That lighter feeling

Well it's a drizzly day out there today. I did get out for a walk this morning but didn't increase the distance too much as I was starting to get wet. I know, I'm a whimp!

When I woke up this morning I had that lighter feeling you sometimes get when your on the downward slope of "lifestyle eating". I couldn't fight it, I had to get on the scale and was happy to see I weighed 213. That is 1 1/2 lbs less than yesterday. I know there are fluctuations and I've in the past been addicted to that scale which I'm really trying not to do again. I don't believe weighing everyday is a good thing. So now I'll wait until next Monday to weigh again. That's my usual day to weigh.

Yesterday my hubby and I went out for lunch. Well, by the time we actually ate it was closer to dinner. We went to East Side Mario's which was a first for us. I had a chicken tuscon salad which I thought would be pretty low in the calories. I had asked for a nutritional guide for their menu but it wasn't available. The salad was ok. I only had two small pieces of their signature loaf and 2 pieces of the pita that came on the salad plate. The rest was all greens and chicken. The chicken was actually very little in quantity. I was satisfied at the end of the meal though and was anxious to get home and see what it cost me in calories. I was quite horrified when I looked it up on the internet. It was listed as 870 calories! I'm thinking that must have included the bread as well as the pita's. I didn't even have 1/2 the bread and also left two pitas on the plate too so I dropped it to 500 which I still think was on the high side. So I was able to have some Rolo icecream last evening and still use all my calories for the day. Nice feeling. No hunger experienced either. It's nice to go out and enjoy a normal size portion and not feel bad about leaving something behind.