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    Red Lobster Tonight!! Help!!

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    • Posts: 291
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      Red lobster is one of THE easiest places to keep it low-cal. You'll still go over on sodium unfortunately but everything else you'll be GREAT on.

      Order off the fresh fish menu or get the lobster with a vegetable side (steamed broccoli is one of my choices). Order the shrimp & scallops from the wood fire grill menu if you like. Pretty much keep away from their pastas or anything breaded/fried and you're golden.

      Oh and DO NOT EAT ANY OF THE COMPLEMENTARY MUFFINS. Those things are PURE EVIL as far as calorie content goes.
    • Posts: 129 Member
      I'd blow off my diet for that feast.. I want red lobster so bad lol
    • Posts: 129 Member
      I used to work there, I could tell you a gross story about the biscuits it if helps, LOL. Really, stay away fromthe buscuits.

      I want to know :O!
    • Posts: 610 Member
      Spend the money and get a LOBSTER.

      A steamed 1 1/4lb lobster is a ridiculously low 230 calories.
    • Posts: 1
      Lobster and Shrimp isn't that fatening but the stuff you dip it in is usually honey butter or just plain butter and these foods are high in cholesterol. Have a good time, then go home and exercise like crazy.:flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 33
      Too early to be thinking of red lobster...its 5"Oclock Somewhere!
    • Posts: 1,887 Member
      Adding to my post from page 1......Just back from having lunch at Red Lobster. I did get the Quick Lunch shrimp skewers (they are 4 oz total), got a side salad (no croutons) added petite shrimp, and fork dipped into their dressing. Got the baked potato (no butter/no sour cream) and asked for plain broccoli. I brought my butter spray and some seasoning and was totally delicious (took home half potato and one full skewer of shrimp & a cheddar bay biscuit). Made my one biscuit last the entire meal, & drank a ton of water.

      Spoke to the manager and I was given a 10 page xeroxed copy of Red Lobsters nutrition stats, the entire menu including drinks.

      They were totally accommodating, even asked if I was sure I wanted the biscuits, lol. And the waitress said, I'm not even going to ask you if you want dessert. Now armed with their entire menu's nutritional sheets I can't wait to go back, lol

      Of course I was dying for their 4 course feast......

      Eager to read how your dinner ended up :)
    • Posts: 64
      was just there monday!! you can get a salad with dressing on the side. the scampi is only like 130 cals or get fresh fish on the grill. watch out for the biscuits!! 150 cals each!!! instead of potato get veggies.
    • Posts: 551 Member
      Don't eat the biscuits. They're bad news!

      I went there a few months ago. I had fresh fish, veggies and I got a cup of chowder. It was very good and I stayed within my calories.
    • Posts: 86 Member
      Adding to my post from page 1......Just back from having lunch at Red Lobster. I did get the Quick Lunch shrimp skewers (they are 4 oz total), got a side salad (no croutons) added petite shrimp, and fork dipped into their dressing. Got the baked potato (no butter/no sour cream) and asked for plain broccoli. I brought my butter spray and some seasoning and was totally delicious (took home half potato and one full skewer of shrimp & a cheddar bay biscuit). Made my one biscuit last the entire meal, & drank a ton of water.

      Spoke to the manager and I was given a 10 page xeroxed copy of Red Lobsters nutrition stats, the entire menu including drinks.

      They were totally accommodating, even asked if I was sure I wanted the biscuits, lol. And the waitress said, I'm not even going to ask you if you want dessert. Now armed with their entire menu's nutritional sheets I can't wait to go back, lol

      Of course I was dying for their 4 course feast......

