I had an incident that was worth mentioning on Saturday night. I had eaten a meal for breakfast that morning and did a big skateboard session during the day. Plan was to meet a friend and his wife a 30 mins before a show and have a bite to eat.
I showed up 20 mins late and the couple was ready to order, I said, "no, I'm good, not hungry..." but then my friend reminded me that I said that I was interested in something to eat when we made the arrangement days before. It was obvious he was going to pick up the tab
So out of a sense of responsibility I asked for a side salad. The waiter asked what kind of dressing I wanted...
SHIT. I asked for blue cheese then quickly asked if they had any olive oil and vinegar, he said they had a "House Vinaigrette".
Now my mind raced as I had a number options I could consider at the moment:
1) Gable with the vinaigrette - I"d assume it had sugar in it
2) Change my mind and don't eat and aggravate my friend further after being late
3) Get no dressing on my salad (I chose this but asked for blue cheese on the side so I wouldn't look like a diet dork
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I chose option 3. When the salad came out it looked ok, 2 or 3 greens and some shaved parm and about 1 oz of dressing in a little cup. I looked at the dry salad and made the decision to use the blue cheese dressing. It was a conscious one but one driven by what others thought of me and my eating habits.
I when I'm confronted with that situation again I'll first, try not to be late and second, if I'm truly not hungry just insist on not eating and have an ice tea or somthing so the other people don't feel uncomfortable. I don't live in a vacuum and I also understand that I don't control how others feel but I can do my best to be peaceful and try to find skillful ways to solve problems.
So, I'm pretty sure that dressing had PUFA in it, I have not run across a store bought yet that didn't
90 days of practicing avoidance of PUFA and Sweeteners has sharpened my insight into what makes my mind work. thanks for helping me with this!