Remember when you would be excited for that date. What nice place will he take you too, where will you go, what will you say, and finally will there be chemistry? Well my last date, which btw didn't end great, was at Red Robin. Now I understand that restaurants are now starting to make us all informed eaters, but have you been reading the information in front of you? Just a simple drive up to the Burger King Drive-Through and you will notice that a harmless cheeseburger, even your way, could be an entire day's worth of calories. It is a horrible feeling to be stuck in the line looking at food that you know isn't good for you and the pressure of ordering. I even asked the person at the window what are the healthy alternatives and they looked at me like I was from a different planet. Maybe that is what being an informed eater does to you??
So there I was in Red Robin, and in front of the regular menu was the nutrition menu. I harmlessly opened it and lost my appetite. Not an appealing thing on a date. I looked at my date and saw him guzzling down a Strawberry Malt, I couldn't even look at the calories. Once he did, he suggested we take a few quick paced laps around the SuperMall. HA HA HA. Even the chicken salad was close to 900 calories. Let's just say all I had was Iced Tea.
Now I have lost close to 100 pounds, all on my own, no surgery, no Jenny Craig, nothing, just being an informed eater and walking every Sunday with my pals from Meetup. I have kept it off for over a year. But I must tell you being an informed eater does not make me a happy one. Knowing that I can eat a bag of carrots and it will be less calories and fat than a cookie is obvious, but knowing that chicken fajitas is not the best option at No Que No, does not make me a happy Weight loss Diva. There are all sorts of tricks and trades to being healthy and still enjoying your life.
Just like dating you need to know when something is right for you, when something is good just this one time and when you should just walk away unless you want a heart-attack.
Being informed and knowing what you want and planned in advance can be a good thing. In the end, just like dating we need to take things slow, don't beat ourselves up for having a bad meal or date and put faith in the next step of life.
BTW, the date didn't go bad because of the calories, apparently age can sometimes play a factor. Who KNEW? SHRUG
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I know how hard it is to struggle with the weight loss stuff, and it's great that you've been able to keep the weight off!
ReplyDeleteAs far as the date, though, forget that guy. Any guy that's going to be an ass over a few years' age difference has other issues...and you deserve so much better than that. Like you said, you need to know when to walk away - and it sounds like running would have been an even better option. ;)
You go, weight loss diva!