water and lettuce rations - day 1 lunch

Well, I survived lunch on day 1. I guess.

water and lettuce...aren't prison rations better than that? Ok, yes, I am being dramatic. But when I walked into Applebee's I knew I was taking my (weight-loss) life into my own hands. They do have a great menu of entrees for under 550 calories....but they also have the most amazing other food that is swimming in fat and calories and cheese and butter.

I knew I was eating a salad, not an issue, but dammit, I managed to flip right open to the appetizer page - thinking that is where I would find salads - (NOT buried behind ALL the other food, THANKS a lot Applebee's for hatin' on dieters. Quite a tease to make us read the whole dang menu to get to the Weight Watcher friendly food!!!!!) and what do I see, my kryptonite. White queso. My favorite food.

I resisted. Ordered a salad that had better have been as low-cal as they claimed and sucked down my two glasses of water.

One day, maybe, I will actually like salad more than I like cheese and burgers and fried chicken tenders. Maybe. One day.