Restaurant Meals
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Restaurant Meals
I'm struggling with how to handle restaurant meals. Appetizers, bread, big meal... what counts as a plate and no seconds?
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I agree. Eating out can be tricky on N days, but you really do have to just have a main course. I usually have a coffee if others are having a dessert. Try and ignore the bread, appetisers etc and just focus on ordering something really delicious for your main, and really enjoy every mouthful.
"You'll know where the North Star is ⭐️" - Oolala
If the restaurant has really great bread, or chips and salsa at a Mexican place, I enjoy them but I never eat all my food on my plate. I almost always leave with a doggy bag to have for lunch the next day.
I never order appetizers or dessert just because I know it will make me feel uncomfortably full.
I never order appetizers or dessert just because I know it will make me feel uncomfortably full.
I've pretty much trained myself to wait until the entree to eat. I don't order appetizers, but there are often ones to share, so I put what I want from them on my plate when it comes before I start eating. I save salad, too. I sip my drink while others eat and really relish those first few bites of my meal! I will sometimes ask for a leftovers container right away and put enough food in that so that what's left on the plate is about what I know is enough. Then I relax and eat what's there. I'm usually the last person to finish eating. And I'm almost always too full to really enjoy an expensive dessert, though I might share one on an S day.
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23
There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23
There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)