You are out to dinner with friends enjoying an excellent meal. You have probably had a cocktail, a salad or an appetizer, some of that warm bread and butter, a very tasty steak or seafood dish with some type of potato as a side dish. Great food, great talk, great time. The waiter than comes over with the dessert tray showing incredibly tempting desserts ranging from cheesecake to the double chocolate cake to the apple pie with vanilla ice cream. Everyone at the table smiles, looks at each other, and almost like the critical, time constraint decision making of the teams' general mamagers at the NFL Draft, couples make decisions as to what desserts to "share". Now, if someone at that table expresses the following: "I really do not want anything...I am full.", this is followed by a virtual lambasting from everyone else at the table. "Oh, come on, you can have a little." The collective consensus basically makes us feel like an outcast if we decide to forego more calories. So, we give in and say that we will have a few tastes.
The point here is that when the dessert tray comes, no one at that table truly feels anything approaching the sensation of "hunger". Every person there, ESPECIALLY the overweight ones, know full well that the dessert should not be eaten. But, if everyone around the table is eating it, then eating the dessert is okay, right?. However, if one or more people express the sentiment that because of feeling full, trying to fight weight issues, or for other reasons, they won't order the dessert, the ones who do will feel somewhat deflated and not feel as good about eating the high caloric item. You have taken their fun away and make them a bit self-conscious.
Please do not be one of the saboteurs, meaning do not "push" food on people, especially overweight friends, relatives or coworkers. Also, do not allow yourself to be "bullied" by a saboteur who tries to force food on you. Very nicely, but clearly explain that you are trying to lose weight to be healthier and the person can feel free to do what they would like, but they need to respect your mission.
On the non-weight loss front: 2 stethoscopes up for the new Sandler picture: Don't Mess With The Zohan...very silly, lots of New York humor.
Another issue: Record high temps for the D.C. area....please do your workout indoors.
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