I know what you mean about Saturday, Monday. Tomorrow Eric and I have afternoon theater tickets and we are going out to dinner after the play. I am in charge of getting the dinner reservations.

Restaurant dining is a pleasure that I am unwilling to give up... but in order to still work on weight loss I think I need an advance plan. I have decided to make reservations at a Cuban Tapas restaurant in the area that Eric and I visit a couple of times a year. I know the menu well, which helps in devising a plan.

Angela's Restaurant Plan For Diet-Deadly Saturday Dining

1. Eat a smart but filling lunch, so I won't be super hungry when we get to the restaurant at dinner time.

2. Make the dinner reservation for later than we expect to get to the restaurant, so that we will be forced to take a little walk in the area before dinner.

3. Only one Mojito! Not two. No splitting a second one with Eric. Just one and ask them to deliver it with the food, not before. Sip slowly and enjoy.

4. Order a whole salad, not a half. Eric and I often split a salad before the tapas start arriving, but it would actually be smarter for me to eat a whole salad so that I will (hopefully) have less of an appetite for the higher calorie tapas that will follow.

5. Order tapas carefully.

We both like the steamed mussels, which is a good food choice, but I need to limit myself to one slice of grilled bread for soaking up the delicious garlicky mussel broth that comes with this dish. If I want more broth after that one slice of bread is gone, I will need to use a spoon! Eric and I can easily go through two orders of grilled bread, but I am choosing to not go down that road tomorrow.

We also typically order the Empanadas de ropa vieja... which I think, loosely translated, means "little pies filled with old clothing". Who knew that old clothes could be so delicious???!!! I don't know what is really in those empanadas, but they are one of the best things on the menu... but hey, it's tapas. Only a few come on the plate and I'll be sharing what comes with Eric. Quantity is limited for me.

Sometimes we get a third little something, but if we do that tomorrow I am going to encourage Eric to order something that only he likes, so that I won't be tempted to eat any of it. If Eric orders a whole salad like I do, he may not even want a third small plate anyway...

5. No dessert. This shouldn't be a problem actually. Eric doesn't like most of the desserts on the menu and if Eric is not having dessert, it will be easy for me to not have dessert.

There. Now I have a plan.

A quick ride up to Aldi and back with very light rain that turned into heavy rain about 2 minutes after getting back into the garage. Got the timing right for once.

Any way I dont know how I did it but I went straight past the most addictive bags of lolly bananas and got a big hand of real bananas, some Olive spread,box of tissues and ran past the frozen cheesecakes as fast as I could and escaped junk food free. Wow...

Earlier I walked to the fruit shop and got 2 kilos of the biggest sweet potatoes i've ever seen and a 500 gram bag of cashews. Passed the local charity sausage sizzle without stopping as well. Those big fat juicy sausages sure looked good.

edit ; Good plan Angela thanks for sharing how it's done.

Monday, congratulations on passing up all those temptations! Go Monday Go!!!

Monday, congratulations on passing up all those temptations! Go Monday Go!!!

It's a bit easier when I know I can have 1 guilt free treat.

Today's predicted rain has com early so I may be walking to town to get lunch. The rain radar isn't looking too promising.

My plan:

1. Eat a satisfying breakfast of eggs & sausage or pancakes if eggs are in short supply as a 2.25lb can now costs $19.29 before shipping, $24.28 after shipping.
2. Drink My coffee.
3. For lunch have a bologna sandwich.
4. Drink some more coffee or fruit punch(depends on which is available).
5. Have dinner of veggies(carrots, cauliflower, broccoli and pepper) and 3 fishsticks w/fruit punch.

Sounds like a good plan Vic. I've never really been a breakfast porson but if I do have it I cook up a bowl of porridge.

Rain radar says put the raincoat on and get walking. I'm off to town.

Oh yummm...
Best 3,850 kj (785calories) I ever ate. I'm exhausted now though, must have walked about 6km. I didn't get wet although judging by all the water everywhere it must have bucketed down while I was in the shopping center. Got a media remote control for my Xbox One. Saw a nice black ceramic chronograph watch with diamonds for hour markers for half price but didn't buy it.

What did you eat for 785 calories that was so good?

What did you eat for 785 calories that was so good?

From KFC a streetwise burger, regular box of chips and a can of Pepsi.

