Holiday anxieties, anyone? Post them and your plan here!
I think holidays in particular are pressure-laden events when it comes to food. I don't even *like* the fattening, sauced, salted and overcooked food that my inlaws will be preparing today, and already I dread eating too much. If I don't eat the food, I'll offend them. Yes, I bring a healthy option to share with everyone, I made a wonderful rice and black bean salad, but when that's the only thing heaped up on my plate, it still comes across as insulting.
And I also know that when I go whole-hog making the enormous Thanksgiving dinner I would be offended if someone ate none of it. I would raise eyebrows if someone had no dessert.
So my plan is to take very small servings of lots of things, and hopefully clear up my plate (into the garbage) without being noticed. Ugh.
My anxiety isn't so much related to today's dinner, although I know it will be salt-laden and tempting (I love gravy). But after dinner, I'm heading out for a 4 day visit with my favorite sister. One of our favorite things to do in the past was to snack with wild abandon, so that's going to be difficult to navigate. I'm packing up some healthy snacks (almonds, fiber bars, a very light version of "chips" that I like) and that's what I'll snack on. I don't want to undo my hard work with a few days of chip-and-dip!
Windchime - that sounds like good planning. I think the hardest part about losing weight surrounds extended families, expectations, and our past histories with them. Good luck on your visit; I'm sure you'll have a great time!
Who knows, maybe your sister will like some of the stuff you bring!
You are smart to plan ahead Windchime! Enjoy your visit with your sister!
Newleaf, I agree, dining with others is hard. I would take small portions and hope no one is offended. Be sure to get some exercise today, maybe a walk after dinner. Don't let one day ruin all of your hard work. There will always be occasions where we have to compromise our eating plan, just be sure to get back on track! Happy Easter!
Holidays have become a huge nightmare to me. It's not so much the holidays or ones that leave me alone about my plate, it's the fat food pushers that won't leave me alone that keep pushing and pushing. Just try one bite. You won't want any of this, are you sure? Spoils the whole thing for me. (Mainly my future mother in law) Thank gosh we woke up to a tire problem on our one vehicle today and I was able to ditch out.
easter was a nightmare for me we started with a family get together at mums and there is no saying no to my mum (she takes it as a personnal insult if you don't try everything she offers) and then its back home and our older boys arrive for dinner, two hours later and i really did try to be good at dinner but out came the desert, chocolate eggs and other tasty treats and my will power flew out the window ,i don't know if you've seen "finding Nemo" but there's a scene were a shark is trying to stop eating fish(aa style) and he gets a whiff of fish blood and he's of well if you've seen it picture me as bruce the shark i was unstoppable ,cake, biscuits, sasusage rolls and lots of chocolate i really feel ashamed and mad at my self for(a) buying so much food and (b) making such a pig of myself but thanks to windchime i will be planning ahead for the future and i am going to assert myself more were my mum is concerned i'm heading down now to have a pow wow with my whole family to try and get them to see i do struggle with food and maybe get them on my side, i must say though i do love family get togethers but not the pressure to eat. my husband is great and has developed his own intervention on my behalf (he eats mine) bless him
Holiday anxieties, anyone? Post them and your plan here!
