We are going out tonight to Celebrate my daughter's acceptance at the college of her choice with a 4 year academic scholarship.....

Of course, her favorite place to go is Olive Garden.

I have been reviewing the nutrition information and haven't found much that is "healthy".

So I decided....since I am now banded---work the band! I am going to order a luncheon portion of my favorite (chicken scampi) and eat the chicken and veggies. I will let the band tell me when I am satisfied....and stop. I won't have bread or Pasta. I will have just a little salad.

But the main thing I will do is enjoy myself.

I can eat like a thin person. I know I can.

The olive garden here has apricot chicken breasts. It is very good and very low fat, high protein. I would try and stay away from pasta dishes.

The olive garden here has apricot chicken breasts. It is very good and very low fat, high Protein. I would try and stay away from Pasta dishes.

Thank you for the heads up on the Apricot Chicken dish. I will put that in my filing cabinet.

I just looked up the nutrition facts for Olive Garden out of sheer curiosity and it looks like if you get the Apricot Chicken lunch portion theres only 280 calories which is very reasonable! If you can eat half of the Chicken scampi lunch portion, it would be about 370 calories it looks like. Some of the soups also like relatively low cal (if you wanted to do soup and salad or something).

Well, I survived going out to dinner.

I followed my plan.

I had a little bit of salad. NO bread.

I ordered a lunch portion of the chicken scampi. I ate only the chicken and the veggies. I didn't touch the Pasta.

I felt full but not overstuffed.

It was a good night!

Jackie

Well, I survived going out to dinner.

I followed my plan.

I had a little bit of salad. NO bread.

I ordered a lunch portion of the chicken scampi. I ate only the chicken and the veggies. I didn't touch the Pasta.

I felt full but not overstuffed.

It was a good night!

Jackie

Very good! I am glad that you were able to follow your plan. I wll keep that in mind when I get to the food stage of my progress..