When you're at home, you're in charge of what you eat. You exercise control when shopping. Only buy things which are on the plan, and you are 80% of the way there.
When you go out it's a bit harder. But most places will have at least something on the menu that can be adapted to be suitable.
What if you go away for a whole week????
We have started our Autumn break. After much debate, we decided to book our hotel room only rather than B&B. So that means we'll be looking for two suitable meals a day. A reasonable start this evening - the pub next to our hotel was our destination. I chose the Pinwheel burger from the specials menu - a chorizo rolled into a spiral and served on top of a burger with cheese.... minus the seeded bun, and swapping the chips for a salad. The salad came with a dressing on the side - which I tasted. I caught a distinct hint of mustard (which I don't like) and sweetness - probably honey. So I left that, and added my trusty pot of olive oil from my bag. I don't think that's going to last me the week, though.
I was more than ready to eat, given that I hadn't had much the rest of the day - I had an early afternoon funeral, so just snacked on the remaining olives from the fridge and some macadamia nuts before going up to church. But the burger AND the chorizo was a bit much, and I couldn't finish it. Then back to the hotel room for a (decaf) coffee - although with those little pots of semi-skimmed milk, rather than the double cream or full fat milk I would normally have.
So - day one done. Let's see what tomorrow brings. I have brought my glucose meter with me to keep up my daily monitoring - hopefully a reminder to keep me on the straight and narrow and dissuade me from indulging in a piece of cake "because we're on holiday".
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