Last updated on Fri, 21st Oct 2022
There’s a unwritten etiquette to eating in a Slimming World class.
If you’re having a Taster Night, then it’s expected for you to bring and eat something in class. But what about the rest of the time?
Depending on the time of day, and how much you have starved yourself prior to your weigh-in, may determine whether you feel compelled to eat in class. You may be fresh along from work, having skipped lunch, and starving hungry. You may have been out for a couple of hours of last-minute body magic, to try and burn off a couple of pounds. Or you might not have eaten at all for the last 3 days! And in those situations you may not have the energy to sit through a full hour of image therapy without some sustenance inside you. After all, all that clapping and encouraging other people is hard work!
But does that mean you can bring along your dinner, and munch your way through the entire class?
I go to a 5.30pm group, and pretty-much everyone is attending before having dinner. So it’s common to see people having a discrete snack – after weigh-in of course! Freshly purchased hi-fi bars seem to be a favourite, as well as fruit. Anything healthy, speedy or free seems to be fair game, although I’m not sure what reaction anyone would get if they started tucking into a big Tupperware dish of pasta.
I think it’s also fair to say that it may be frowned upon to try an order a Domino’s pizza or fish supper to be delivered to class! Whatever you indulge in a post-class blowout is between you and your maker, but it’s probably best not to be seen to be off-plan during the class itself – that is, unless you order enough pizza for everyone!
But that’s just my class. What’s your experience? Do people eat during your class?
I go to a morning class( 9.30am) and people regularly eat oats, yoghurt and fruit but I have seen someone with SW quiche! Mouths were watering!