The week after school got out, I took a week-long workshop for professional development. The class went all day, with an hour lunch break, so a group of us went out to eat every day that week. Diet or not, I'm not someone who will just order a salad at a restaurant, unless I want a salad, so I got whatever I wanted, but tried to make slightly better choices if I could - like maybe a side salad instead of fries, or a smaller size than I'd normally get.
So one day, we went to Taco Bell for lunch. I hadn't had Taco Bell since starting this diet because I had gone through the calories of my favorite meals at all the fast food restaurants I used to eat at, to see which places were best and which were worst. Taco Bell was among the worst, so I just avoided it. Knowing that, I didn't get my usual #5 Nachos Bel Grande and Taco Supreme meal; instead, I got two plain tacos and the cheesy nachos, which are just chips and cheese, without all the meat and sour cream and stuff that jacks up the calories on the other kind. I was feeling good about that, but then we got done, and everyone was like, "I'm still hungry... I want dessert," so we went across the street to A&W to get ice cream LOL.
I could have and SHOULD have made the choice not to get anything, but ice cream is my weakness. I ordered a Reese's Polar Swirl, their version of a Blizzard, and it was delightful. I don't think I've had a Blizzard since 2010 either.
So I got home and started entering this stuff on LoseIt, and I was pleased to see that the Taco Bell meal was only 600 some calories instead of the almost 1000 my usual would have been. I was feeling proud of myself for making better choices, and then I remembered the ice cream. Looked it up on LoseIt...
740 CALORIES!
That one little ice cream treat, which was like a small size Blizzard, was more calories than my whole meal at Taco Bell!
Ice cream is the worst, I've found. You'd be appalled at the number of calories in a milkshake at a restaurant. And just eating it out of the carton... a serving is only half a cup, which is SMALL! You eat more than that, and it adds up quickly. I don't know anyone who only scoops out a half cup of ice cream. I don't buy half-gallons or even pints of ice cream anymore because I have no self-control. Instead, I buy Skinny Cow truffle ice cream bars, which are only 100 calories and enough to satisfy the craving. I'll definitely have to post those on the bulletin board thread; they're great!
