Dinner with the Ladies of Deaconess

Dinner with the Ladies of Deaconess

Tuesday June 20, 2006

 

I had dinner tonight with the LOVELY LADIES OF DEACONESS.

 

From past posts two are known as Miss LapBand and Miss ByPass. We also had the Elegant Miss D and the former Deaconess Nutrionist, Erin THE CUTIE PIE. Erin is 26 and making me wish I was 26 too. Erin wished to be called THE QUEEN, but I am sticking with THE CUTIE PIE. The Elegant Miss D and THE CUTIE PIE both have LapBands. THE CUTIE PIE was Dr. Curry's 17th out of 250. Being a smile guy, I must again state Erin is a CUTIE PIE. Nice smile.

 

Besides chatting about normal stuff and my thoughts of the upcoming life changes, we discussed the upcoming Support Group meeting and how that after you know who opened his mouth, that it will not be held in the cafeteria, but  in the Goetz Center. 

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We went to the Irish Claddaugh House in Mason.

 

One of the things I am going to be doing is trying to get our nutrionist to periodically take the patients to a restaurant and have dinner with them. But while there we go through the menu and analyze it. How many grams of protein are in this? How much fat? Which is a better choice? Erin analyzed a huge piece of cheesecake she had seen somewhere and it was two grams of protein and 1500 grams of fat. She said this would be one of those "Very rarely" foods. The last time I had a piece of that cheesecake, my teeth vibrated for a week. (Rumour has it there is a Sugar Free Splenda Cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory- so Cheesecake is still an option!)

 

We drove the waiter crazy as it was me and 4 ladies. One beer, three teas, one water. (I had a tea) Nobody ordered appetizers and all four ladies ordered 1/2 portions. I ordered a full sandwich, but took home half. Nobody got a desert and only one got coffee.  It took us three hours to do this and the waiter thought we were nuts. I think he never saw such a group eat so slowly.

 

I think that we all made good choices, but perhaps could have made BETTER ones (including myself). One lady did ask the coffee be Decaf. As for the beer, I guess it  is a "you can have it occasionally" item.

 

It is amazing to see how that each of the four were able to easily find a meal that was satisfying and healthy for them. We also joked that we could eat sharing meals, and probably salads too!

 

What Cheap Dates they are and I will be!

 

JC

 

PS did I mention she was a cutie pie?Just checking.