Lunch with friends who don't diet

January 14, 12:05 pm: For lunch I went with a couple of buddies from work to Red Robin (http://www.redrobin.org/). This is our staple restraint because it can accommodate our appetites and diets. Regardless of how you’re eating on a particular day, you can get what you want. For example, since this was diet Day 1—I got a chicken breast and salad with non-fat dressing (yes, I’ve learned). My friend Bill ordered a huge hamburger that held a fried egg and enough cheese to fit in my shoe (size 10—the only thing that hasn’t grown on me in 15 years). Bill was falling off the wagon for this meal. Normally the strongest of us yo-yo types. Throughout November and December he lost 40 pounds on the Lindora program (http://www.lindorahealthclinics.com/). Pretty impressive, although it’s fairly expensive to join. You can read about it on your own, but the foundation of the diet (uh, lifestyle change) is to limit carbs to almost nothing. I’ve teased Bill that as soon as he eats a crouton he will morph back to his fat dude self weight. Secretly I want that to happen, although I’m not sure why. My jealousy may be because he’s made it seem too easy, or because he can afford the program and I can’t, or most likely it’s because fat-Bill is always guilty-Bill and guilty-Bill always ends picking up the lunch tab. For some odd reason that I don’t inquire about, when Bill is fat, he more liberal with his money. I know, I need counseling (more on that later). I don’t remember what Steve had for lunch, but I do recall him cleaning out Bill’s all-you-can-eat fries (one of the reasons that Red Robin is popular). I had some of Bill’s fries too… about four, or ten… I can’t remember. I did remember I was supposed to eat good today but it was really difficult when Mrs. Refill Waitress kept bringing all of us Bill’s fries. Eventually I asked him to remove them to his side of the table.