Day 29 - Ah ha Ahi Tuna

13 lbs lighter (I hope!)
Day 1 in the park was awesome both in fun and in my ability to stay on plan. We walked the 5 blocks into the park and managed to get on all our favorite rides the first day. My tuna strategy went off without a hitch. Another key discovery was that free ice water was fairly easy to come by in the park. Why everyone kept buying the $4 bottles of Dasani was beyond us. I was able to make my shakes and keep up my 64 oz of water consumption all day.

We decided to eat dinner out of the park and walked to a new strip with a bunch of restaurants. My husband and I gasped when discovering there was a Roy’s. We have both always wanted to eat at one of these but haven’t had the chance. The menu was so mouthwatering with a vast number of fresh and diet friendly choices. We were then crushed to discover that Roy’s didn’t offer childcare back in the kitchen where they would chuck my kids hot dogs while we dined in style. Major sigh, when the realization dawned that we would not spend $200 on a meal for us AND the kids.

We finally settled on Cheesecake factory. After pouring over the menu to ensure I was making the best possible choice, I was down to 2 different Ahi tuna dishes. I consulted with our server to see if I could get the dish altered to only have seared fish and veggies. She assured me I could and recommended the better choice of the two. It came and was beautiful. So delicious! The best I have had in so long…. hmm, a little too delicious is what my inner voice kept needling. Damn inner voice wouldn’t shut up so at the end of the meal, I just had to ask our server if she knew the calories of what I ate. She then whips out the calorie guide which I failed to see when we started. That Seared Ahi turned out to be 1600 calories! This is 300 calories more than my total daily allotted intake. “What the f@#$%!” I exclaimed. Ugh! To make matters worse, the much debated 2nd menu choice turned out to be the lowest calorie item on their entire menu at 286 calories. I WAS PISSED!!! My husband practically spit out his drink laughing upon this discovery. Then, my oldest son pipes in with “Mom, you could have had 3 Big Macs!” He quit laughing when he saw the look of death from me. I ate canned tuna on lettuce today for goodness sakes. I felt totally duped. Good think we walked about 7 miles that day or I would have been doomed.

Hard lesson, read the calorie counts first not last or just don’t ask.