Eating out on a Diet

Another non scale victory! We went out to eat today and I ate fewer calories today then the rest of the week! That is huge for me. I usually use going out as an excuse to eat whatever and return to my diet the next day, but I don't want to ruin all my hard work, so I went online before we left and picked out what I would eat in order to stay within calories. I was surprised by how many calories are in dishes that I would have eaten before.

We went to Applebee's and I ordered the garlic sirloin with herb potatoes and some nasty mushroom and spinach thing that I did not eat, but did try. I also had enough for a bowl of french onion soup. My favorite! So I did feel like I splurged when I really didn't.

The problem with this plan is that I was not flexible. I only picked out a dish at Applebee's so that was the only place we could go. I will have to learn more choices at different places, because we do tend to eat out a lot on the spur of the moment.

I had a little problem though. I have always loved desserts and rarely order them because I am stuffed by that time. I also don't  think I have ever seen my husband order a dessert even when I do, he just doesn't like desserts. For some reason he decides we should get a dessert this time. Why??? As soon as I get serious about dieting I feel like he sabotages it with throwing my cravings in front of me. We had a small argument and I told him that I would go sit in the car if he insisted on it. I just do not feel strong enough to sit and watch everyone else eating my favorite desserts in front of me.

We went grocery shopping after dinner and again he wants to stock up on snack food aka junk food. I asked him to please not buy anything chocolate because I can't resist it. He really wanted mint oreo's, but I explained while he is fine eating 3 or 4 a night I will sit and eat half the box in a day. I just need more time to be strong enough to resist them. He doesn't understand. He ended up not buying the oreo's but did buy a case of Mountain Dew, another huge downfall for me. Whenever I get crabby or feel down I know that a Mountain Dew will completely change my mood, so I go for one. I forget how horrible I feel after the effects leave even days later when my headache kicks in.

Here is my motivation for the day: