RE: help me navigate a pizza place

[Guest guest]

I would do a large salad and only things that are plain......no sauces, dips, or

liquid on them. I bring my own salad dressing so I can load of on it at very

low points. Then I would order some plain breadsticks with marinara sauce and

eat a few......if they are small or 1 large one. And eat your slice of pizza.

I think the hard part for me is having that large pizza right infront of my face

through the entire dinner.

Would you do better if you just ordered a lunch size pizza (personal size?) and

could eat that.

Good luck and remember that there will always be another pizza around the corner

to eat a slice of.

Moe

help me navigate a pizza place

Hello everyone,

If anyone gets this before this evening, let me know your best tips for

eating out at a pizza place.

They have a salad bar, but I really stink at building a healthy salad. (I

usually load up on potato salad - and I know I don't want to do that

tonight!)

So, what's the best strategy? I tend to overeat when I go out for pizza.

Ideally, I'd like to eat one piece of pizza and a big salad. But I'm worried

that I won't stop at one piece. (I've had this happen before where I

rehearse what I'm going to do ahead of time, then once I get there, I

totally blow it)

Can anyone relate to that? Or are you all models of self-control? :-)

in CO

[Guest guest]

I'm sure you've already gone, but here's what we do when we want pizza.

Roy and I are both Wwers. He's still workin' the program (and finding lots

of loopholes, but we all do things our own way), and I'm a lifetimer.

We order one personal sized pizza to split between us, and two all you can

eat salad bars.

I load my plate up with:

Lettuce

Spinach

Carrots

Pepperocini

Brocolli

Cauliflower

A little beans (garbanzos)

Sprouts

Beets

Celery

Cucumbers

Olives (just a few)

A pickle

Then for dressing if they don't have fat free anything I either use my own

(I usually carry a little pouch of fat free ranch, just ask for an extra

when I go to Subway) or I mix low-fat ranch with salsa, or just salsa. Salsa

alone makes an awesome dressing

Sprinkle with some crushed red pepper

Absolutely do NOT touch my plate:

Macaroni salad (it's that cheap one pound for 99c crap anyhow, and it's mayo

based, 1/4 cup is like 3 points...is that worth it?)

Potato salad (same as above)

Pudding (why is pudding IN a salad bar anyhow?)

Canned fruits, but fresh fruits become dessert if there are some (canned

fruits=tons of sugar, might as well just eat candy...tastes better, not as

mushy)

Sesame seeds (not a " bad " thing, but pointy and the pizza is already pointy,

so I don't need the fat or calories)

Croutons (it is bread, soaked in oil, then usually FRIED in oil...how wrong

is that??)

Chow mein noodles (I one time looked at the calories on a package of these,

gained ten pounds, then put them back and went to bed for three

days...they're like free kittens at a grocery store...they look so innocent,

but you get them home and they poop in the corner, eat your couch, and

terrorize your fish, Mr. Krinklebein)

Garlic bread (there is crust on the pizza, I don't need any more than

that...they DOUSE that stuff in butter and no one is saying, " Oh, but we

want to make sure not to use too MUCH butter for the health and welfare of

our customers " so just say no to garlic bread)

Dessert pizza (wrong on many, many levels)

Cheese (it's been sitting out all day and flies have been landing on it,

besides cheese is nasty...or at least that's what I tell myself because I

love the taste of it, but it's way too high in fat and calories and no one

is putting fat free cheese on a salad bar because)

I never EVER go to all you can eat pizza and salad. I can control myself,

Roy can't. He's a pizza fiend.

Then when we get back to the table we chow down on the salad, about halfway

throught he pizza comes. We each get two very small pieces, but we're eating

delicious salads and since we've put lots of variety of vegetables in

different colors, flavors, and textures we're enjoying the salad and our

first " hunger " bout is dealt with so we can actually enjoy the flavor the

pizza without inhaling it.

If we finish the salad and pizza and are still hungry, then good Lord what

is WRONG with us?? No, sometimes we are, we go back for salad.

