Dinner Party Tonight - Help!

tallutta
tallutta Posts: 18 Member
edited September 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Special occasion this evening as a friend is just home from the hospital.

Items I know that are being served are:

Meat Loaf
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
Brussel Sprouts
Cherry Pie - Homemade

This will be my first real challenge. Today I have consumed 300 calories trying to save up for the evening. Am planning on a protein snack in a few hours.

Entered the items in the food dairy and it is a lot of calories. Only thing I can figure is to load up on vegetables, eat small portions of the rest.

Any suggestions?

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  • tallutta
    tallutta Posts: 18 Member
    Special occasion this evening as a friend is just home from the hospital.

    Items I know that are being served are:

    Meat Loaf
    Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
    Brussel Sprouts
    Cherry Pie - Homemade

    This will be my first real challenge. Today I have consumed 300 calories trying to save up for the evening. Am planning on a protein snack in a few hours.

    Entered the items in the food dairy and it is a lot of calories. Only thing I can figure is to load up on vegetables, eat small portions of the rest.

    Any suggestions?
  • amycakes812
    amycakes812 Posts: 441
    Skip the gravy on the mashed potatoes, maybe take the top crust off of the pie and try to just stick to a proper portion size for everything. Also, bring along a veg or fresh fruit platter for everyone if you can.
  • tallutta
    tallutta Posts: 18 Member
    Very good suggestions thank you!

    Had not considered not eating the top crust as that is my favorite part but that is what this is all about, controlled compromise.

    Congrats on your weight loss.
  • icandoallthings
    icandoallthings Posts: 1,212 Member
    Ok that is so weird!!
    The menu (minus the cherry pie) is EXACTLY what
    my food diary says for this evening's meal (what I'm
    cooking tonight).
    Yeah, I would suggest small portions of everything
    and a couple bites of cherry pie. Then put your napkin
    over the top (you wouldn't dare lift it up to eat more
    when there are people watching!). :wink: :laugh:
    Try drinking a glass of water before the meal and
    sips in between bites. Fill up your tummy with H20.

    You can do this! :flowerforyou:
  • tallutta
    tallutta Posts: 18 Member
    That is TOO weird about the same meal.

    And good suggestion about just a few bites of the pie and the napkin. Actually my weakness of the meal would be the potatoes and gravy.

    After reading your bio, have you read "Thin Again" by Judy Wardell? It is about surrending all this to God and feeding that internal hunger with spiritual matters.

    Best -
  • icandoallthings
    icandoallthings Posts: 1,212 Member
    I have not read that particular book but I'll check it out!
    Surrender is key, I tell ya.
    Can't do this on my own strength, that's for sure.
    Thanks for the recommendation!
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    Eat before you go. Don't allow yourself to be starving or you will eat more than you'd like.
  • tallutta
    tallutta Posts: 18 Member
    Well I must have been reading your mind as I just ate a 20-gram protein bar, those keep me well for some time and yes so I would not be starving.

    It is just one day in a series of days and weeks and months for me, I have to look at it that way as well.

    Food and drink are just that, they should not control us, it is the people and animals about that are the most important to enjoy.

    And my big thing is to eat slowly like a child would do, just little bites!
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