If you canât lie due to body language and whatnot, donât do it. I am a honest person myself, I just couldnât care less what people think about my diet. But I understand a bit from social pressure or whatnot, I donât think social life is much to do with our diet (I can talk with people without touching anything just fine, it would be only odd if at some proper fancy dinner or, well, when someone totally want to show off their baking skills. Though I can still admire the aesthetics. Or eat the smallest slice ever if thatâs fine for me).
I think itâs very understandable if one doesnât consume sugar (I have multiple reasons, some are more acceptable than the others), itâs a far cry about talking diets and keto. Even if saying no because you donât eat added sugar (and very little sugar anyway but they donât need to know that) doesnât work well for you, you can still fall back to plan B but I canât help with that, I hate wasting food (even not really worthy ones. of course, itâs better than eating something bad for us) and lying about eating it, my face would be way too honest and even if you can pull it off, itâs obviously not the ideal way. But sometimes people need to choose between the lesser of two evils/wrongs, I get it, I just never felt the need to do it with food.
Of course, you can have a lot of excuses, not eating sugar is just one thing to say, I like it because itâs true. I really prefer not even touching the food you donât want to eat it. It may tempt some people much more⌠If you are in plain sight and anyone watches you, it will be obvious you donât eat and what if they ask you if it was tasty and you canât lie? If no one watches and itâs not even at a table, I would try to find some good target to give away my untouched cake if possible. Or even better, put the plate down somewhere. Or if no one watches you, you just donât hurry to get a slice of cake (if itâs done the way I meet normal cakes, with lots of people), you say âlaterâ when you are asked (I just could go far and talk with someone, I never get personally asked) and at the time of the last slices the first ones might be finished and itâs normal not eating cakeâŚ? I donât know the circumstances but you might have options. Itâs even better if there is some cake lovers or just enough people who eat the cake quickly if the âIs there anyone else who didnât get a slice?â question doesnât get answered.
If someone wants to show off their cake very much and their personality doesnât involve making me eat it right away, I might take risks. I can imagine praising a cake and talking about its making forever but at least until others eat it up. Hopefully even if I get a slice, I can give it to someone who obviously wants more of this wonderful object and the happy creator will be busy with others people, we talked about the cake for long already, after all. But if they learn I didnât even ate from it, it might be problematic but I can totally admire a cake and not being able to eat it, my poor stomach (and itâs true, my body hates sugar). So whatever I would do, I would make sure to tell the proud creator (or a proud cake buyer, that works too) that itâs a very delicious looking and beautiful cake. Only if I really think so because I am a honest person but I tend to like cakes and see their beauty unless they are totally messed up.
Pretending to eat, break it apart (sorry for my English, I donât know what is right for a cake), maybe even lift the fork to your moth but oh you just see someone and whatever and put down⌠Maybe that, I never ever did it but it looks the most believable without actual eating involved. But you might take a little morsel if you want to be super believable. But your cake still will be there, you just can hope no one watches you very much.
I think I put too much thought into it but I considered it as a real problem for me⌠I hope you will find some good, not stressful way not to eat cake.
for all the wonderful suggestions - I have a strategy in place in my mind so all good for next week
but if you feel you must when the cake is being offered just say I will eat it in a bit. I had a big lunch or my tummy is off a bit. Once refused, no one will watch you if you do get up and get a piece later or not. I wouldnât even take it and dispose of it. I just wouldnât accept for some normal reason and leave it at that.