If you can't do this or you have a family who will push pizza on you, don't

go. It's not worth it if you're serious about losing weight. Pizza and

weight loss do not go hand in hand, especially if you have a weakness for

pizza. Not that you " can't " have it, just that it's something that is pretty

high in points (one piece is from 5-9 points depending on size, and one

piece at Costco, 16 points I KID YOU NOT), and one piece is never enough to

make a meal. The personal pizza alone is going to be 11-17 points or so, so

splitting one makes it worth it. I count the salad for 2-3 points depending

on the beans, dressing, and olives, and being the rebel I am if I go back

for seconds, I don't count any of the free stuff as points the second time

around. Never have...lost over 100 pounds eating lots of freebies. Having

the personal pizza means no leftovers, no " Well there's a piece left, don't

want to waste it " no " picking off the leftovers just eating one slice of

pepperoni, or a little cheese " .

> help me navigate a pizza place

>

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> If anyone gets this before this evening, let me know your

> best tips for eating out at a pizza place.

>

> They have a salad bar, but I really stink at building a

> healthy salad. (I usually load up on potato salad - and I

> know I don't want to do that

> tonight!)

>

> So, what's the best strategy? I tend to overeat when I go out

> for pizza. Ideally, I'd like to eat one piece of pizza and a

> big salad. But I'm worried that I won't stop at one piece.

> (I've had this happen before where I rehearse what I'm going

> to do ahead of time, then once I get there, I totally blow it)

>

> Can anyone relate to that? Or are you all models of self-control? :-)

>

> in CO

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm sure you've already gone, but here's what we do when we want pizza.

Roy and I are both Wwers. He's still workin' the program (and finding lots

of loopholes, but we all do things our own way), and I'm a lifetimer.

We order one personal sized pizza to split between us, and two all you can

eat salad bars.

I load my plate up with:

Lettuce

Spinach

Carrots

Pepperocini

Brocolli

Cauliflower

A little beans (garbanzos)

Sprouts

Beets

Celery

Cucumbers

Olives (just a few)

A pickle

Then for dressing if they don't have fat free anything I either use my own

(I usually carry a little pouch of fat free ranch, just ask for an extra

when I go to Subway) or I mix low-fat ranch with salsa, or just salsa. Salsa

alone makes an awesome dressing

Sprinkle with some crushed red pepper

Absolutely do NOT touch my plate:

Macaroni salad (it's that cheap one pound for 99c crap anyhow, and it's mayo

based, 1/4 cup is like 3 points...is that worth it?)

Potato salad (same as above)

Pudding (why is pudding IN a salad bar anyhow?)

Canned fruits, but fresh fruits become dessert if there are some (canned

fruits=tons of sugar, might as well just eat candy...tastes better, not as

mushy)

Sesame seeds (not a " bad " thing, but pointy and the pizza is already pointy,

so I don't need the fat or calories)

Croutons (it is bread, soaked in oil, then usually FRIED in oil...how wrong

is that??)

Chow mein noodles (I one time looked at the calories on a package of these,

gained ten pounds, then put them back and went to bed for three

days...they're like free kittens at a grocery store...they look so innocent,

but you get them home and they poop in the corner, eat your couch, and

terrorize your fish, Mr. Krinklebein)

Garlic bread (there is crust on the pizza, I don't need any more than

that...they DOUSE that stuff in butter and no one is saying, " Oh, but we

want to make sure not to use too MUCH butter for the health and welfare of

our customers " so just say no to garlic bread)

Dessert pizza (wrong on many, many levels)

Cheese (it's been sitting out all day and flies have been landing on it,

besides cheese is nasty...or at least that's what I tell myself because I

love the taste of it, but it's way too high in fat and calories and no one

is putting fat free cheese on a salad bar because)

I never EVER go to all you can eat pizza and salad. I can control myself,

Roy can't. He's a pizza fiend.

Then when we get back to the table we chow down on the salad, about halfway

throught he pizza comes. We each get two very small pieces, but we're eating

delicious salads and since we've put lots of variety of vegetables in

different colors, flavors, and textures we're enjoying the salad and our

first " hunger " bout is dealt with so we can actually enjoy the flavor the

pizza without inhaling it.

