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It's likely the pred. Could just be a normal fluctuation. My weight swings about 10lbs or so.


I will point out that restaurant food is often MUCH higher in calories than the same food made at home. In fact, I don't know how they cram all those calories into some of that stuff!


Shrimp cocktails can be quite caloric, depending on what's in the sauce. I can't eat them or even handle shrimp, but my husband had two ways of making them, one for restaurant service and one for "fancy dinner at home" service.


We discussed it once when I was :censored2:ing about how I could make a darned good, big, juicy hamburger for half the calories of a similar restaurant hamburger.


husband said that the restaurant version he made used a cream (with-real cream) horseradish in the cocktail sauce, whereas the home version did not.


That's a calorie difference right there.


Restaurant made/purchased vinaigrettes often have quite a bit of sugar/corn syrup in them, which adds a lot of calories.


I also see a dearth of carbs here, which could be an issue unless you are diabetic.


I'd have to know about portion sizes and the like. Your breakfast might've been too small or not right for you.


Are you overweight or trying to maintain?


Another thing to remember is that restaurant food tends to be "big food", and one tends to eat more. I got a restaurant "chopped salad" the other day, and took half of it out and put it on a plate to eat. Looked at it and realized my half salad was considerably larger than a similar salad I would make for myself.


If you were having a nice glass of wine with your meals, and usually don't, or cocktails in the evening, that can add weight fast.


I suspect the weight gain was due to some of those factors, and the pred is making it impossible to take off


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