Luci-De-Milo
is going to do this!
Hey everyone 
I was just wondering, what does everyone do in regards to CD on their birthdays?
Like for me, I've always thought that "taking a day off" for some reason or another is completely unhelpful and defeats the point of this diet. I feel that you need to overcome social events whilst sticking to the diet if you want to be able to maintain successfully, so that you can realise you don't always need to eat rubbish to have a good time socially, and don't need to feel you are missing out. (I don't mean to offend anyone who chooses to do this!! Just my opinion, which I go on to contradict in a minute anyway)
And so far I have done this; all social events I've had to attend, even the extra special ones, I've stuck to my shakes and porridge. *But*... my birthday is coming up in four weeks, coinciding with the end of my A-levels/breaking up from school for the summer etc etc. So it's like three events in one. Now, my birthday is on the 22nd, and I have a weigh in then too, so I'm trying to aim for being able to move on to 810 then (it's about 10lbs away), so I'd be able to have a birthday/end of exam meal with my friends, which would be nice (even though I can't have alcohol!).
But if I don't manage to get there by then, would it be OK to have an 810 style meal anyway? I'm going to a restaurant with all my friends, so I'm worried it might not be exactly 810 in the sense that they might add extra stuff I wouldn't if I was cooking it, even if I try and stick with a salad or something. I'm going to ask for a copy of the menu in advance so I'm prepared, but should you risk eating something in a restaurant if you don't know what's going in it?
Now I know I could really just have a shake or whatever, it's just its my birthday and also probably the last meal I'm going to have with all my friends together before I leave for uni. I think sitting there with a shake, I'd just feel stupid.
Anyway, I was wondering what everyone else did on their birthdays? Anyone else's birthday/party/wedding whatever, I'm fine with sticking to SS, but it's different when it's your own for some reason!
Should I stick to it or not? What would you do? I won't even start with "shall I have a slice of birthday cake" lol, that's one I need to work out on my own
It's so difficult trying to find the balance between living normally and not going back to old habits... :sigh:
I was just wondering, what does everyone do in regards to CD on their birthdays?
Like for me, I've always thought that "taking a day off" for some reason or another is completely unhelpful and defeats the point of this diet. I feel that you need to overcome social events whilst sticking to the diet if you want to be able to maintain successfully, so that you can realise you don't always need to eat rubbish to have a good time socially, and don't need to feel you are missing out. (I don't mean to offend anyone who chooses to do this!! Just my opinion, which I go on to contradict in a minute anyway
)And so far I have done this; all social events I've had to attend, even the extra special ones, I've stuck to my shakes and porridge. *But*... my birthday is coming up in four weeks, coinciding with the end of my A-levels/breaking up from school for the summer etc etc. So it's like three events in one. Now, my birthday is on the 22nd, and I have a weigh in then too, so I'm trying to aim for being able to move on to 810 then (it's about 10lbs away), so I'd be able to have a birthday/end of exam meal with my friends, which would be nice (even though I can't have alcohol!).
But if I don't manage to get there by then, would it be OK to have an 810 style meal anyway? I'm going to a restaurant with all my friends, so I'm worried it might not be exactly 810 in the sense that they might add extra stuff I wouldn't if I was cooking it, even if I try and stick with a salad or something. I'm going to ask for a copy of the menu in advance so I'm prepared, but should you risk eating something in a restaurant if you don't know what's going in it?
Now I know I could really just have a shake or whatever, it's just its my birthday and also probably the last meal I'm going to have with all my friends together before I leave for uni. I think sitting there with a shake, I'd just feel stupid.
Anyway, I was wondering what everyone else did on their birthdays? Anyone else's birthday/party/wedding whatever, I'm fine with sticking to SS, but it's different when it's your own for some reason!
Should I stick to it or not? What would you do? I won't even start with "shall I have a slice of birthday cake" lol, that's one I need to work out on my own
It's so difficult trying to find the balance between living normally and not going back to old habits... :sigh:
