Fri, Jan-30-04, 16:02
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Posts: 27
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Plan: Southkins
Stats: 280/252/190
BF:Let's/notgo/there
Progress: 31%
Location: Baltimore, MD
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So is anyone dining out? Where are you going?
One of the things that I really don't feel that I can give up is my date night on Friday night with my husband. This is the one time in our house that we can get together and talk about what has happened during the week and so forth. He and I are on two different shifts for the moment, so this is something that we do look forward to. Because I am off due to having comp time from my job, he and I were out together and my stomach was telling me that it was time to have lunch! At any rate, we were at the mall which has a food court and other than Subway, there was really nothing fast that I could partake of. I am not much on fast food, so that worked out fine. We decided to eat at Ruby Tuesdays (not a favorite of mine, but the hubby likes it) and they are advertising the fact they have a low carb menu. After investigating the selections, I opted for the chicken with broccoli and whipped califlower. Well, I have to be honest, I really didn't care much for their califlower.All I could think was it tasted like someone had put talcum powder in it and whipped it up! (That is just in case someone here is thinking about trying it) My husband tasted it and said the same thing so I know it wasn't just me! Has anyone found any of the chain restaurants (not talking fast food here) to be as accomodating to the SBD as everyone seems to be with Atkins at the moment or have you just found it easier to stay at home and eat so you don't have to take in the smells of the restaurants and so forth or are you still dining out? I didn't really find it terribly hard even though I am still in the induction phase of the diet, but I did find that since I am trying to eat heathy that some of the food seemed salty. I think the main reason that I may not have had a problem today is that I wouldn't normally go to Ruby Tuesdays. Had I been in the Cheesecake Factory, it might have been a different story...LOL! The one thing I find interesting about Ruby Tuesday is they are not endorsing either diet, they are just saying that they have "Thirty Low Carb Choices" . Was sort of funny to see pork rinds on the menu though...never thought I would see the day LOL!
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