Dinner party!

I would also say just use reason based on your calorie counting since you started. Try small bits of things you want and don't beat your self up over it. This will be issue thought life journey in weight loss, gotta figure how you can handle it.

I try to eat lighter over the course of the week leading up to the party. If it's reasonable to do so, I'll eat lighter that day, too.

When choosing stuff to eat, I do a few things.

1) Take small portions of anything I want to try, especially things that look like they're high on fat (greasy-looking cheesy potatoes, for example). And by small, I mean 2-3 bites worth
2) If I don't like something on my plate, I don't finish it.
3) If I'm still hungry after 1 plate, I sometimes will go back for seconds on things I liked, but I try to limit seconds on the high-fat dishes. You'll have a better idea of what was higher on fat after you've eaten it.
4) Save room for dessert only if it's things worth eating. If not, I'll fill up on dinner.

Keep in mind that fat is not an enemy, but it is the macro with the highest number of calories per gram (9 cal/gram). Protein and carbs are each 4 cal/gram. Limiting fat intake at a party is a good way to keep calories in check.

As for logging, generic entries and guestimates are fine in these situations. Accept that you will likely not have an entirely accurate food log for the day, and enjoy the time with friends.

~Lyssa

my wife's grandparents invite us to a meal every other sunday and we have 900 calories in tacos and rice. So we eat a small breakfast and a small snack at lunch and save it for 4 tacos!!!! its great! just make it fit.

It's likely no one will pay much attention to your eating if you don't call attention to it.

That said, a rare over-calorie-goal day is not going to cause a big problem, either. Look around you at people you know who've been at a healthy weight kinda forever: How do they eat on occasions like this?

#!: It's a trick question. I'll bet you probably don't know, because you haven't paid attention. See, no one pays attention!
#2: I'm also betting that they sometimes eat a little extra of things they find extra enjoyable, but they don't make a habit of it, and they don't open-endedly go wild on everything. On special occasions, they eat a little extra of particularly yummy (to them) stuff, a moderate amount of pleasant stuff, and a tiny, polite amount of things someone made specially but that they don't especially care for. They probably net out a little higher than their typical days, but they have many typical days for each higher-eating day. If you choose, you can do that, too.

and, on a slightly different note,

#3: You can eat more of the lower calorie/nutritious thing you bring, a taste of caloric things, and some of the other things, and come out within goal, if you go about it thoughtfully, especially if you eat more lightly earlier in the day, or get a little bit of extra activity that day.

No matter your strategy at the dinner party, just go on with your next day on your usual, healthy path. If and only if you're slightly less hungry than usual, eat a little less. If and only if you feel a surge of extra energy from eating a bit more than usual, go for some extra exercise intensity the next day.

Try not to fret or stress about it at all.

I just guess the best I can and start fresh the next day. An occasional dinner party won't derail your progress. Enjoy yourself but don't go overboard and log it the best you can.

keharty wrote: »

Thanks to those with positive suggestions. I did the best I could, logged guesstimates and am back on track today.

That's the way to do it.
I am sure is was a terrific event. Have a great Sunday!