Not-So-Fundraisers

Not-So-Fundraisers

If you or your spouse is involved with your child's school, you will eventually be asked to participate in a school fundraiser. Now, these events usually need two things: volunteers and product to sell. As many an experienced parent knows, bake sales are a big source of cash for schools. Many extracurricular activities also do fundraisers, and these, too, revolve around food.

So how do you support your child's school and stay on your diet at the same time? Or better yet, if you don't have children, how do you support a fundraiser without cheating on your diet? Only buy one box of cookies or one brownie from the bake sale. Make the cookies for your kid's school to sell, but don’t eat any yourself. If you are volunteering at the bake sale, bring carrot sticks or gum to keep your mouth busy. If your child is selling candy bars, resist the urge to "help out" by buying the leftover candy. ->Read More

Friends and Food

For some reason, today's society tends to revolve around events that include food. For example, do your friends always want to get together for dinner? When you go on an all day shopping trip with your closest pal, do you immediately stop at a nearby diner? Does going to a double feature at the movie theatre necessitate two trips to the snack bar? It's hard to tell your oldest friends that you don't want your life to center around food, especially when their lives do and yours used to.

Sometimes starting a diet means being careful who you hang out with. If you have friends who are supportive, explain to them that you want to see them, but would rather avoid events that involve food. Some people may take offense to this, especially if they have their own weight issues. Assure them you are not judging their lives, you are just making changes in your own life.

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