If we finish the salad and pizza and are still hungry, then good Lord what

is WRONG with us?? No, sometimes we are, we go back for salad.

If you can't do this or you have a family who will push pizza on you, don't

go. It's not worth it if you're serious about losing weight. Pizza and

weight loss do not go hand in hand, especially if you have a weakness for

pizza. Not that you " can't " have it, just that it's something that is pretty

high in points (one piece is from 5-9 points depending on size, and one

piece at Costco, 16 points I KID YOU NOT), and one piece is never enough to

make a meal. The personal pizza alone is going to be 11-17 points or so, so

splitting one makes it worth it. I count the salad for 2-3 points depending

on the beans, dressing, and olives, and being the rebel I am if I go back

for seconds, I don't count any of the free stuff as points the second time

around. Never have...lost over 100 pounds eating lots of freebies. Having

the personal pizza means no leftovers, no " Well there's a piece left, don't

want to waste it " no " picking off the leftovers just eating one slice of

pepperoni, or a little cheese " .

> help me navigate a pizza place

>

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> If anyone gets this before this evening, let me know your

> best tips for eating out at a pizza place.

>

> They have a salad bar, but I really stink at building a

> healthy salad. (I usually load up on potato salad - and I

> know I don't want to do that

> tonight!)

>

> So, what's the best strategy? I tend to overeat when I go out

> for pizza. Ideally, I'd like to eat one piece of pizza and a

> big salad. But I'm worried that I won't stop at one piece.

> (I've had this happen before where I rehearse what I'm going

> to do ahead of time, then once I get there, I totally blow it)

>

> Can anyone relate to that? Or are you all models of self-control? :-)

>

> in CO

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm sure you've already gone, but here's what we do when we want pizza.

Roy and I are both Wwers. He's still workin' the program (and finding lots

of loopholes, but we all do things our own way), and I'm a lifetimer.

We order one personal sized pizza to split between us, and two all you can

eat salad bars.

I load my plate up with:

Lettuce

Spinach

Carrots

Pepperocini

Brocolli

Cauliflower

A little beans (garbanzos)

Sprouts

Beets

Celery

Cucumbers

Olives (just a few)

A pickle

Then for dressing if they don't have fat free anything I either use my own

(I usually carry a little pouch of fat free ranch, just ask for an extra

when I go to Subway) or I mix low-fat ranch with salsa, or just salsa. Salsa

alone makes an awesome dressing

Sprinkle with some crushed red pepper

Absolutely do NOT touch my plate:

Macaroni salad (it's that cheap one pound for 99c crap anyhow, and it's mayo

based, 1/4 cup is like 3 points...is that worth it?)

Potato salad (same as above)

Pudding (why is pudding IN a salad bar anyhow?)

Canned fruits, but fresh fruits become dessert if there are some (canned

fruits=tons of sugar, might as well just eat candy...tastes better, not as

mushy)

Sesame seeds (not a " bad " thing, but pointy and the pizza is already pointy,

so I don't need the fat or calories)

Croutons (it is bread, soaked in oil, then usually FRIED in oil...how wrong

is that??)

Chow mein noodles (I one time looked at the calories on a package of these,

gained ten pounds, then put them back and went to bed for three

days...they're like free kittens at a grocery store...they look so innocent,

but you get them home and they poop in the corner, eat your couch, and

terrorize your fish, Mr. Krinklebein)

Garlic bread (there is crust on the pizza, I don't need any more than

that...they DOUSE that stuff in butter and no one is saying, " Oh, but we

want to make sure not to use too MUCH butter for the health and welfare of

our customers " so just say no to garlic bread)

Dessert pizza (wrong on many, many levels)

Cheese (it's been sitting out all day and flies have been landing on it,

besides cheese is nasty...or at least that's what I tell myself because I

love the taste of it, but it's way too high in fat and calories and no one

is putting fat free cheese on a salad bar because)

I never EVER go to all you can eat pizza and salad. I can control myself,

Roy can't. He's a pizza fiend.

