Hello I come from a culture where every hang out has to have food and I’m not talking about just home cooked meals I can be at a restaurant or fast food place with my cousins and friends almost every single day I try to manage it by eating one meal a day with them and try to eat until I feel the hunger go away but at some point it gets difficult and hard to control my food noise when all i see is my favorite food infront of me every single day.
For an example tomorrow I have a hang out with my friends and they are talking about how they will bring my favorite snacks and are going to make my favorite food what do I do in that case? I find it embarrassing to say no because they would always insist on it.
Do you have any advice when it comes to this? Anything would be helpful.
Eat! Drink! Be merry! In moderation, have fun. Try to not get stuffed, but enjoy the day. As long as the gatherings aren't an everyday thing, it won't make a real difference in the diet, but it will make a real difference in your happiness and relationships
I just explained to people that I am on caloric deficit so I limit how much I can eat - not being honest only leads to more problems and awkwardness down the road, plus contributes to topics being taboo. I'd also skip another meal (or save calories through low-cal food) on days when I'd eat out. Enjoying yourself from time to time is a good thing. Finally, perhaps not the advice people would appreciate, but especially when eating out often - doing some rough calculation on calories per currency on home cooked meal vs eating out. At least for me that helps reign in appetite better real well.