helsbels · 31-35, F
It can be awkward, some people will happily tell you they are on a diet or trying to eat better but I preferred to keep it to myself and just do it my own way in my own time. So if you go out you can feel pressured or under scrutiny (or, I did). I shouldn't have, but it's like I was embarrassed - embarrassed to be big, and also embarrassed that I was changing my habits. That second bit is hard to explain as obviously that's a positive thing. It's like shame, acknowledging that I had something about me that was 'bad' and needed to change. So there are definitely complications to being around food, the solution, like with losing weight itself, is a lot to do with your mindset amd willpower.
Why would you want to avoid going out???
Assuming you want to maintain your new weight, your diet needs to become your lifestyle rather than a short term thing... so you need willpower and determination to enable you to continue with your diet - the only way you're doing that is to put yourself in those challenging situations and make those healthy choices rather than falling back into your old ways.
If you stop going out, all you're doing is avoiding temptation rather than learning how to deal with those temptations and saying "No" to foods that you don't need to be eating. Do you avoid social gatherings for the rest of your life???
Assuming you want to maintain your new weight, your diet needs to become your lifestyle rather than a short term thing... so you need willpower and determination to enable you to continue with your diet - the only way you're doing that is to put yourself in those challenging situations and make those healthy choices rather than falling back into your old ways.
If you stop going out, all you're doing is avoiding temptation rather than learning how to deal with those temptations and saying "No" to foods that you don't need to be eating. Do you avoid social gatherings for the rest of your life???
robbie2499 · 61-69, F
PatientlyWaiting25 · 46-50, F
That would be a bit backward in my mind. If asked the question 'why are you losing weight?' most people would say they want to look and feel healthier and have a better quality of life wouldn't they? So it seems strange that they would avoid taking part in something that raises their quality of life whilst they are in pursuit of the same?
You can make healthy choices whilst still socialising, stick to your healthy eating plan as much as possible and also swap out alcohol for diet pop or choose something like vodka and diet Coke instead of wine or beer.
You can make healthy choices whilst still socialising, stick to your healthy eating plan as much as possible and also swap out alcohol for diet pop or choose something like vodka and diet Coke instead of wine or beer.
nobodyishome · 31-35, F
You should go and not eat
CurrentName · 51-55, M
If I'm serious about any thing I'm going for, I would avoid anything that would put me at risk of not achieving my goal.
BrandNewMan · 61-69, M
I don't go out a lot, but never turned down invites over trying to lose weight. I tried to make the best choices I could throughout the day and evening, take an extra walk, etc to offset if needed.
StygianKohlrabi · 46-50, M
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
If there's simply lots of food, I see no problem as long as you have strong self-discipline, however, I'm not sure about events that are mainly about food. It's kind of like going to wine testing when you don't drink alcohol.
LeGrotesque · 41-45, F
Go out. You're gonna be around food for the rest of your life, may as well get used to being around it and not partaking.