Red Lobster

[HollyJay]

You know how sometimes you go to a restaurant and think "I'm not even gonna think about how many calories I'm eating tonight" because you know it's gonna be about 1 million? And then you get your food and take one bite and change your mind- it's gotta be 2 million.

Ok, so I can't do that anymore or I'll die of excruciating pain. Yay surgery. But my in-laws sent us gift cards to Red Lobster for our anniversary, and we had to use them at some point, so we went tonight. I figured I'd get a side skewer of grilled shrimp or something and just drool longingly over whatever my husband ordered.

I asked the guy for their nutritional info. Looked inside. Thought "No way. Something has GOT to be wrong here." I read through the whole thing trying to find the catch- the serving sizes must be 1/10 of a plate. It must only be the veggies they're listing. It must be the glass of water and the smell of their biscuits.

Nope. No catch.

So I ordered their 280 calorie grilled seafood platter with seafood-stuffed sole, grilled scallops and shrimp. 280 calories. And I ate 1/3 of it. Every bite tasted like the million calories I had expected to see in the booklet. And it didn't hurt my tummy.

I ate 90 calories at Red Lobster. And got full. Amazing.


(Btw, the calamari appetizer I would have eaten half of BEFORE DINNER pre-surgery? 1500 calories and 98g of fat for the plate. )

[MissAshley214]

I'm for Red Lobster now LOL

[HollyJay]

I think it's going to be my new favorite place! There were like 10 different things I could have ordered under 500 calories. And since I only eat like 1/3 or less of what's there that's pretty dang good! I honestly expected there to be not one single thing I could eat there.

I am SO PLEASED about this discovery

[MissAshley214]

Honestly, I NEVER would've thought that they would have anything even slightly healthy. I'm kinda glad that I know now because even though I physically can eat all those calories, does NOT mean that I need to

[Nichole]

I love red lobster but DH isn't a fan. Totally sucks for me! We don't ever go there!

[HollyJay]

Originally Posted by MissAshley214 Honestly, I NEVER would've thought that they would have anything even slightly healthy. I'm kinda glad that I know now because even though I physically can eat all those calories, does NOT mean that I need to

I know, right? The gift cards were for Red Lobster or Olive Garden and we were going to go to OG because I thought they would have more options for me, but we couldn't find it so we did RL instead. Lucky we couldn't find it! Mmmmmmmm I can't wait to eat some leftovers for breakfast.

[HollyJay]

Originally Posted by Nichole I love red lobster but DH isn't a fan. Totally sucks for me! We don't ever go there!

Awww! Well the one here is far far away, which is annoying, so maybe that's a good thing

[apimay]

I could go and just eat the biscuits, I've tried the copycat recipes but they aren't the same..

[Nichole]

Now I'm really hungry and I'm not suppose to be eating this late at night.

[HollyJay]

Originally Posted by Nichole Now I'm really hungry and I'm not suppose to be eating this late at night.

Sorry. I fail.