Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group
Chat about how well your latest diet is -- or is not -- working. This group is a great place to find support and accountability as well as share success stories and valuable lessons with the community. From where to start to weekly weigh-ins, get help from others to reach your dieting and weight maintenance goals.
Hello. I am new to this group but not to the site. I just started eating good again. I am using the weight watchers points old system. It has worked for me in the past but due to a bad situtation I had to stop when I was really close to my goal so now I am starting over. My first week went well didnt not lose much but gained nothing so it felt great!!
My only downfall is eating out or eating at family gatherings. I am wondering how u get by? Any advice? When I go to my grandparents house they love to feed me and even buy special treats that they know I like. I dont see them to often thank goodness and when they know I am trying to eat healthy it kinda offends my grandma if I dont have one of her homemade rolls with my meal. Also when I go out I never know what to order because even a salad could have lost of calories by the time the resturant gets done eating stuff! What I am doing is just to try to eat the best I can those days and not worry about it so much because depriving myself doesnt help either. But it also doesnt help to use all my extra calories for the week on just one day.
any advice would be greatly appricated :D
My only downfall is eating out or eating at family gatherings. I am wondering how u get by? Any advice? When I go to my grandparents house they love to feed me and even buy special treats that they know I like. I dont see them to often thank goodness and when they know I am trying to eat healthy it kinda offends my grandma if I dont have one of her homemade rolls with my meal. Also when I go out I never know what to order because even a salad could have lost of calories by the time the resturant gets done eating stuff! What I am doing is just to try to eat the best I can those days and not worry about it so much because depriving myself doesnt help either. But it also doesnt help to use all my extra calories for the week on just one day.
any advice would be greatly appricated :D
As for what to do when the family wants to feed us at those family gatherings. If it is sort of a buffet type function try to be last in line so that most will be away from the serving area and not even notice what you took or did not take. Spread what you do take around on the plate so it 'looks' like you took plenty. Another trick is try to be the last or the next to the last one done eating at the table....practice putting that fork down between bites and chew everything a long time. What do they recommend? - chew 25 times? I can't remember.
Keep us updated on your progress!
As for eating out, I avoid eating anything deep fried and I avoid eating red meat of any kind in a restaurant. I eat a lot of salads, asking for dressing on the side or, better, having oil and vinegar that I can put on myself. If I have an entree with a salad first, I eat the salad and then only eat half of my entree or less and take the rest home where it makes one or two more meals. For breakfast out, I have two eggs (or egg whites) scrambled, tomatoes instead of potatoes, and whole wheat toast, no butter. This is also an okay meal at a coffee shop where there doesn't seem to be anything else on the menu that I can eat. If fast food is my only choice, I know that I can have the six inch Veggie Deluxe sandwich at Subway or a small tostada at Taco Bell without completely blowing it.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!