Olive Garden hates me.

[SandyL2002]

Olive Garden is one of the places I avoid...I am just not satisfied eating substitue stuff around all that pasta and noodles..

But one way to get out eating the stuff you don't want is to stay the Doctor says I am prediabetic and I have to watch what I eat in Carbs... They wouldn't question you then...

[daquix]

Originally Posted by chunk!

If this is in the wrong place, please feel free to move it. There are so many different forums to choose from here....

Anyway, you all know it's SCARY MONTH when it comes to eating healthy. I survived Thanksgiving but this year for the December holidays, we are having three holiday parties at work [not to mention a party my aunt is throwing, but I'm not going to have any trouble with food selection at her party so I won't add it to my question]...

Basically, party #3 is on December 20: This is the one I am most worried about. My boss is buying us lunch today, and it seems like the general consensus is for Olive Garden. I obviously didn't vote because I didn't want my food preferences as they are right now during induction [and are otherwise picky, anyway] to have any sort of impact on other people's enjoyment of the food. HOWEVER - (1) I have never liked Italian food, and (2) PASTA. How anti-Atkins can you possibly GET, right? This is my dilemma... I think we can order individual meals - I'm not sure - but I'm not familiar with their menu at all and need some help. Is there ANYTHING at Olive Garden [aside from salads] that someone on induction can eat? We will be getting it take-out style so it's not like I will really have the opportunity to browse the menu, but I am also in that stage of Atkins where I haven't quite yet learned how to develop good choice-making skills because I haven't had to yet (still on induction, not to OWL yet). So for you Olive Garden Lovers - helllp. Any ideas?

I know it seems obvious to most of you: request an Atkins-friendly meal, right? Well, I'm kind of Atkins-cognito. I REALLY find diet stuff a personal topic IRL and I don't want to tell anybody I'm doing Atkins [or trying to lose weight in general] - it's just nobody's business. And I don't care what people THINK, but the people in my office would probably not be too supportive of anything like that and I just kind of want to be left alone about it. Okay, there's my excuse. Help me continue to be Atkins-cognito. People are going to seriously start thinking I have an eating disorder because I don't gorge on whatever everyone else eats LOL

www.olivegarden.com < - they list menus there, if you can take a look and let me know what you think. this whole thing sounds like a bad idea but so many people just loooove Italian food and I don't want to make a stink about it... that's really selfish, you know?

If you don't like Italian food, this must be the easiest diet you have ever been on, huh? I am Italian and thus LOVE everything Italian, and thus the diet is a bit of a struggle, but its cool to see the other side of it! Good luck!

[hrgillespie]

This is obviously an old post so my thoughts will be way outdated. I don't have an Olive garden near me but my sister does and when she was following the Atkins Plan she loved eating there .......... she would always order their grilled chicken breast with a side of alfredo sauce. They make it there and it has no added sugars ........ I believe the ingrediants are heavy cream/ parmesean/ butter and garlic ........ all things you can have and it's delicious! Add that to a nice large salad and some grilled veggies and you will be in heaven!