Today was my first real post-band restaurant experience. I was in New York City with a friend (looking for her wedding dress, yay)! After shlepping around SoHo we stopped in for a late brunch at Dos Caminos. I was there in mid-December and ate nearly everything on my plate, plus chips, salsa and guacamole.
Boy, was today different.
First of all, I haven't had any food I could chew until today. I found a dish on the menu with poached eggs and swiped some of my friend's black beans (don't know if they were refried or just mashed, but they were mushy - perfect texture).
It was great, and it was tough.
What I ordered: Quesadilla Benedict - ham, cheese and black bean quesadilla, poached eggs, roasted poblano hollandaise. My meal came with a huge portion of breakfast potatoes on the side.
What I ate: one poached egg and about a tablespoon of black beans, plus half a forkful of guacamole. I was full after that, truly full. But that doesn't mean I was mentally ready to stop eating.
What I wanted to eat: All of it. Seriously. It looked sooooo good. Lucky for me, all of your blogger voices and advice (SLOW. TEENY BITES. STOP EARLY) were reverberating in my mind, and good sense prevailed. I stopped.
It's a whole new world.
Kristin - -that is so crazy! I was at the Soho DC today for brunch as well. . and you ordered my favorite dish -- which I had as well! Hope you had a great time!!
ReplyDeleteOh, it's so hard realising we can no longer put away what we used to .. which I guess now has it's goods and bads.
ReplyDeleteGoods because well, it's probably what got us to this point in the first place (why does everyone have such huge servings placed in front of them?) and bad, well, because WE WANT TO EAT IT ALL!!
Congrats on just picking at the good bits. Might be time to just start ordering an entree. I still struggle with this a bit - Oh, I am still going to be hungry after this little amount - but I never am. So yayy!
Sounds like you had a fun time. Soho sounds so exciting.. One day I will get there.. it's on the list of places to see!!
Good for you Kristin. I understand the weird feeling of having so much food and stopping yourself for fear of overdoing it. YOu are doing great!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job, for me restaurant eating is still very difficult. I still end up trying to eat more than I should, Kudos to you for being strong!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dee. It really was more that I was scared (still just two weeks post-op) than strong. But I guess it's good to start good habits now.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine trying to do this in New Orleans, where the food is soooo good, and so rich. I'd have trouble at restaurants down there too!
You did great! It is so weird for me to leave food on my plate, I did it last night in the restaurant and it still just seems so wrong to me. Thank goodness the mind and band are stronger than the urge to eat it all!
ReplyDeleteHa! I'm headed there today. LOVE! And I order that exact meal but with a prickly pair margarita!! xoxo
ReplyDeleteYup! Me too I totally still havent completely grasped the concept of eating at a restaurant and frequently order WAY to much and the wrong things texture wise.
ReplyDeleteHey, next time let's us now I know that NYC bandsters would love to get together !!