Hey ladies...

[Guest guest]

So... my husband and I decided to go out for a date night tonight... and I did

really well early on for meals. I had chocolate oatmeal, then turkey wrap at

lunch, and then a shake for afternoon mid-meal. However, we went to a

restaurant, and I was going to have the filet mignon (since there is a recipe in

the book for it) but the cook strongly advised against cooking it past medium

(I'm a medium-well kid) - yes, i still could have gotten it - but secretly the

pasta was calling my name ha ha. So, I had pasta primavera with chicken added,

and a salad. I was pleasently surprised, however, when the dish came - there

was just as much pasta as there was chicken (probably a cup of each?) so it

wasn't a HUGE dish caked in creamy sauce - just enough sauce to get the noodles

wet pretty much. Anyways... I also enjoyed a glass of wine with dinner (haven't

done that in a long time)! Well... I was okay with that, but then when we got

to the theater, lol... I had to get some popcorn

(SMALL of course and a LARGE water!). Oh well, life happens, eh!?

So... long story short - I know we all have these days where things come up...

and I just say - make it your free day... or don't stress too much about it. I

wasn't going to starve myself on my date with my husband... so I enjoyed the

time out alone with him, and enjoyed myself too. :-)

Hehe... And I know I'm committed to this challenge, because I NEVER order

chicken on my pasta... always thought it was gross before... but I had you gals

in the back of my mind saying " always get protein if you have carbs " hehehe so

THANK YOU!! And boy oh boy, it was tassssty!

~

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[Guest guest]

Yay ! THAT is crossing the abyss.

One good thing not eating out all the time is when you do go out you

can justify a better restaurant. The higher quality restaurants have

more human serving sizes and are over all more healthy meals, IMHO.

So, celibrate that you had a wonder full, bonding time with your

hubby, didn't feel deprived, and didn't feel like a failure.

Again...YAY SHANNON!

Barbara