Holiday Eating???

I am about to go to the big family dinner yet again. All holidays and i am very thankful to be with my family and loved ones. But I feel so stressed out about going. I seem to put bad things in my mouth with out thinking and Always end up sick by the end of the evening and all the next day.

I know this is my own fault but what are your tips for getting through the food fests?

I am hungry like everybody else and everything there is party special delicious. I would stay home just to avoid the food but my family really doesn't like that. On the whole they are not very supportive of my (maybe crazy schemes) to eat special food and not eat when I don't feel good. I still have lots of cooking to do. I have loved to cook before I couldn't eat any of it.

I'm very lucky! My mom tries to make the main dish SCD legal for me. Not everyone has family support like that, so I certainly appreciate it!

If I were you, I'd take a few of your "safe" foods to your family get together. That way, you'll have something to eat if all the food is stuff you know will bother you.

I'm with minty... If I attempt to face a family buffet of goodness with an "I'm not having any of it" attitude, I fail immediately and cry in pain for days.

If I go in with a certain "allowable" amount of cheating... I find I can savor the treats without over-doing it so badly. I also take a whole heap of extra digestive enzymes.

Have a good time over the holiday. Family is too important to skip for fear of a belly ache. Just decide before you go what you're going to allow yourself. Good luck!

I was going to suggest the exact same thing as spookyhurst. If t isn't possible to have a snack before you go maybe you can take something to nibble on once you get there to curb your hunger a bit.

I think after having this DD for so long, I am pretty good about staying with my safe items. Luckily for me in our house Easter dinner always had alot of my safe foods. I always ate only the turkey or ham, mashed potatoes and rolls. I love corn, but have had too many painful experiences with it, so I don't touch it.

Since my Mom passed away 11 years ago, I am the only one on both sides of the family who has any idea how to cook, so ALL family meals are at my house. That makes the food choices easy, but the work level stinks. Usually by the time the food hits the table, I'm tired and don't feel like eating. Also, when I am cooking a big meal, the smells seem to fill me up, so I'm never really hungry anyway.

But for Easter, we are having a big ham, mac and cheese, home made rolls and a bunch of vegetable sides. I really only eat the ham, rolls, and mac and cheese. I will enjoy them all in the week ahead.

Hope you all have a wonderful Holiday weekend.