      Eager to read how your dinner ended up :)
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      Wow that sounds good!! You did great !!!!!! I cant wait to let yall know how it goes, at this point i have 787 cals left and i feel like i can totally make this work!! My best friend has decided she wants to eat healthy too!! So I will try to let yall know what i have when im done!!!! :)
    • Posts: 17 Member
      Stay away from the biscuits......
    • Posts: 250 Member
      You can have 2 or 3 lobster tails, veggies, and still have cals for a cheddar bay biscuit...the tails are I believe about 80cals each
      Enjoy!!
    • Posts: 7 Member
      When I go, I usually, get water w/lemon, salad w. fat free dressing, and grilled asparagus as a side.
    • Posts: 211 Member
      Be smart! No butter. Sauce. Or bread! Id get snow crab legs or dry salmon! Yummy!
    • Posts: 401
      Grilled or broiled, not fried.
    • Posts: 20 Member
      Was there last week and got the grilled shrimp. Was great.
    • Posts: 275 Member
      TORTURE!! That is what Red Lobster is, who can go there and not have at least one 150 calorie biscuit...LOLOL Good luck!!!
    • Posts: 148
      i either get the Parmesan Tilapia and broccoli with a salad or the crab cake appetizer with a salad. and that does it for me..
    • Posts: 154
      I wouldn't be able to resist the temptation and would DO IT BIG! lol The Ultimate Feast is my favorite thing EVER! Good luck, sister :tongue:
    • Posts: 152 Member
      I ALWAYS get the Admiral's Feast! I don't worry about calories at Red Lobster. :embarassed:
    • Posts: 3,493 Member
      OK, Sorry I'm not much help here, but Red Lobster!!!! Um.... have fun and eat a ton of biscuits. Hit the gym tomorrow.
    • Posts: 3,493 Member
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      I want to know :O!

      I'd totally still eat them.
    • Posts: 103 Member
      Don't get anything fried! OMG. Got the calamari and fried veggie appetizer . . . it was 900 calories for 1/2. Shrimp tacos were delicious and fairly low cal. I think 150cals per taco. Got a garden salad with red wine vinaigrette. And the biscuits aren't so naughty if you just have one. You can find their nutrition info on the internet. Google them.
    • Posts: 300 Member
      All shellfish like shrimp, lobster and crab are all very healthy. They are extremely low in fat and high in protein. The unhealthy part is the the sauce you dip it into, like melted butter. Watch the dressing you get with your salad. As a matter of fact, you'd be wise to replace your salad with another lobster. Salads are mainly carb calories, but are so low in calorie that it won't do much for you either way in terms of making u fat or providing you with plenty of energy(carbs). Bread is good in moderation. If you eat too much bread(carbs), the extra carbs will be converted to and stored as fat so you should learn your carb threshold. I'm a shellfish fanatic.
    • Posts: 142
      wood grilled lobster shrimp and scallops :) with brocolli as a side of course! you'll be too full to eat the rice pilaf
    • Posts: 1,005 Member
      Cheesy biscuits are the devil! I don't eat seafood, and I haven't cared for any of their chicken entrees that I've tried. I've literally gone there and ONLY eaten baskets o' biscuits!

      Don't do that, lol..they are SO bad for you. Maybe they'll have a good salad or you'll like some of the chicken dishes, I'm just a chicken snob!!

      Good luck!
    • Posts: 1,005 Member
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      I'd totally still eat them.

      I probably would too..but I wanna know!
    • Posts: 453 Member
      I have learned to check online. Either here or the nutrition charts from the restaurants website and make my choices before I arrive. It may take some of the spontaneity out of it, but it keeps me happy with my choices.
    • Posts: 894 Member
      I love RL. :) If I went, I'd just enjoy my night. One night won't ruin my entire journey. <3 Workouts do help ease the guilt though :)
    • Posts: 283
      Most big restaurant chains have nutrition information available. I always try to look at it before I go to the restaurant.
      Red Lobster's is: http://www.redlobster.com/health/nutrition/light_house.asp

      When I went, I had a half order of the citrus tilapia - broiled, and broccoli. I did allow myself one of the biscuits.

      I don't want to know the horror stories about those. :laugh:
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