Red Lobster

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shaw on July 26, 2009 at 7:18pm

No. Pasta is hard for me on MDI or the pump. I don't eat at Red Lobster. Wish I could give you some feedback on that place.

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Permalink Reply by Terrie8 on July 26, 2009 at 7:38pm

The few times that we have visited Red Lobster, I just ordered normal food so it wasn't too hard to calculate the carbs. My 2 hour blood test wasn't perfect of course but acceptable to me. I was more peed off one time that I had ordered my steak well-done and they brought it back bleeding. Gross! It usually takes forever to receive our food, so I had to drink a juice box that I had in my purse. Not impressed! I could tell by our waitress's attitude that telling her that I was a Diabetic, would not have saved the day.

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Permalink Reply by Dave   _ on July 26, 2009 at 8:12pm

Even on a pump, I end up high after Olive Garden. Those rolls are just too darn good! Between my wife and I, we get 2 or 3 bowls of the salad and even without an entree, my bg goes way up--just from soup, salad, and rolls. It goes up far higher than I'd expect and each time I go I think "this time I'll bolus correctly". I never do. :)

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shaw on July 26, 2009 at 8:31pm

Oh yes. How could I forget the salad and rolls? Yep, they are really good. A good baked item is very tempting to me, and I often will give into temptation.

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Permalink Reply by Big Al on July 26, 2009 at 8:17pm

Red Lobster does not effect my blood sugar very much (unless I eat too many of their sinful cheddar bay biscuits). I do keep away from the pasta dishes there, though. I am a T2 instead of a T1, but the fish, a baked potato with sour cream and pico, veggies, and ceaser salad works fine for my goals.

Olive Garden is another matter all together, though. Pasta sometimes really sends my readings out of the ranges I like to keep them in. I am not on insulin, so I am not able to bolus for any of the food I eat. I just have to watch my carbs. They do have whole wheat pasta available for some of their entrees now, which helps a little, but it is still a challenge for me to eat there.

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Permalink Reply by Kathy on July 26, 2009 at 8:21pm

No can do Olive Garden - too many temptations.
Red Lobster is fine, unless, as Big Al says, you o.d. on the biscuits.

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Permalink Reply by Unicornzzz on July 26, 2009 at 8:40pm

I just went to Olive Garden for lunch today. Do yourself a favor and download their pdf file. I was shocked at how many carbs everything had. They must add sugar to everything. Had I known how many carbs their food had I would have ordered something different or chosen to go to a different restaurant.

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Permalink Reply by Marcia on July 26, 2009 at 8:41pm

Where I work we do dinner out for different occasions...birthdays, showers, graduation, etc. We all vote on where to go. Most times we end up at Olive Garden...I order a separate bowl of salad w/no dressing(hidden sugar), I request a side of asparagus(use it in one of their dishes so they always have it), and order one of the dishes that have no pasta and eat only one breadstick. Red Lobster is a breeze compared to eating at Olive Garden....just keep in mind what I should be eating. Then I blow it and share a desert with a co-worker!

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Permalink Reply by NyJonesy26/Ken on July 26, 2009 at 8:41pm

Me and my friends were planning to do an eat-out trip this weekend. So far it seems Red Lobster may be the better choice. I'll just have to watch myself with the friggin biscuits! Thanks for all the input so far. :)

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Permalink Reply by Na'Themba on July 26, 2009 at 9:31pm

Red lobster is okay if I stick with fish and salad. The cheddar biscuits nearly bring me to tears as I try to resist - mostly with success. With Red Lobster have to be careful with the fats.

I enjoy the challenge of avoiding pasta at Olive Garden since I don't really like it anyway. I like the never-ending salad. What was I saying about avoiding fat? I know the salad dressing is full of fat. Still . . .

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Permalink Reply by kerry on July 26, 2009 at 9:23pm

I went to the Olive Garden recently with a friend--I looked at their web site nutritional information ahead of time and made the decision to get soup and salad--I had lots of salad without croutons, two bowls of soup, and I think just one bread stick (I only eat the part with the oil on it, not all the way through.) I did go a little high because I had not planned on eating the bread stick. But if you get the soup and salad, they'll refill your salad bowl as many times as you like. I do love their salad, so it's easy to fill up on that. I did find one or two of the pasta dishes that looked doable, but most are way too high in carbs for me.

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Permalink Reply by Kristy on July 26, 2009 at 10:13pm

I eat at Olive Garden every time I go to Endo in the "city" and I always seem to do fairly well with MDI.. I love pasta and never seem to have much trouble with it althoug I don't eat the jumbo pasta dishes with the heavy cream sauces..usually chic parm with or eggplant parm with..I also have a fav Mexican restaurant we frequent and I seem to do well with that also. I just know that most restaurants require more insulin than I typically need at home. One thing that has always seemed to help; my CDE told me when estimating carbs to think of the size of a tennis ball (about 1/2 cup) as 15grams of carbs.
Good luck you need to enjoy yourself!

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