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Restaurant Lessons I Should Know

Last night John and I went out to eat in a rather late celebration of our anniversary. We rarely go out to eat, so this was a special occasion. We went to one of the nicer restaurants here in town, one that we generally go to just for our anniversary or other special event. In [...]

Winning the Drive Thru Wars

I’ve written before about my former life as a secret drive-thru queen.  I told you how, as if on auto pilot, my car would veer into any open drive-thru window.  I also confessed how I would sometimes even order two meals so the cashier wouldn’t think I was going to eat all that food by [...]

Value Sized or Dangerously Sized?

When I was a big girl I loved to eat huge amounts of food. Chip bags – the whole thing. Cookie trays – both. Cracker sleeves – two. I always thought “the more food the better.” This was especially true when dining at a restaurant or driving thru their window. Why have a small size [...]

Is Fast Food Ever Okay?

Can you eat fast food and still lose weight? Or, if you are just working on eating healthy food to maintain a certain weight, can you still eat fast food?
Well, I think that depends on how you are looking at fast food. When I was morbidly obese, fast food was my friend. I loved swinging [...]

Free Food That Isn’t Free

When is free food not free? When the free food adds inches to your waistline and pounds to your scale. When the free food has enough calories in it to qualify as a separate meal, and when instead of being free, it binds you further into your own downward spiral of unhappiness with your weight.
What [...]

Restaurant Buffets are Fun for Heavy People

Buffet restaurants are fabulous for the heavy person! I loved buffet restaurants when I was obese. Given the choice between my favorite Mexican restaurant, which was great, or Ryan’s buffet restaurant, I’d choose Ryan’s almost without fail. The anticipation of unlimited, uncensored food was like heaven to me. Driving to the restaurant I’d think about [...]

Restaurant Booths and Weight Issues

Okay, let’s be honest here, if you can’t fit in a restaurant booth, you probably shouldn’t be eating there.  After all, restaurants are supposed to be very accommodating.  They want to make a profit, and they want people to visit them.  A lot of restaurants design the comfort of their seating based on how long [...]

Drive Thru Secrets of a Fat Girl

You’re in your car alone.  The CD is playing, the air conditioning is on, the traffic isn’t too annoying.  Did I mention that you are alone?  For me, driving alone in a car was open season on fast food drive thrus.  There was something about driving by myself that made me hungry.  And I was never hungry for [...]