Social Beings
Most people are social beings and there are always invites to dinner, birthday parties, weddings, christenings, Christmas, Easter, New year, anniversaries etc etc. Party food can be a real stumbling block for a lot of people because …
in our experience dieters are in the habit of going to a social event hungry. Many dieters have a mentality of skipping a meal or ‘saving themselves’ so to speak for later as they know they are going out. Big mistake! Your blood sugar levels will have dropped. I hear all the time people say at dinner or a party “I am starving”. That person will be eating what ever is laid out in front of them. These people say to me “you have so much self control, are you not tempted?” I never go out hungry, I have a healthy snack before I go, so when I get there I can make choices. Never expose yourself to that, make sure you never go out hungry.
A habit of a dieter is to not eat much during the day, as they think about what they are going to eat when they go out that night. They book a table for 7.00 by then they are really hungry – there are nuts on the bar, there is bread at the table and most people can not resist as they are hungry and it could be 8.00 or 8.30 before they are served. While you are ordering your food, your blood sugar levels are low, you will not make good choices or eat more than you would have. Now you are eating more at the wrong time of day. You have allowed your blood sugar levels to drop encouraging your body to lay down more to fat ultimately.
In future – eat regularly during the day have a healthy snack before you go out (around 6ish), thenwhen you go out you will have stable blood sugar levels – you will not be tempted in the same way for the bread or nuts or make unhealthy decisions when ordering.
