be complicated.
  • Tedebearduff
    Tedebearduff Posts: 1,155 Member
    cbrasdovich wrote: »
    Ok, how do I handle a business lunch that is pizza as only option. I cannot duck out and cannot be rude by not eating either.. What are my options?

    You don't eat the pizza.... it's 2016, it's not rude if you don't eat *kitten* food. Grow some balls and be a leader too, cause a boss doesn't eat *kitten* pizza when they're not into it.

    Also you can claim gluten allergy, bring your own lunch.... there are a million things... my company will special order stuff for anyone with dietary restrictions. That food to me is still *kitten* so I always bring my own, eat before or after... I get looks and questions when I bring my own food to a meeting, I just say I monitor what I eat and everything I put in my body is calculated. People who have been here for a long time get it ... it's more explaining to the new people.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    If you don't want the pizza, don't eat it.
  • catsdogsh
    catsdogsh Posts: 130 Member
    I skip the rest of my meals just so I can eat pizza once a month. Still losing weight
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    If you don't want to eat it, don't eat it. If you are concerned about causing drama by not participating but still don't want to eat it, then take one slice and be so busy with the "business" part of the lunch that you don't get a chance to eat. Or decide to eat the pizza and just roll with it.
  • BillMcKay1
    BillMcKay1 Posts: 315 Member
    cbrasdovich wrote: »
    Ok, how do I handle a business lunch that is pizza as only option. I cannot duck out and cannot be rude by not eating either.. What are my options?

    It sounds like you really want to eat said pizza, so have a slice and carry on. I get not wanting to stick out at a business function by not eating what everyone else is, but it is not rude to decline and bring your own lunch ethier. Trust me in this day an age of glutenfree/lowcarb/vegan etc etc I think most people are accustomed to other people having particular eating habits/requirements.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,103 Member
    darlswife wrote: »
    Bring your own food and eat it before pizza, take a small slice and eat very slowly, or pick it apart so it looks like you ate it.

    Don't pick it apart. Playing with your food is not a way to make a good impression at a business lunch.
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