Afraid to get started...

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Registered: 06-07-2006
Afraid to get started...
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Mon, 01-07-2008 - 9:39am
I have been reading the message board for awhile and think I'd like to give the SBD a shot.  However, I see a dinner coming up with my family, a business meeting coming up.  How do you not let these things sidetrack your success on SBD?  Do I just wait until these things are over to start, but if I do that I could be waiting for a long time.  There is always something that comes up.  How do you work this diet in the "real" world.  Thanks for your help. 
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Registered: 05-08-2006
Mon, 01-07-2008 - 10:51am

The "real" world is always going to be there.

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Registered: 10-04-2006
Mon, 01-07-2008 - 10:59am

South Beach is a lifestyle - so there is no point in waiting, that will be never. I know this is how I am going to eat for the next 50 years. I've been eating this way for 3 years already, so I have had to go to many, many events.

How do I handle it? I eat before I go, pick out only what I can eat (if there is NOTHING SBD-friendly, I just have something to drink and say I'm not hungry) Then I make sure I have a special meal (something that is my favorite or especially indulgent, but still SBD-friendly) waiting at home. I've never really been concerned about hurting anyone else's feelings. If a friend of mine smokes in front of me, I don't feel obligated to join in out of politeness, so why should I join in poisoning my body with food, just to feel polite?

My dh has to go to catered meetings all the time and he just says "no, thanks, ate before I came" He also lies and throws out the diabetic or allergy card a lot if he is really worried about offending anyone at a meeting. He just says "dr. doesn't want me eating ______ for awhile"

You have to eat and make choices for YOU - not to make other people happy.




























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Registered: 06-25-2001
Mon, 01-07-2008 - 11:10am

You wrote:


"If a friend of mine smokes in front of me, I don't feel obligated to join in out of politeness, so why should I join in poisoning my body with food, just to feel polite?"


MichaelAnn - that

 

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Registered: 08-07-2007
Mon, 01-07-2008 - 12:58pm

I think everyone is nervous before starting a new way of eating and thinking about food.

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Registered: 01-20-2006
Mon, 01-07-2008 - 1:02pm
Just try to stick with things you can have at your family dinner.