Then when we get back to the table we chow down on the salad, about halfway

throught he pizza comes. We each get two very small pieces, but we're eating

delicious salads and since we've put lots of variety of vegetables in

different colors, flavors, and textures we're enjoying the salad and our

first " hunger " bout is dealt with so we can actually enjoy the flavor the

pizza without inhaling it.

If we finish the salad and pizza and are still hungry, then good Lord what

is WRONG with us?? No, sometimes we are, we go back for salad.

If you can't do this or you have a family who will push pizza on you, don't

go. It's not worth it if you're serious about losing weight. Pizza and

weight loss do not go hand in hand, especially if you have a weakness for

pizza. Not that you " can't " have it, just that it's something that is pretty

high in points (one piece is from 5-9 points depending on size, and one

piece at Costco, 16 points I KID YOU NOT), and one piece is never enough to

make a meal. The personal pizza alone is going to be 11-17 points or so, so

splitting one makes it worth it. I count the salad for 2-3 points depending

on the beans, dressing, and olives, and being the rebel I am if I go back

for seconds, I don't count any of the free stuff as points the second time

around. Never have...lost over 100 pounds eating lots of freebies. Having

the personal pizza means no leftovers, no " Well there's a piece left, don't

want to waste it " no " picking off the leftovers just eating one slice of

pepperoni, or a little cheese " .

> help me navigate a pizza place

>

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> If anyone gets this before this evening, let me know your

> best tips for eating out at a pizza place.

>

> They have a salad bar, but I really stink at building a

> healthy salad. (I usually load up on potato salad - and I

> know I don't want to do that

> tonight!)

>

> So, what's the best strategy? I tend to overeat when I go out

> for pizza. Ideally, I'd like to eat one piece of pizza and a

> big salad. But I'm worried that I won't stop at one piece.

> (I've had this happen before where I rehearse what I'm going

> to do ahead of time, then once I get there, I totally blow it)

>

> Can anyone relate to that? Or are you all models of self-control? :-)

>

> in CO

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

ROFLMBO...........the whole e-mail amused me, but this just really made me

laugh....going to save this for a later time. Humor's a great way over those

rough areas!! Thanks!

D.

RE: help me navigate a pizza place

Chow mein noodles (I one time looked at the calories on a package of these,

gained ten pounds, then put them back and went to bed for three

days...they're like free kittens at a grocery store...they look so innocent,

but you get them home and they poop in the corner, eat your couch, and

terrorize your fish, Mr. Krinklebein)

[Guest guest]

ROFLMBO...........the whole e-mail amused me, but this just really made me

laugh....going to save this for a later time. Humor's a great way over those

rough areas!! Thanks!

D.

RE: help me navigate a pizza place

Chow mein noodles (I one time looked at the calories on a package of these,

gained ten pounds, then put them back and went to bed for three

days...they're like free kittens at a grocery store...they look so innocent,

but you get them home and they poop in the corner, eat your couch, and

terrorize your fish, Mr. Krinklebein)

[Guest guest]

I should have clarified:

KITTENS: Poop, eat the couch, terrorize poor Mr. Krinklebein (who hasn't

been the same since)

CHOW MEIN NOODLES: The food devil in disguise, but as far as I know do not

poop in the corner and Krinklebein hasn't shown any irrational fear towards

them.

Glad I gave you a chuckle this morning. When I'm sick I'm very prolific with

my emails because my computer is next to my comfy chair.

> Re: help me navigate a pizza place

>

>

> ROFLMBO...........the whole e-mail amused me, but this just

> really made me laugh....going to save this for a later time.

> Humor's a great way over those rough areas!! Thanks!

>

> D.

> RE: help me navigate a

> pizza place

>

>

>

> Chow mein noodles (I one time looked at the calories on a

> package of these,

> gained ten pounds, then put them back and went to bed for three

> days...they're like free kittens at a grocery store...they

> look so innocent,

> but you get them home and they poop in the corner, eat your

> couch, and

> terrorize your fish, Mr. Krinklebein)

>

>

>

>