[shashaffff]

Hey everyone!

Thursday will be my last drop day (hhCG) which means that I'm starting maintenance Sunday. My bf's parents are inviting us to a restaurant to talk about a cruise we'll be on this Christmas. It's not really an event that I can avoid so I need your help to choose the most maintenance-friendly meal on the menu.

Here is the link for the menu: http://www.st-hubert.com/menu/envedette.en.html

Thanks for your help!

[M1zdL0hh]

Of those choices, I would go with the chicken breast on garden salad... it looks like the breast is not breaded or anything. Just ask them to leave off the seasonings and bring you some lemon to squeeze over it...

[truportodfa]

Usually restaurants are really easy to eat in on P3, but this is a depressing choice.

I'd get what Firegirl suggested or else grilled chicken with extra vegetables, if their vegetables are non-starchy.

[esenesesinas]

I'd just like to say I love that menu....it's like European fast food...fries with everything but some good protein options and cooked with health in mind (fried foods in canola oil and looks like real chicken).

[googlopharm]

Usually restaurants are really easy to eat in on P3, ... Personally, restaurants are how I got into this mess to begin with. I live in the land of endless, high-quality, low-cost buffets. (Ever had all the Dungeoness crab you can eat for $16 for 2?) It is just so easy to mess up.

My suggestions are:

1. No carbs - that means no rice, no pasta, no potatoes.
2. That leaves veggies and protein.
3. Veggies - salad, with dressing on the side. Ranch is usually very low carb, oil & vin is better. Get dressing on the side and just dab your fork into the dressing to add a "taste."
4. Protein - If it has a sauce, I can't have it. Sauces are usually loaded with everything from carbs to sugar.

Chef's Salad
Lately I have discovered the joy of a chef's salad. Did you know that there is a BIG difference in the calories of "cooked" and "baked" ham? " Baked and sugar-cured hams have 60 calories per oz., while cooked" ham (actually it is boiled) has only 30 calories per oz. That makes it as good a low-calorie meal as shrimp! Only crab will be slightly lower.

So, imagine a chef salad - 3 oz of cooked ham (90 cal.), 1 oz of Swiss cheese (200 cal.), 3 oz of turkey breast (90 cal.), 1 hard-boiled egg, white only (15 cal.), 1 tsp olive oil (40 cal.) - total is 435 calories.

Actually, I do not eat the cheese because in many restaurants you get something called "cheese food" will will really zoom the calories up. Instead, I double the eggs (but do not eat the yolks - w/yolks it jumps to 78 cal.), add 1/4 an avocado (70 cal), and smother the whole mess in white onions.

The entire meal is:
ham & turkey = 180 cal
2 egg whites = 30
1/4 avocado = 70
1 tsp olive oil = 40
lots of lettuce and onions = 20

Total = 360

Note you can easily switch the protein to shrimp or crab, but not CANNED crab! It won't taste near as good and has far more calories.

Heck, if you are really hungry, on P3 you can make it 5oz of ham and turkey and only jump to 480 cals.


Dave

[etdgxcnc]

What about the chicken wing plate with a side salad? The wings look naked, and you wouldn't have to worry about anything being injected into the bird like they do with some breast meats and such.

LOVE my chicken wings in P3!!

[Pashtet]

I think I'd go with the chicken on salad. It's pretty innocuous. Calories don't matter so you could go with the chicken wings as long as you know for sure there isn't any sauce on it.

[Paiblyelaxy]

LOVE my chicken wings in P3!! Yeah! I did 13 chicken wings just the other day. Big ones... Actually 6.5 wings. That was probably about 700 calories and worth every one!

Can't do it very often.

Tomorrow at lunch I will be having salad with 2 cans of anchovies in olive oil.

I take the anchovies and cut them even smaller than they already are. It is a very intense flavor! Two cans, that's 100 calories total (including ALL the olive oil, which becomes the dressing for the salad).


Grammy, I have a question...

Next week we can have 1 carb per day. Does that mean we could have (say) pizza for lunch? And does that make the carb for the entire day "bread?" How is that supposed to work?


Dave

[staisacic]

1 carb per day? Where did you get that, Dave? If you're talking about P4, there is no set limit. It's good to ease into trying other foods so I wouldn't eat a ton of carbs all in one day just because you can, but there's nothing about the carb count in Pounds and Inches.