here's another challenge - what do i do when i get invited to a party at someone's house?
i've been to a couple of gatherings where the host prepares a lot of food and none of them are on my acceptable foods list. you know the usual fare - pasta, rice, sweets, breaded everything.
i don't want to insult the host by not eating, and i'm not sure if it's even good etiquette to bring my own food to a party.
yesterday my sister-in-law and her husband came by and brought lunch. they told us not to prepare anything. i made a salad nonetheless, which was a really good thing because she brought, --- you guessed it --- pasta, rice, shrimps cooked in a sweet sauce, (very little) crackling pork belly, and tiramisu. i mean seriously, what was i supposed to eat? if not for the cobb salad i made, i would have been breaking my diet again.
anyway, i've received a few invitations for the coming weeks, and i expect the food choices will be no different. some of them know i'm on a diet, but fail to understand that i cannot eat starch and sugar EVER. (my SIL even asked me yesterday if pasta and rice were still off my list. hmmm. how to explain? how to explain? )
so should i just decline the invites? or show up and bring my own food?
what should i do?
Monday, October 13, 2008
Posted by Patricia at 12:12 PM
Labels: health, slimming, socials, south beach diet
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4 comments:
show up but eat before you go to the party. that way you won't be tempted. or offer to bring food for everybody kuno but more of for you. hehehe..
thanks for the tip. i'll try that.
Show up and say you already ate. You came for the company, not the foodie.
nice idea mai! was wondering what to do with our potluck this friday too! hehehe!!!
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