Applebees Dinner of Death!!!
lol okay JK. My MIL wants to go out for dinner- at least she doesn’t want us to go to her house- cuz then I really have no control over her potato salad and other foods she makes. Don’t get me wrong- her and grandma make AMAZING food- but it’s not exactly healthy. I literally eat as little as I can the days we go to their house so that I can eat a small amount and not feel guilty!
So we are going to applebee’s and I will either have the grilled Chili-Lime Chicken salad (250 calories) or the cajun Lime Tilapia (310 calories). I will drink water and have a bite or two of an appetizer. I usually save dinner for my largest meal so 250-310 is already small. I’m guessing they will order chips and salsa so I’ll have a bit of that as well.
Isn’t it crazy how when we eat out now it’s not a matter of just going there and picking the item? Now I have to sit down before I go ANYWHERE and look at the menu- look at the calories, see what others recommend, and so on- till I FINALLY pick something to eat! Then when I get there I try to stay away from the menu, I do check to make sure my item is there and usually have one or two backup items since not all restaurants of a chain serve the exact same items. I wish I could just pick something but hey- I’m still working on the loss and eating well is the most important thing to me because I KNOW I can not exercise and maintain my weight, but if I eat like crap I will gain!
So yesterday was the first real day without sparkpeople-ing (is that a word lol) my calories. I think I did well, I had 1.5 oz cheddar cheese for breakfast (not by choice I forgot my breakfast stuff), 1 lean cuisine and half a blueberry muffin for lunch, a chicken and squash casserole for dinner, and my snack for the evening was a bowl of chex cereal with milk and I also had a skinny cow truffle icecream (it was actually very good). And no I’m not saying what I estimate that I ate! Cuz I AM NOT CALORIE COUNTING! For the W8 loss challenge I will just be like “did I eat well today or not?”
ANYWAYS hope everyone has a good day- I got a few more hw problems left and a lab left, so got to get cracking! Final is manana!!
Today’s Menu:
Breakfast: fiber one bar, .75 oz cheese
Lunch: small bag doritos, beef broccoli lean cuisine
Snack: Fruit cup
Dinner: applebee’s tilapia with rice and veggies, side salad with ranch on the side. A few tortilla chips with salsa (hopefully if all goes to plan).
Hahaha that sounds like exactly what I do when I have to go out to eat. I pour over the menu and then pray fervently that I’ll stick to it once I get to the restaurant! Good luck at Applebees tonight!
Love your title - I’m sure it’ll be the next Applebee’s promotional campaign!
And I totally scope out restaurant menus and nutritional guides on-line before going. And pick 2 or 3 items (a couple of back ups) cause I did have that happen once. What I picked ahead of time was no longer on the local menu and I was SCREWED!! Now I am ALWAYS prepared… mostly… ok, like 50/50.