Is Your Social Life Wreaking Havoc on Your Weight Management Goals?

Wine with the ladies. Beer and wings with the boys. Friday night pizza. Date night dinner out or skip-the-dishes on Saturday. Family breakfast on Sunday. Does your social life revolve around food? Food is a universal connector, offering us comfort in good times and in bad. But could your social life be wreaking havoc on your progress toward your weight management goals?

Maybe.

We really loved this blog written by Kristyn Hall of Energize Nutrition. She covers how:

Eating with other people can change how we eat

Eating out can increase our overall calorie intake

Even when we choose to eat at healthy restaurants…. we STILL consume more calories that we’d think

PHOTO CREDIT: JANET PLISZKA, VISUAL HUES PHOTOGRAPHY

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Is Your Social Life Wreaking Havoc on Your Weight Management Goals?