{"id":3998,"date":"2017-12-12T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lowcarbprogram.com\/life\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2017-12-19T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T16:14:42","slug":"cope-food-pushers-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lowcarbprogram.com\/life\/cope-food-pushers-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"How to cope with food pushers this Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Temptation can be high at Christmas, particularly when you\u2019re gathered with family and friends surrounded by cakes, chocolates, pastries and more.<\/p>\n

Feeling motivated to stick to your goals of remaining low carb isn\u2019t always easy. This test of personal strength can be tricky enough as it is, without your best friend or relative pushing food onto your plate, relentlessly encouraging you to ‘just have a little bit, it won’t hurt’.<\/p>\n

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On one-hand you know there is no point, it will only taste good for a few minutes, but it\u2019ll set you back for much longer. Put your health first. There are things you can have that are nice and far healthier. Then there\u2019s the other argument, they\u2019ve put so much work in. It\u2019s such a nice gesture and it would be rude to refuse.<\/p>\n

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To help you respond to pressure and say no with confidence, visit our advice on dealing with food pushers, so you can maintain your health goals this Christmas<\/p>\n

Standing up to temptation: How to say no to friends, family and colleagues<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Temptation can be high at Christmas, particularly when you\u2019re gathered with family and friends surrounded by cakes, chocolates, pastries and more. Feeling motivated to stick to your goals of remaining low carb isn\u2019t always easy. This test of personal strength can be tricky enough as it is, without your best friend or relative pushing food […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"class_list":["post-3998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motivation"],"acf":{"post_private":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowcarbprogram.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowcarbprogram.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowcarbprogram.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowcarbprogram.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowcarbprogram.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3998"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowcarbprogram.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4142,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowcarbprogram.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions\/4142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowcarbprogram.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowcarbprogram.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowcarbprogram.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}