Weight Loss- Eating out without Breaking a Diet

A good weight loss plan is relatively easy to find. But the strength to carry it out is not always present, right? Say, you decide to finally start your diet on Monday. The Monday is finally there but a friend calls you to a dinner party- it’s not polite to say no, and when you go there and see everybody munching- you resist to join them. “Ok, next Monday”,-you say to yourself, but next Monday is something else and so forth. So the Next Monday usually turns into the “MONDAY THAT NEVER COMES”. The scale, however, shows the sad truth- you actually gained weight.

Does that sound familiar? But, how are you supposed to resist all the temptations? Don’t go out? Don’t socialize? Avoid going to restaurants or for drinks? Well, no. Off course not! You are not supposed to give up all the fun stuff in your life in order to lose weight. You can even go to a restaurant and still follow your weight loss plan. The only thing you have to do is to be careful and don’t forget you main goal.

I will try to explain it like this: If you think you’ll get a car, and instead you get a bicycle-you’ll end up disappointed, right? But if you think you’ll get rollerblades and instead you get a bicycle-you’ll be happy. You see, it’s all in the head. Great expectations are more likely to cause bigger disappointment. Now, what this has to do with food? Well, if you decide do skip a night out in the restaurant and stay home you will probably get depressed and think how all your friends are out having fun while you have to be on a stupid diet. You’ll lay on the couch, watch TV and, in the end, probably decide you deserve a treat too- an ice cream or a slice of pizza. And there you go- you broke your diet, you feel bad about it, your motivation is low, and you are still not out having fun.

However, if you do go out you will eat and break your diet, right? No! When you go out you have to keep in mind you’re on a diet. Furthermore, you need to be Proud about it because You are doing something good for yourself! Order a salad and a small portion of something low on calories- white chicken meat or a fish, for example. Eat your meal slowly and frequently take small sips of water. Make breaks to talk to your friends but don’t talk and eat in the same time. When you are eating pay attention to your food and taste every bite. Soon, you will realize that you are full before your plate is empty. You had a lot of fun, you ate, but you didn’t break the diet. The realization that you managed to control yourself will motivate you to continue and improve both- the diet and your social life.