going to Applebee's tonight - any suggestions???

So I was planning on really staying on track all day (and night) today & my sister invites me to Applebees for a late night snack (8 pm ish) & she already suggested nachos!  Now, I know that is one of the worst things to eat since one serving (around the edge with hardly anything on it) would be like 7 nachos out of the pile.  She is not calorie counting & I don't want to be all high & mightly acting like I never eat anything unhealthy.  But truth be told I have a bad week going already, So what would you do? 

i believe they have a weight watchers menu.. i would order something off of there

Don't go and reschedule for another night.

Go and drink water.

Order a side salad and let her munch on the nachos.

Don't get me wrong, it's okay to have a "cheat meal", but not the whole week as your post seems to indicate.

The fact of the matter is that life comes up and eventually you will be forced to make decisions. Are you losing weight for you? Are you telling others that you are working on it? What got you into your current situation in the first place?

Until you are strong enough to be able to stand up and make the right decision for you, your journey will be difficult. I speak from experience! You need to surround yourself with supportive people and situations until you have a full grasp on what you are doing and why. In the meantime, avoid other situations or learn to step up to them.

Good luck with your choice tonight, I hope you feel successful!

Go to the Applebee's website and look up the nutrition info on all the foods first.  That way you can make your decision on what to eat before you go.  If you don't want nachos just say you don't feel like eating nachos lol.  If she insists she can eat them while you'll be happy with the more healthier option.

Thanks everyone - I called & ckd the internet to verify calorie counts because they do not publish them & the winner is a chili lime chicken salad which was even lab tested which found that it has only 250 calories (but 2 g more fat but still only has 8 g).   Since this is a life-long system I'll have to learn to adjust to these situations as they come up.  I am going to suggest a vege appetizer rather than the nachos but either way I am reserving 150 calories for either a few nachos with plain salsa or one slice of the vege thin pizza. 

Also, doing the treadmill when I get home for at least 30-45 minutes!

thanks again cc'ers!

it seems like u already know how you're going to attack the night, but something i do when i know im going out to eat is restirct my calories slightly during the day so I don't feel guilty if i eat a little more and this way I can still enjoy myself without thinking too much about the affects. Also, u don't need to necessarily order the "healthy" stuff. You could eat nachos but only eat a couple of them and very slowly to let ur sister eat most of them and u can always share a meal or even if u order ur own, portion yourself and box up the rest.

the chili lime chicken salad isn't good.

Your sister has no right to expect you to conform to her vision of what you should eat - who cares what she thinks, you are your own person and you can do what ever you want with your body.

I think it is ignorant/rude for people to tell others what to eat - since you have had a bad week, you know you will feel better if you give your body a rest and fuel it with clean minimally processed foods for a few days.

Once you get back on track you will definitely be able to handle normal situations where you can eat some popcorn or chocolate at the movies and no have to worry about it

The most important thing is to do what feels right! If you have had dinner you before going to meet your sister you will save money, and not even my hungry for a snack and if you are you can always bring some fruit or nuts, or order a salad off the menu

If you would enjoy having a snack while meeting your sister, then I recommend already having a LIGHT dinner so you are “ full enough” but still have some room saved to enjoy a snack with her!

And if you eat dinner before hand, you are less likely to indulge in nacho’s or do something you will regret because you won’t be as hungry, and you will feel less likely to blow your calories if you have already eaten.

ugh i hate it when friends and family want to go out to eat!  they always pick places like crapplebees!  about 2 weeks after i started counting calories, my mom wanted to go there for her birthday.  it took me like 3 days of research to decide on the grilled chicken with broccoli and potatoes with a side salad and grilled shrimp skewers.  it was really good and ended up being like 500 calories total.  but i can't see going there all the time and just getting that.

crapplebees sucks.  they won't publish their nutrition info, and when they did, they lied!  i read somewhere that there's actually a class action lawsuit against them because they flat out lied about the nutrition info on their weight watchers menu.  apparently all those items had like twice the fat and calories that they claimed.  that's insane!

last night my bf and i were talking about that.  how in the world do they put so many calories in their food?  it's like they inject extra calories just to piss us off...

The thing is, some places just want their costumers to just shut up and enjoy the food without thinking about calories!

It is fine to focus on taste, why should they dedicate their whole restaurant to people trying to watch their weight? But I do not think it would be too much trouble for restaurants to have a small “ light options menu” where there are some tasty salads, and grilled chicken and fish with vegetables.

That way, more people are likely to come! Think about the extra money restaurants would make! There are HEAPS of families that have SOME ONE in them that counts calories and avoids fatty meals at restaurants!

Having a SMALL menu with tasty salads and simple steamed fish and vegetables would make more families go there, because they know they can take the “ dieters” or “ calorie conscious” people in their family!

And also, calories conscious people would hear about the place and request to go there with their families.