Success... When you are changing the way you eat it is always stressful to go to a 'public event'. I wanted to stay the course and stay on track, but didn't want the attention of other guests who may be concerned about 'how I was eating'. Because I'm doing low carbohydrates, I didn't want anything fried or breaded. Wouldn't you know, all the appetizers except the little meat balls were fried!
So, trying to be unnoticed, I had 3 meat balls on a stick, had diet coke instead of cocktails, and at dinner had a Caesar salad. The main course was either stuffed fish or Cordon Bleu. Both had breading or stuffing. The world is full of carbs. I got the Cordon Blue. The plate also came with green beans and carrots and a twice baked potato.
I scraped the breading off the Cordon Bleu, ate the green beans, gave the carrots to my partner (they have too much sugar content for me right now), and mashed around the twice-baked potato a little on the plate to make people think I was 'eating it'. I didn't have any cake or desert.
It worked, no one noticed I was not eating 'like everyone else' and I stayed 100% on track. I am so proud of myself for this. It is a personal success!
Bello!! What a great thing it is to focus on the people and having good conversation and making memories instead of focusing on the food...Your personal successes are what's going to make this work, goals (I make one everyday) and the reaching of them is one of the things that keeps us on track. YES!
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