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Do you ever enter a restaurant determined to eat sensibly only to find you end up having a big blow out? You walk out feeling guilty, beat yourself up and feel completely tortured. What I advise is to design yourself a little restaurant warning sign on a postcard and take it along with you. As you enter the restaurant, glance at it and let it be your motivator, the one that stops you ordering fat-feeding dishes and instead turns you straight to the healthy option. Some example warning statements may include:

 If you are FAT, then THINK before ordering.

 Eat FAT, stay FAT.

 STOP and THINK, or be FAT.

 People in this restaurant will think I am FAT and GREEDY if I choose junk food.

 FAT KILLS – Think!

 Eat FAT and you will remain a FATTY!

These may sound a little harsh, but motivation is also about reminding yourself truthfully of the consequences and of course, the truth hurts. I can’t apologise for my straight-talking style as I know it works and this may well help if you are a social butterfly who often dines out. Also, if there’s nothing on the menu that you think is healthy for you to eat, never be afraid of asking the waiter to offer you something that isn’t as loaded with calories as the items you see before you on the menu.

Don’t forget that alcohol is also very calorific, and it’s easy to consume more when eating out. I should know having been a slave to wine years ago. The wine did nothing but add weight to my belly! A few drinks are OK, but if you are one of those people that starts but can’t stop my advice would be to go cold turkey for now, and then slowly begin introducing the odd drink now and then when you are eating out. If your friends try to push you to drink then learn to be more assertive at the dinner table. (See page 56 for details on applying assertive behaviour.)