French Onion Soup, Part II

Earlier, I posted about a big mood plunge I had after chosing a cup of French Onion Soup, then finding out how many carbs and calories were in it.  Nothing went right the rest of the day. 

Well, I returned to the scene of the crime with all my work-mates and had a cup of the chili instead.  Surely, more protein at least.  I went back to the office and went online to get the particulars.  I could hardly believe it had 310 calories, but I shrugged and was just going to accept it and cross that restaurant off my list.  It was going to be a lesson in imperfect abstinence and black and white thinking.  Feeling bad about food I've already eaten is harmful to my recovery, and all that.

Kind of in a flash, I realized that in both cases I had been looking up the stats on a bowl of soup, not a cup.  I realized there was no way I'd eaten 14.5 ounces of chili!  So my big FOS (French Onion Soup) freak-out was based on bad data.

Just shows how I don't work quite right when it comes to food!  My mood is affected *at least* as much by what I *think* about what I've eaten that about what I've really eaten at all.  There's a lesson for me here somewhere...

 Those are some really great insights! I know my relationship with food is messed up, but I feel so much more in control now and that makes all the difference. Keep looking at the positives, you are doing an amazing job! 

You know when you posted the FOS count i was shocked.  I haven't had it since surgery but it was one of those pretty easy go to's for me when i had my band.  I'd order it without the bread or croutons and i picked apart recipes to find out where all those hidden carbs and cals were and was flummoxed.  so glad you posted this.  I'm sure it made you feel better also about eating out.  since you have to eat out for your job it would be horrible to have anxiety each time you pulled out a char.

Well, I *did* eat the FOS croutons!  That wasn't a great choice.

But you're right, unless they filled it up with flour I was very, very confused how the carb count could be so high.