One:
Go on an S-day and eat food samples as desired.
Two:
Go on an N-day. Say to the food demonstrators with a big smile, "Thanks, but I don't eat between meals." Bet they don't hear *that* very often!
I did it the second way today, and it felt really great to not be eating just because it was free and offered and in my path. I actually went feeling fairly hungry, but waiting until I got home to eat was doable, and the rotisserie chicken was delicious.
Two Ways to Go to Costco
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Costco, I love that place!
Kudos to you! I bet you're right that they rarely, if ever, hear that phrase
Actually, I usually pass up the samples even on S days myself...my reasons are that I'm a picky eater and most of them don't even appeal to me. I'm a bit of a germaphobe, too, so it's easy to not partake esp. during 'cold & flu season'. I admit that I occasionally try something if it's irresistible, but only on S days of course
I sometimes enjoy a big slice of Costco pizza from their snack bar--that's what I had for lunch yesterday and it fills up the plate. Satisfying and sustaining until dinner!
Kudos to you! I bet you're right that they rarely, if ever, hear that phrase
Actually, I usually pass up the samples even on S days myself...my reasons are that I'm a picky eater and most of them don't even appeal to me. I'm a bit of a germaphobe, too, so it's easy to not partake esp. during 'cold & flu season'. I admit that I occasionally try something if it's irresistible, but only on S days of course
I sometimes enjoy a big slice of Costco pizza from their snack bar--that's what I had for lunch yesterday and it fills up the plate. Satisfying and sustaining until dinner!
Minimizer and Vicki, thank you both for your encouragement.
Minimizer, I'm a germaphobe also, but tend to suspend that in the face of free food samples. Not a bad idea to indulge my hesitations in that in that situation, I suppose!
Vicki, I'm building great new habits, and have been so encouraged to do so by this forum. Love it! A day or two before going to Costco I read all seven of your yearly updates, and found great hope and encouragement therein.
It is wonderful to feel that we are all in this together!
Minimizer, I'm a germaphobe also, but tend to suspend that in the face of free food samples. Not a bad idea to indulge my hesitations in that in that situation, I suppose!
Vicki, I'm building great new habits, and have been so encouraged to do so by this forum. Love it! A day or two before going to Costco I read all seven of your yearly updates, and found great hope and encouragement therein.
It is wonderful to feel that we are all in this together!
Xara, it is so nice to read your "atta girl" moments. You are doing so well!
This is why I love the forum so much. If you live (as I do) in a pretty skewed food culture where overindulgence is the norm, it can feel a bit lonely to be the only one not snacking, turning down free food, not eating morning tea at work, etc. Coming here reminds me that I do have a "tribe", even if we don't live in the same geographical space.xara wrote:It is wonderful to feel that we are all in this together!
Absolutely! And to think we span the globe.... Amazing!ironchef wrote:This is why I love the forum so much. If you live (as I do) in a pretty skewed food culture where overindulgence is the norm, it can feel a bit lonely to be the only one not snacking, turning down free food, not eating morning tea at work, etc. Coming here reminds me that I do have a "tribe", even if we don't live in the same geographical space.xara wrote:It is wonderful to feel that we are all in this together!
Let's keep on, keeping on!
Vicki in MNE
7! Yrs. with Vanilla NoS, down 55+lb, happily maintaining and still loving it!
7! Yrs. with Vanilla NoS, down 55+lb, happily maintaining and still loving it!