Low Carb Hospitality

I attended an event at Google in Dublin a couple of days ago. The catering was very impressive, but as you can see from the picture, not very low carb. This was afternoon tea for those feeling peckish after lunch. There was something similar in the morning and lots of options for lunch - low and high carb.

The point here is that it can be very difficult to stick to a low carb diet (or indeed any diet) when someone else is feeding you. To be fair to Google, they asked me twice by email if I had special dietary needs and I thought, 'I'll be fine'. I presumed they were asking if I was a vegetarian. Maybe I should have told them I was gluten intolerant. Might have gotten me somewhere.

If lunch had not had as many options as Google customarily offers I would have been in trouble. Even a visit to the local Spar is unlikely to produce much low carb joy.

So the message is to bring your own lunch if you don't think you will be able to eat what they give you. Thanks to the reduced appetite that comes with a low carb diet the sugary treat tables did not bother me. And they had very nice coffee to give me something to do during the breaks.