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Originally Posted by neveragainbabe
it's just so hard! do people who are trying to lose weight just not go out to eat ever? lol and no one say, "wellll there are healthy options like a light salad with fat free dressing on the side" hahha because i'm pretty sure if us diet ladies are going to splurge ONE time on our favorite restaurant, we should order what we want! that's just my opinion
Honestly, when I was actively losing weight, I ate on plan - even in a restaurant. I did have one treat meal - on my birthday. Otherwise, I made healthy choices at every meal - at home, at work, in restaurants.
There are yummy on plan meals that I eat in restaurants. Are they AS YUMMY as a cheeseburger/fries/ice cream? Maybe not. Are they perfectly yummy in their own right? YES. Am I happy to have a yummy dinner in a restaurant when I don't have to cook/do dishes? YES.
I like to use the internet to plan my order before I get to a restaurant, then I am not tempted by the words/pictures in the menu, I rarely open it. I order double veggies, salad dressing on the side, light butter all the time. I rarely eat an entire restaurant portion - they are just too big to be good for me!
Now that I'm maintaining, I do have weekly treat meals. I eat a nice dinner in a restaurant and drink a glass of wine, split dessert. There are some foods I gave up forever, including fries/onion rings - I just don't eat those.
I weigh calories vs. satisfaction, fries/onion rings fail this equation (too many calories, not enough satisfaction). Some food passes this equation - chocolate molten lava cake (lots of calories, HIGH SATISFACTION). Or...birthday cake for my birthday (high calories, HIGH SENTIMENTAL SATISFACTION). Only you can run this equation for the food in your life.
I think you are going to face up to the fact there must be changes in your life if you want to lose weight and keep it off. How you order in a restaurant is one of these big changes. If you go to a restaurant once every 6 months - okay yeah, order what you want. If you are like most of the American public and eat out a LOT - you are going to have to make good choices MOST OF THE TIME to live your healthy dream.
You can rail against the universe that it is unfair and you want to order what you want, when you want. Or, you be like a lot of thin people and realize you MUST budget your calories in restaurants.