If you are on a diet, do you expect everyone to cook around your diet, and not eat dessert and things you wish you could be eating, in front of you? Or do you decide that you made that choice and It's not our fault? Is there a middle ground?
by 
Penny The Wise
ANSWERS: 4
-
If I have made the choice to watch what I'm eating, or limit certain kinds of foods for health reasons, then that is something that I choose to do (or needed to do) for myself. If I am someplace where someone else is providing the food, I will eat what is available. I will not complain. I would only make a special request if I am specifically asked, or if the food is being prepared for me (like for my birthday, or my graduation party, or my wedding, etc). Then, since the food is for me specifically, I would make my wishes known. In all other situations, I do not expect other people to cater to me, I will choose my foods from those that are available to me, and I will not complain if everyone else is having desserts around me because it was my choice not to partake.
-
I'm going on a diet and starting an exercise program on Monday. I feel that just because I think I am overweight and want to do something about it, doesn't mean that the people around you who aren't should suffer and not be able to eat what they want. Thats why they say that dieting requires a lot of self control.
-
It's not the other people's fault that someone choses not to eat the same things others enjoy. I think the same could apply to people who are quitting smoking or drinking, for example. The middle ground could be reached with the people around the dieter not saying: "Come on, have just a bite" etc. I think they should respect the decision and support it. Also it would be clever for the person doing the regime to avoid unnecessary temptations.
-
Unless you are talking about a spouse or close family I think a diet should be a personal choice. Others around me would be free to do what they want. The exception might be my wife if I was greatly overweight and needed to loose weight for health reasons I would hope my wife would be respectful and help.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC