OOPS!!! (Off-Plan) Meal Alert!!

I'm afraid I tested the dairy theory a bit prematurely! My hubby and I went out to eat last night in celebration of my birthday, and it was not a good whole30 experience.  We went to Bob Evans and I had a choice between chicken breasts with broccoli and fresh fruit, or a cobb salad. Because chicken breasts prepared in a restaurant are typically quite tasteless, and the broccoli is not always cooked to suit me either, I chose the salad.  I would have been safer with the chicken breast for sure!

I gave the waitress my order, explaining that I did not desire any cheese or croutons, and would like oil & vinegar rather than the blue cheese dressing suggested on the menu.  I also requested that she not bring the bread that was included in my meal.  She immediately explained that they do not offer oil & vinegar and suggested a balsamic vinaigrette.  I sighed and told her that I would try it.  She assured me that if it was not to my liking that I could get a different dressing, but of course, that was not the problem. 

When my order arrived, I noticed right away that she had failed miserably in following my instructions.  There was cheese on my salad and she plopped a basket with three homemade rolls right under my nose.  The rolls were not just for myself, but I felt that three was more than was necessary for just my husband, as he would never eat that many in one sitting.  Now, I definitely had the option of asking the waitress to start all over from scratch with my salad, but being extremely hungry at that point, I chose to keep my mouth shut and eat it the way it was.  Additionally, I tried the vinaigrette dressing and could not stomach it.  It was wayyyy too sweet!  Since I had already failed to comply with the program as it is set forth, and the vinaigrette was off-plan as well (SUGAR!) I chose to ask the waitress to bring me the blue cheese dressing.  

Besides that, the evening went extremely well!  My husband chose to order one of their deals where dessert is included in the meal, and I did not even ask for a bite of his hot fudge sundae!

Today, however, I ran into a little problem at a restaurant yet again!  I went with a large group of people to a favorite burger place, and was prepared as to how I would order and eat my burger (I had even brought my own paleo mayo!), but this was not enough! I had the famous Clyde burger and asked her to do it low carb with mustard, pickle, lettuce, tomato, and onion.  When I got my burger it had....yep, you guessed it!!! CHEESE!  Once again, I was way too hungry to send it back! Sometimes you just cannot win, I guess.  From here on out, I vow to avoid restaurants at all costs!!