Eating Out Do's and Do's

A lot of people will tell you that while trying to loose weight you should NOT eat out. Something about "temptation" and "bad food" well to that I say phooey! Today my husband took me out to Olive Garden and I have to say it was a successful trip. Usually I get the chicken parmigiana, this time however I did not. I knew the portion was too large and that I would probably over eat if the plate was in front of me. I  instead opted for a veggie lasagna off the "light" menu. Sidebar! If you didn't know (I did not) Olive Garden has a "light" menu where everything is 570 calories or less, this is the menu I ordered from. I'm thinking this is a new thing as it looked like the menu had been revamped recently. I brought my little black book and calculated all the calories BEFORE I ordered my food. I did not want to go over or use all the rest of my calories at once. I had one serving of chicken gnocchi soup, half a breadstick and almost all of my lasagna (which was just a smaller portion of food). I got pretty full at the end and left a few bites on my plate. We then did a little shopping, came home and packed the baby into the stroller, hooked the dog to her leash and went on a 45 min walk.... Nothing strenuous, just a nice easy walk down town. Later this evening I got pretty hungry so I had a small can of tuna with a tablespoon of mayo, a smidge of mustard and a dash of seasoning salt. All in all I am 230 calories under my 1550 target. Hoping for more weight loss tomorrow! Logging out!

Ms. Jess