Another lame question

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Another lame question
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Thu, 09-14-2006 - 12:38pm
I been on the SBD for 9 days and I've been very good, no cheating. My office is moving and my boss bought our department pizza. Some of my co-workers think its rude that I declined to sit in lunch with them. I do not want to get guilted in eating pizza, its great toppings of green peppers and mushrooms but I do not want to be craving. I like the motto which may be bad out of site out of mind - this is why everything that was remotely bad in my house I threw away. I am not discipline and I know this. I am just frustrated now and of course I do not want to tell people on SBD b/c then the comments start flying.
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Thu, 09-14-2006 - 1:13pm

It sounds like this already happened, right? Well there are a couple of ways you could handle a situation like this. Sit in with them, but graciously pass on the pizza and eat the lunch you brought for yourself. Say something like, "I already brought my own lunch and I'd rather not waste it".

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Thu, 09-14-2006 - 1:44pm

Something I always say so people don't push me into eating something that I don't want, is to tell them that I have an allergy or illness that prevents

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Thu, 09-14-2006 - 2:00pm
Yea, "I've found, recently, that pizza upsets my stomach"
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Fri, 09-15-2006 - 11:26am

Good advice ladies. I posted a similar excuse I use, "I've found sugar/carbs etc messes up my complexion." I say, use whatever you need to to politely, but firmly take the pressure off yourself. No one should be offended by a person trying to eat healthy, and if they are - IT's THEIR PROBLEM, not ours.

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Registered: 07-21-2006
Mon, 09-18-2006 - 5:03pm
My office knows that I am on South Beach. And i f they make comments, so be it. You can't control what they say or do and it will make you insane to stress over it. My friends got together and had pizza the other night and I had a small square slice (common in St. Louis) of veggie. I was satisfied. Suggest that when they order pizza, have them get you a salad. you can do it and you will feel better as a result. I admire your discipline. I had an iced sugar cookie at a presentation on friday. Of course, I wanted the whole plate but I was satisfied with one.