What do I do when I leave home?
I have been in the security of my home where I can control my food, but will have to go away for the weekend. We are going to eat out and I am stressing out about it already. Does anyone have any suggestions for my choices in a restaurant? I will take healthy snacks.
I know this post is old, but I travel a few times a year for my job. I look for a hotel that can at the very least provide me with a small fridge in the room (some charge extra). Ideally, if I can afford it, I'll try to get a room with a partial/full kitchen. Then I do a search on the internet for the nearest health food store (I like Whole Foods because they have some healthy prepared foods). Then I bag lunch it to work.
I hope this helps!
Tammy
Sounds like you did very well. You did not have any control over the food selection and you did not overeat under less than optimal circumstances...so that's great!
You are losing weight so congrats on that, but make sure you don't lose too much- 2 pounds a week is optimal!
Dr. Winnie Abramson
Well, we went away for the day and I actually felt it was quite successful. I did not have much choice at lunch as to what was on my tray. (we visited a care center) So I took the choices I had, meat and vegetables, ate them and left the white bread, fruit, milk, mashed potatoes and gravy. I was proud of my discipline, but was hungry, so I found some turkey sticks, ate some of my almonds and drank a lot of water. Then my family wanted to go in to the Russel Stover store and buy gifts. I could have stayed in the car but decided to be strong and went in. The smell was wonderful, but I stayed strong again. Then dinner was salad and pizza. I ate two salads and finally had 1 piece of pizza.
If you have any other suggestions on other choices I could have made please let me know.
So I would say the day was a success. I know that sugar will be my main problem so I might as well deal with it up front. I hope I can be this strong always.
This plan is working because I have lost 5-6 lbs in a little over a week.
I meant that being out in a restaurant is a good time to order something like grilled chicken or fish- these foods are available almost everywhere.
Thanks, I am a little confused about the grilled protein. What do I want to order?
Salads and vegetables work for me. I tend not to do the protein much but am learning to do it more within reason. I have not been a bean eater but am learning to do that also. I totally love the fruit and am very glad to see it. I believe that that is what is helping to get rid of the sugar craving. Mornings are the worst because I was an egg eater and really miss that. I will survive though.
Do not fret too much!
Allow yourself to experience the pleasure of being out, hopefully with people whose company you enjoy. Avoid the carbs, as there will probably be very few that meet your new healthy standards (unless you can find brown rice), and focus instead on eating lots of vegetables (both salads and cooked) and reasonable sized portions of any protein- we don't do grilled protein foods on the program, so now would be the time to choose something of that sort. Even though we recommend grass-fed meats and wild fish and you are unlikely to find these in most restaurants, its fine to eat commercial meats every now and then. Or see if you can go to a new and different sort of ethnic restaurant and stick to their flavorful ways of preparing protein and vegetables. Whatever you do, don't look at it as an opportunity to go completely off the program. Don't overeat. Drink herbal tea and try to avoid any desserts made in a restaurant, or bring a healthy sweet (I'd make suggestions but I'm not sure where you are in the program) you can keep with you and enjoy a few bites at night before you go to bed. Even if you cheated a tiny bit somewhere its not at all the end of the world, but its best to plan- bring snacks and decide beforehand how you will handle certain situations (rehearse things you might says to friends such as: "I find I feel much better when I don't eat white bread"; "big desserts really disrupt my sleep these days", etc) . But above all, have fun and don't obsess!
Dr. Winnie Abramson
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You are right, 2 lbs is good. I think just getting off the sugar is a big thing.
My body is probably going yeah. I don't think this next week will be as big.
Thank you for the support.