GO TEAM FRUCTIVOROUS SETIANS!

Does fruit in a coffee cake "count"?

Well dinner last night went according to plan, except that I forgot that sweet/spicy salted nuts come automatically with mojitos (I ate about half an ounce) and I also forgot that fried onions and pumpkin seeds come on top of the salads. It turns out that I love salt.

It is overcast here today, so there really is no weather excuse for denying Maya a little "walkie". Perhaps some brisk uphill climbs will help me atone for the sin of salty fried onions and nuts.

I think the two biggest weight loss hurdles for me are going to be curbing my impulse to bake and reminding myself that eating out is not a free pass to over eat.

Tomorrow is weigh-in day. Sort of dreading it.

What did you eat for 785 calories that was so good?

From KFC a streetwise burger, regular box of chips and a can of Pepsi.

Kentucky Fried Chicken can sure come up with some strange sandwich constructions: The Streetwise has the cheese melted on the top of the bun? The Double Down is also weird. I hope they give you extra napkins or a knife and fork, but that defeats the purpose of a sandwich. ;~0

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Absolutely!

And just to cover everything else we eat, it also includes the truly evil high fructose corn syrup (which NOBODY should eat).

:-)

CC

This is so true, and seems to be a major problem for U.S. eaters as it is put in so many processed foods.

If you have to eat take out, Subway is actually the best, especially now they've taken out the yoga mat foam from the U.S. bread (it wasn't allowed in the bread in the first place up here).

Cook at home if you can and always check the ingredients of what you buy in the supermarket. Avoid high fructose corn syrup like the plague!

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Absolutely!

And just to cover everything else we eat, it also includes the truly evil high fructose corn syrup (which NOBODY should eat).

:-)

CC

This is so true, and seems to be a major problem for U.S. eaters as it is put in so many processed foods.

If you have to eat take out, Subway is actually the best, especially now they've taken out the yoga mat foam from the U.S. bread (it wasn't allowed in the bread in the first place up here).

Cook at home if you can and always check the ingredients of what you buy in the supermarket. Avoid high fructose corn syrup like the plague!

I have a $15 gift certificate for Subway, and I really need to utilize it. I made a bad decision yesterday and ordered a McDonald's Filet o' Fish and a medium chocolate shake. The sandwich didn't hold a candle to my memory, and the shake didn't either(silly whipped cream in a domed lid I didn't ask for), plus the price was $6.34. ~That was ridiculous, and the whole thing was unsatisfying, and disappointing. Made me get some Chinese chicken fried rice down the street, which was probably not very healthy either, but it was cheap and hit the spot.

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Ok folks crunch time, It's 6am Monday morning.

Drun roll please...

Monday weighs in at 94.5 kg/ 208 US pounds.

Net loss = 2kg / 4.4 US pounds in 9 days.

Yay....I'm so happy I could eat a horse.

Thank you Angela and everyone else for helping and supporting me. :-)

Congratz Jeff.

Thats great.

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Thanks Mike and Chris, I hope I can keep going without back sliding. It's been quite difficult I tell you both.

Thanks Mike and Chris, I hope I can keep going without back sliding. It's been quite difficult I tell you both.

I imagine mate.

Good luck to you as well Vic.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

Don't give up Vic, keep plugging away and fine tune things. You'll get there. I don't imagine for a minute that I won't be having some ups and downs.

Net loss = 2kg / 4.4 US pounds in 9 days.

Fantastic!!!!! Wonderful!!!!! Excellent!!!!!

That is really, really, really great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I've been not able to lose anything lately...

Hey Vic, don't give up the ship. I'm going to step on the scale tomorrow morning and I will probably find myself in the same boat you are in. I neither look nor feel an ounce thinner, but I'm going to keep on trying to change my behavior until something pays off.

Net loss = 2kg / 4.4 US pounds in 9 days.

Fantastic!!!!! Wonderful!!!!! Excellent!!!!!

That is really, really, really great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I've been not able to lose anything lately...

Hey Vic, don't give up the ship. I'm going to step on the scale tomorrow morning and I will probably find myself in the same boat you are in. I neither look nor feel an ounce thinner, but I'm going to keep on trying to change my behavior until something pays off.

Thank you Angela. Creating this thread has really helped motivate me and keep me focused. :-)