I started calorie counting about a month ago. I've been logging everything I eat in MFP and I have been doing well at eating between 1200 and 1500 calories a day. It is working great, I'm down 15 lbs and two belt notches. Hooray!
Now to the problem, I am on a competitive barbecue team. For those of you who don't know, a competition is a two day affair. We show up on Friday morning and setup a mobile kitchen of sorts. Then we start doing a great deal of very detailed things to the meats we cook, chicken, pork ribs, pork butt, and beef brisket. Normally all of this is done with beer in hand. For example, normally as soon as I park my truck, I would walk to the cooler and open the first beer. Drinking is as integral to BBQ as smoke. Now so everyone understands, the goal isn't to be drunk. Everyone involved are adults, this is not like a college frat party.
This weekend I had a competition. I struggled with what to bring, enough beer for two days with the idea of taking a vacation from calorie counting or to be diligent. I compromised; I brought 36 cans of club soda and 12 beers. I only drank 6 beers over the course of two days. I drank a ton of club soda and I consider this a win. I would also like to point out that my teammates were very supportive. There was no pressure to drink.
The next issue is the barbecue. As a member of the team I need to taste the product. We cook in the Kansas City Barbecue Society. We have to turn in 6 pieces of chicken, 6 ribs, 6 ounces of pork, and 6 slices of brisket. Everything must be sampled. I had bites of three different pieces of chicken, a bite or two out of two ribs from each rack of ribs, numerous bites of pork, and numerous bites of brisket. This is done to make sure we are putting the best of what we cooked into the turn in box. Often we as a team argue about which is the best and more bites are required. All this is to explain that I ate a good deal of BBQ, a very calorie dense food. Needless to say I exceeded my calorie goal.
Does anyone have any ideas about how to deal with this? I've been on the team for 12 years. I don't want to give up the team, but I don't want to be obese anymore.
TLDR: Need help dealing with beer and BBQ fueled weekend vs weight loss.
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