6 Tips for Staying Sugar-Free when You Eat Lunch

One of the most tempting and challenging times for unsweeties can be at lunch and when eating out with friends or colleagues. Below are some tips to help you get through without falling off the sugar-free wagon.

1. Don’t Go Along for the Ride

You can’t just “go along for the ride” and expect that lunch will be unsweet, unless you’re lucky and have a health nut in the group who is acting as a guide. Most often lunch out ends up at a restaurant that puts added sugars into EVERYTHING. It’s hard to stay sugar-free when sugar is all that’s on the menu, you’re hungry, and the peer pressure is on.

2. Take Charge

You can be or become the “health nut” in the group. To do this you must be assertive. You call the shots and decide where the group is going to go. If you’re a take charge kind of person then this won’t be a problem. If you’re new to taking charge, this is a good way to exercise your take-charge-ness. Find the places you like to eat and make sure they have something for everyone. Then you drive.

2. Don’t Go Hungry

Don’t go to a restaurant super hungry AND don’t let yourself go for long periods of time without eating so that you get super hungry. Both are a recipe for eating whatever sweet stuff is in front of you and justifying it as something you need.

3. Drink Water

If you end up out at a restaurant with the group, only drink water. The more flavored stuff you drink the more you’ll want to eat sweets or the more you’ll feel cravings later.

4. Be a Minimalist

Order a salad. Ask for oil and vinegar as every restaurant offers this dressing. Ranch, Thousand Island, etc. all have added sugars. Avoid them! If anyone asks, say you’re not feeling so well so you want to eat light.

5. Skip Dessert

How many times does a person need to eat dessert for the “very last time” before they realize that last time was the last time? Just say “No, thank you.” If anyone presses you say you’re not feeling well and want to eat light.

6. Stop Being Sweet!

If you’re surrounded by people who comment on, pressure, and coerce you into eating things you have no desire to eat, then you have big problems! If you’re surrounded by people who tease you into eating sweets that you are trying to avoid, you need to avoid those people. Ultimately, this is about your health and not social acceptance. Ask if there are added sugars in the food you’re ordering. Tell people you’re sugar sensitive. If you’re diabetic, tell people. If they give you crap, stand up for yourself and Stop Being Sweet!

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