Italian Restaurant - lunch with the boss on Friday Which would you choose?
carlaringuette
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For those of you who have been successful in this journey which would you choose at an Italian Restaurant:
I usually go with the Eggplant Parmesan but the other two look good too.
I will do oatmeal for breakfast with unsweet tea (about 100 calories) and a Salad or Green Smoothie for dinner to balance out the calories for the day.
- Eggplant Parmesan
- Manicotti Shells Florentine
- Linguine Primavera
I usually go with the Eggplant Parmesan but the other two look good too.
I will do oatmeal for breakfast with unsweet tea (about 100 calories) and a Salad or Green Smoothie for dinner to balance out the calories for the day.
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You have a good plan for the day. Enjoy your lunch.
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If one stands out to you, have that, otherwise, I would do the one easiest to eat if it's a business lunch. Fiddly foods tend to be distracting.10
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I would choose whichever one you will enjoy the most and feel most comfortable eating with your boss. Part of doing this successfully is being able to have days where you eat at an Italian restaurant and be fine with it. One meal will not throw you off your progress.7
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I'd go with the Florentine - love spinach!0
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Why would she ask for one? She planned her day accordingly in order to fit the meal in.2
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I obviously know nothing about your relationship with your boss, or OP's relationship with hers, but in my professional subculture, it would generally be seen as odd to ask for a doggy bag to take home, when lunching with the boss.
OP, having a good plan for your day is the key thing, and it sounds like you've got that under control. I agree with the perspective about eating something that isn't fiddly, but that's so individual. I like pasta with marinara & veggies, but man, I always seem to wear the tomato sauce, no matter how careful!
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I'd say choose the one you think would be tasty. Just remember you don't have to eat ALL of it. If it fits in your daily goal that's fine - or if it's a big portion just eat part of it. Eat slowly and visit with the boss. I agree that a doggy bag might be odd with the boss so just leave food on the plate if needs be. As others have said figure out a strategy that makes sense for you. These things will happen again and we just have to learn how to navigate through them.2
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@AnnPT77 - I am my boss. By the way, I don't do doggy bags. I order with the goal of eating everything on my plate. Prior to returning to disciplined status, I never let being full keep me from finishing my entire plate.11
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OP I'd roll with this. One meal doesn't have to feel like a punishment or insurmountable challenge. Enjoy, and if you like for peace of mind's sake, you can also track your calories weekly instead of daily. If you're over 200 today, chop 50 calories a day off to make up for it.I would choose whichever one you will enjoy the most and feel most comfortable eating with your boss. Part of doing this successfully is being able to have days where you eat at an Italian restaurant and be fine with it. One meal will not throw you off your progress.
Pick the meal you like and enjoy.
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pierinifitness wrote: »@AnnPT77 - I am my boss. By the way, I don't do doggy bags. I order with the goal of eating everything on my plate. Prior to returning to disciplined status, I never let being full keep me from finishing my entire plate.
Horrible advice.11 -
pierinifitness wrote: »@AnnPT77 - I am my boss. By the way, I don't do doggy bags. I order with the goal of eating everything on my plate. Prior to returning to disciplined status, I never let being full keep me from finishing my entire plate.
What is the point of this? It doesn't make it any more wasteful if you don't eat it. What's done is done it's already cooked It's just as "wasteful" to put it in your body when your body doesn't need or want it as it is when you throw it in the trash, and the first option is bad for your body while the latter option isn't.7 -
pierinifitness wrote: »@AnnPT77 - I am my boss. By the way, I don't do doggy bags. I order with the goal of eating everything on my plate. Prior to returning to disciplined status, I never let being full keep me from finishing my entire plate.
Horrible advice.
He did say "Prior to returning to disciplined status . . . ".
I read it as saying he now orders keeping in mind the amount being sensible, but used to eat everything even if it was too much. The latter is a bad strategy for weight loss , but I don't think that part was advice. Just my reading of it, though.
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pierinifitness wrote: »@AnnPT77 - I am my boss. By the way, I don't do doggy bags. I order with the goal of eating everything on my plate. Prior to returning to disciplined status, I never let being full keep me from finishing my entire plate.
Horrible advice.
He did say "Prior to returning to disciplined status . . . ".
I read it as saying he now orders keeping in mind the amount being sensible, but used to eat everything even if it was too much. The latter is a bad strategy for weight loss , but I don't think that part was advice. Just my reading of it, though.
@AnnPT77 I always read statements like that with potential or practicing ED folks in mind and how I've seen simple statements turned to read something they didn't. So, in conjunction with ...other statements made in this thread...I think I'll leave that bit as is. 4 -
pierinifitness wrote: »@AnnPT77 - I am my boss. By the way, I don't do doggy bags. I order with the goal of eating everything on my plate. Prior to returning to disciplined status, I never let being full keep me from finishing my entire plate.
Horrible advice.
He did say "Prior to returning to disciplined status . . . ".
I read it as saying he now orders keeping in mind the amount being sensible, but used to eat everything even if it was too much. The latter is a bad strategy for weight loss , but I don't think that part was advice. Just my reading of it, though.
That's how I read it as well - something he used to do, and does not recommend. He currently orders something he knows he can finish without overeating.
That's what I do when I am not going straight home after a meal out. So on those occasions I get an appetizer or split an entree. American restaurant portions are inevitably more than one meal for me.1 -
carlaringuette wrote: »For those of you who have been successful in this journey which would you choose at an Italian Restaurant:
- Eggplant Parmesan
- Manicotti Shells Florentine
- Linguine Primavera
I usually go with the Eggplant Parmesan but the other two look good too.
I will do oatmeal for breakfast with unsweet tea (about 100 calories) and a Salad or Green Smoothie for dinner to balance out the calories for the day.
I think it's great that you are coming up with a plan! Some primaveras have cream and I'm never a fan of potentially slurping a linguine with a cream sauce a splattering my attire as I am wont to do. So with that in mind I'd pick one of the others because I could control the splatter factor better.
A totally separate observation is that your plan for the day as you've described it seems lacking in protein and very heavy in carbs. You may want to consider addressing that. It looks like you would be below a recommended minimum intake for protein.4 -
The linguine will present the spatter danger but if it is prepared without a cream sauce, I would tend to go with that because I love veggies I also love eggplant parmesan but I am finding that breaded and fried stuff, while absolutely delicious, wants to kill me later in the day. 2
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I always choose the fish special at a restaurant1
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I usually try to find a dish with veggies and protein. Are you vegetarian?1
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DancingMoosie wrote: »I usually try to find a dish with veggies and protein. Are you vegetarian?
Not hard core but I do try to go the vegetarian route whenever the opportunity arises.
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No problem - I am allergic to most fish so I rarely get it. When I do it's because there were no options. We're near New Orleans folks - every dish has some kind of seafood in it - Lol
Even Eggplant stacks have a crab and shrimp sauce at New Orleans Hamburger and Seafood (a local restaurant).
I try to stick to the veggies.1 -
Two days to go! I am waiting to find out what was finally eaten and whether it was good!!!!
P.S. Calorie wise I suspect the pasta with red sauce will be lower cal overall; but harder to eat!3 -
I ended up with a salad, Eggplant parmesan and 2 bites of Tiramisu with ice tea.4
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carlaringuette wrote: »I ended up with a salad, Eggplant parmesan and 2 bites of Tiramisu with ice tea.
My kinda girl
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Sounds like an excellent outing!1
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