My mom is right about many things, one being: you shouldn’t wear heavy earings because it will stretch out your lobes. Another, more appropriate to my blog, being: there are some things you can’t give up. For her it’s Pepsi and real salad dressing…for me it’s buffalo wings.
Now, it’s not like I binge on buffalo wings on a regular basis. There are plenty of moments in life that I can choose wings but instead choose a less heart clogging alternative, it’s just that Hooters isn’t one of those moments. Salad at Hooters is sacrilege. I love Hooters, and while I’m trying to shed the 20 lbs that somehow came into my life over the last year, I refuse to order a salad in the presence of orange hotpants and sports.
I’ve had a date for Hooters planned with my friend Evan for over a month now. This morning, dreading my poor timing in reservation making I started to look at the menu online in search of healthy opportunities. I had resolved myself to a dinner of oyster and garden salad, pretty woefully, in my mind. Somewhere around four o’clock I decided that was just stupid. Hooters is one of my favorite things in life, and I only have it (err, maybe 6-12 times a year, okay that sounds like a lot). I exercise like a fiend and deserve a little hot sauce for my hard work.
So, my traditional Hooters dinner I ate. It was perfect. Then I went home and did p90X for over an hour. Not necessarily Tony Horton approved, but he’s not here.
Breakfast
Whole grain toast with 1% cottage cheese and tomato
Berries!
Snack
Besides Hooters, I had plans for a lunch “out”. Whenever I’m going to indulge I like to keep it constrained to one day. We went to Sarabeth’s Kitchen, where I had scrambled eggs, spinach and ham for lunch.
Dinner
Wings. Tried as I might I couldn’t finish them.
Same with the fries.
Oddly enough my co-worker was randomly craving Hooters today and got some wings to go for lunch because there is a Hooters less than a block away from my office! If you’re ever back down in my neck of the woods I will take you to the Anaheim Hooters! I will be having salad and possibly fried pickles if we go though. Not because I need to be healthy but more because I am not a fan of wings. But I will happily share some fries with you!
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A less evil alternative when hooters isn’t around: shrimp in wing sauce. Don’t have to fry the shrimp and make your own sauce. I’m digging franks, tiny bit of mustard, same butter and honey. Think I know what’s up for dinner tonight…
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Oh man… this is pretty much what happened to me yesterday, just replace wings with chicken tenders… made in-house and super deep fried and served with TWO dipping sauces. Amazing, definitely one of the things I could never give up. I’m also trying to shed a few extra pounds I’ve gained over the past year, but I figure completely cutting out your favorite indulgences is no way to live. I did however give the leftovers to my boyfriend, rather then eat them myself for lunch today, so yay?
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Sarah, I’m going to try your recipe tomorrow. Yummy, and I just bought 2 lbs of shrimp at Sam’s, knowing they’ll probably double in price by next week. I hate that oil spill on so many counts.
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