It's nearly Memorial Day and that means the unofficial start of summer barbecues and family get-togethers are about to begin.
Sort of a sweet 'n sour time of the year...sweet being outside, hanging out with friends but sour because warmer weather means we'll want to shed some layers of our clothing and we may hafta reveal our chubby thighs in public.
Holiday tips…
If you are going to a Memorial Day function…know in advance that your weight can fluctuate even when you are program-complaint because of the change in your daily routine, the stress, travel conditions such as sitting in a car or airplane can make us withhold water. Be sure to keep up with our water intake.
After an event, to prevent discouragement and depression, do not weigh for several days…sometimes the stress of the event or lack of sleep can cause the scale to make a temporary northern slide.
Avoid alcohol as it has many calories - empty calories – it is sugar and carbs, no protein. It is not one of the ‘5’ for folks on the 5 & 1 Plan. In moderation, we can have it once we get to weight management but not now.
When we have alcohol, we let our guard down and suddenly can find our hand in the breadbasket heading for our mouth…
How to deal with those social ‘adult’ situations: when others are drinking alcohol and you wish to avoid it without wimping out…wash out a beer bottle, fill it with some Club soda and walk around w/ it in your hand and sip away – be giddy and silly over the fact that you are getting thinner while others will have a headache and weigh more the next day.
If you are exercising, stick with your daily plan when you go out of town - do your sit-ups, ask friends to take a walk with you, go for a bike ride, etc.
Eat a shake before you go to the special eating event – many times when we have friends over, we are busy getting the house cleaned up, the meal prepared ‘just so’ and we fail to eat our Medimeals on time – that sets us up for a possible foody failure. When going to a friend’s house for supper or meeting people at a restaurant there is typically a lag-time before the actual meal arrives. Having a 90-100 calorie low fat shake just before you enter the residence or restaurant will give you the energy you need for the social encounter and prevent us from porking-out on a basket of deep-friend onion rings.
Watch portion sizes: serving spoons are usually gargantuan or hugo-mundo… use a smaller plate, it is better to err on a smaller serving size than to take too much food.
I always had a hard time knowing how much food was ‘enough.’ If I had a large plate, my food covered the entire surface area and was piled deep. I wanted to get my money’s worth. Wanted to prevent those kidlets in China from starving…Once we have a gob of food on a large plate, it is hard to push some of it aside and leave it there; most people are geared to eat it all. Start off with a small amount of food on a small plate.
By all means, avoid the ‘tater salad and pass on the pasta salad…
Preparation is the key – have your packets ready and handy at all times. Keep a bottle of water in your hand.
Volunteer to take a veggie tray to the barbecue so there will be at least something ‘legal’ for you to eat.
Avoid the bowls of nuts, chips ‘n dips, etc. When others eat chips and salsa, have some celery or veggies with a small amount of salsa.
Visualize smaller jeans…
I never thought about adding 
for keeping your lips sealed!
temptation but it is nearer the bakery and deli sections so I make a sharp left upon making the entrance and head for the back of the store to the produce and fish market!
Do ya ever get a bit cheesed with the way we are constantly 
bombarded with grub?
driving past the DQ (In my mind, I tell myself 
stronger than 
hee-hee! Oh! How I have a WEAKNESS for seasoned, processed meat....hotdogs, sausages, bratwurst, and the like! Thanks for giving me a tool to create an AVERSION to these!
It's very interesting to me to see what you wrote about putting Club Soda in a beer bottle.....in my Mormon culture, if I showed up with a beer bottle at a function it would be shockingly SCANDALOUS! 
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