The Ring Leader Impediment

My husband, Lil O, and I are riding down the road looking for a place to eat. My husband, (forever more to be known as MH) suggested Sonic. I immediately start to look on My Fitness Pal to see what I could order. When we get there I see the burger to end all burgers. THE RING LEADER! Now to give you a little background: When I first started thinking about trying to lose weight, you know after I found the spare tire. I went to Sonic with the family and saw this new burger. It has two slices of cheese four slices of bacon, grilled onions, lettuce, tomato, pickle, and an onion ring….. I know right, and to top things off I added chili to it. Well faced with this I am in a frenzy trying to find how many calories it has. I mean I allow myself to cheat every 2 weeks or so. This could be my cheat, right. So after a few mins of searching but not being able to find the amount of calories it contains, I start to think to myself. The logical side of my brain is saying order the chicken wrap or the grilled chicken sandwich on the wheat bun. I am sorry but that wrap was out as soon as it came to mind. A tortilla should only be used to make things that end in an O; Taco, burrito, Chili con queso.  Anyway the other side of my brain said, oh these other burgers are like 300 to 400 calories, just don’t add the chili get the small tots and the diet drink, you’ll be fine. Meanwhile my heart is chanting BURGER, BURGER, BURGER. Well since that logical side was out voted two to one, I got the burger. While we were waiting for them to bring our food I figured I would put the name into MFP (My Fitness Pal) and see if it would come up that way. Oh Boy and it did! That one burger alone was over 1200 calories. WHAT! I told MH and he asked me what I wanted to do. After a little thought I let logic win. I told him to cancel my order and just have them bring me the grilled chicken on the wheat bun. He pressed the button and as the lady ask us what we needed I saw our carhop out of the corner of my eye. Never mind said MH and a part of me was secretly happy, while the rest of my body screamed THIS IS SO BAD. Even though I knew it was wrong my mouth still watered. I took that first bite and….. It was not as good as I remembered. Actually it really kind of tasted funny, but I ate it anyway. However as I sat there eating this subpar burger I thought to myself I will never eat this again. I think that knowing how many calories your favorite foods have, can really ruin them for you, especially if they are over your daily caloric intake. Good thing I had those extra 300 calories from walking my 3 miles that morning, but I still hadn’t eaten dinner. However with the size of that burger I didn’t need or want anything else. What did I learn from this? Weight loss is a war and I lost that battle, but I won’t lose the next one.