Idiot - went out to fattening lunch!

I brought my lunch today.  Black bean salad and a piece of chicken...  all healthy and everything.

I knew the boss was in town, and he liked to go out to lunch - but thought "well, I'll just respectfully decline and eat my healthy lunch"

boss says "you wanna go to lunch?" what do I say...  "sure" and tell myself I'll just get something healthy at the resaurant.

Boss says "where do you wanna go" and I say "I dont care" and tell myself "well, you should suggest somewhere that's got healthy stuff - but eh, you can get something that's ok anywhere".

Boss says "Ok, we'll go the Lancasters"  Now for ya'll that ain't from 'round here Lancasters is THE greatest barbeque place in the world - and the most fattening - the one place that doesnt have ANYTHING healthy.

I tell myself - well, I'll just get something small.  you can guess how that turned out.

So here I sit, lazy from a long lunch on a hot day, full of barbeque, beans, fries, wings and hushpuppies and beer.  God, I'm an idiot.

hey, at least is was light beer, right?

I always do that! My roommate calls me up..."hey, wanna meet for lunch?" I think "no, thanks! I'll eat my salad and protein bar." But no, I always say yes...go way overboard.

I feel ya. Yay for light beer.

yeah everyone has a bad day/meal I did the exact same thing yesterday.  but in the long run the good days out number the bad

so.. you ate 1 bad meal.. why would that undo all you've done so far??? 

one meal is not the end of the world!  don't let it be

Why do people go out for these great fantastic meals and kick themselves?  Dude, enjoy the meal you had!  Savor it!  Don't regret it, don't kick yourself...enjoy what you did and then go back to the normal eating.  One meal didn't make you fat to begin with, and one meal won't undo all the work you've done.  Call it a "moment of weakness" call it "stupid" call it whatever you want, as long as you call it damn good food and move on :)

Oh, I know it's not the end of the world, I I'll be back on track with my next meal...   I'm just venting (and honestly, mostly just for comedic effect) because I ate SOOO much and feel guilty about it.

but guilt serves no purpose!  i hate guilt.. i've spent my whole life being guilty about EVERYTHING i eat!  no more of that!  :) 

and good.. glad to hear you're not making this into something that will derail you.. :)  and feel free to vent away.. it's good for the soul!  ;)

dude your lunch sounds great. just think of all the nutrients in the food. your meats got proteins, your beans has fiber, your fries has carbs. So why are you stressed. Like finewine said enjoy is, savor it.  :)

Forgive yourself and you'll be good babe. Everyone does it, just learn from it and never dwell on the past. It will prohibit you from moving forward! :)

We've all been there. I've done it too. You just fall right into a trap, and you can see it coming, you are familiar with this trap, but even so, in you go. Afterward you can't believe you did it. Have a light dinner and chalk it up to experience and That's Just Life. :)

That lunch sounds absolutely delicious, cant say that I blame you!

Yesterday I went out for company lunch and got the biggest, most fattening Caesar Salad with salmon on the face of the earth. Well I paid for it that night on the toilet...Sorry. :)

You went out to lunch with the boss and had beer?  I wish our company would allow us to have beer during working hours!

haha I went out to lunch too.   I ordered this chicken salad thinking that sounds healthy,  but its loaded with feta cheese and the chicken is marinated, olives, dressing....anyways, i think it added up to a lot of cals, plus I ordered brownie and ice cream with someone for dessert..... crap.    well now I just got to get my butt to the gym tonight

We all do it, we all will continue to do it and no matter what, we cant avoid doing it.  I am just learning, that is the way it is. Not to beat myself up when I do it OR get that  deep guilt feeling so I really go off the deep end. I try not to think of this as a diet, but now just as a new way of eating. Only into my second week, last week 6.5 lbs, water weight for sure, but this week 1 lb so far. Have a long way to go and I will get there this time. I feel it for sure. Not to mention my husband is taking me to Hawaii next year. Gives me plenty of time to get ready....

Bad, bad, bad. I was bad for lunch too. Our company orders catered lunch every thursday. This week was olive garden. I was kind of good (in the sense that I didn't order the Tour of Italy like I used to) I ordered the soup, salad and breadsticks (minus the breadsticks). That should have been great right? A vegetable-based low-fat, low-cal soup and a big old salad isn't bad right? Wrong. I forgot that they did not just give everyone two breadsticks in individually wrapped baggies. They sent over two large bags full of breadsticks. Two words:

*oink, oink*

Not gonna beat myself up about it though, I've been good for 2 weeks straight now.