PAT MATHEWS wrote:
And just try to get smaller portions!!!!
Pat
Yeah.
I pull the trick of substituting things for fries, at least in sit-down
places. A nicely done burger (which I don't quite finish) with a side
of broccoli is good. (Or, if you're NOT allergic to lettuce, see if
they'll give you the side salad instead of the fries, if that's more
your thing.) I pull the broccoli-instead-of-fries trick in Chili's on a
regular basis, and I've done it at Threadgill's, as well.
My mom used to order Happy Meals for herself when she went to
McDonald's. If you're just snagging it in the drive-through, who's
going to know? That was a reasonable quantity of food, at least for
fast food.
And I don't order the "dinners" at Tex-Mex places, I try to get just 2
enchiladas "a la carte". (Or 1 if I'm getting soup. We're heading into
soup season.)
Some places have senior menus with smaller portions. If you're stuck in
the age-11-to-54 range, in some places you can just order off the
"sides" part of the menu.
When I go to IHOP, if I'm not doing the caloric splurge that is French
Toast, I just ask for eggs, scrambled, side of whole wheat toast, and
that's it. They'll do that for you if you ask.
Oh, and we'll get Olive Garden take-out sometimes, and I just plan on
eating half and eating the other half the next day.
I decided at 16, watching 4 adults sit around and complain about how
stuffed they were and that they couldn't move after Thanksgiving dinner,
that it was really stupid to eat to the point of discomfort. So I don't
eat to the point of discomfort. Period. And I've figured out how to
get the right quantity of food off various menus.
About the only time the ridiculous portions were ever welcome was when I
was lactating, and then I still had to keep it sensible.
Julia
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