}Plan your
day – prep ahead
}Compensate
for excess food –exercise/foods
}Ask what
will be served
}Ask if
you can bring something
}Do you
have a person for SUPPORT?
- Show up
later
Dining out -Watch words on Menus like:
}Fried
}Creamy
}Cheese
sauce
}Sauce
}Carmel
}Buttery
}Sauté –
in what?
}Mega size
– grand slam
}All you
can eat
Helpful tips:
}Ask how
things are prepared
}Ask for a
salad instead of pasta or the fries
}Ask for
half size
}Ask for
grilled veggies vs. other choices
}Ask to
order first – so not to be temped
}Ask to
see the menu ahead of the event
}Ask for
the dressing on the side
}Ask to
split the meal with someone
}See if
the salad has nuts, cheese, meats, olives, guacamole, sauces, dressings etc.
}Choose a
juice or water instead of pop
At the EVENT:
•Plan to eat in moderation
•Focus on non-food topics
•Keep
conversations away from the food area
•Keep a healthy drink in your hand -At all
times
•Juice or spritzer
•Keep a
purse or plate, cutlery, napkin in your
hands
•Pre portion your plate with
foods
•If you
must have a dessert
•Half a
dessert with someone
•Choose
one you dislike to avoid over eating
•Choose
fruit
•Help the host with plates and cups to the kitchen
•Keep busy
Buffet tips:
}-Group –
ask about elsewhere to
go
}Meet them
after they eat
}-Ask for
menu instead
}-Ask to
be seated far away from the buffet
}-Ask to
sit facing away from traffic
}-Ask for
smaller plate
}-Soup to
start and a large salad
}-Take
your time
}-Survey
the buffet first – really!
}what is
your inner self talk?
}-put just
a dab of items on your plate
}-have no
foods touch
}-don’t go
past the inner circle of the plate
}-dessert
– savor the two bites
}-when
done, ask your plate be removed
}-place
your knife and fort on plate when done
}-place paper
napkin on plate - indicates you are done
}-be honest with yourself – who pays?
}-be honest with yourself – who pays?
