In social situations like dinner parties, office picnics, and weddings, the social situation can make it easier for a person to use highly practiced skills and to improve abilities that are well-established. Skills that are still being learned, not yet built into lasting abilities, however, can be disrupted by these same social situations.
Being self-assured as well, makes it even more likely that social situations will improve skills and enhance abilities.
Being apprehensive, on the other hand, has just the opposite effect on a person's competency.
What does this mean for dieting and weight loss?
It means that for social events, make sure your diet skills are well-practiced. If so, you'll find yourself in the enviable position of having the social situation improve your proficiency in sticking to your weight loss plan.
If you're socially apprehensive, though, it's a different story. You'll have the best chance to keep to your diet plan if you find ways to make yourself feel more secure before you go to the party. Then once you're at the party, you too will be able to use the social situation to improve both your security and your dieting and weight loss skills.
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