We decided to go out for dinner tonight, just down to the local tavern. We used to go there quiet a lot. I love a really nice steak and prefer to eat steak at a restaurant rather than at home … always tastes nicer! So tonight I ordered what I would normally order - eye fillet (300gram), topped with garlic prawns with a side of chunky chips and salad. Normally I would get through the entire meal, I would be full but I would eat it all. Tonight I took my time eating and kind of cheated a little by drinking water with my meal. I managed to get through 1/3 of the steak, 4 garlic prawns and 2 fork fulls of salad. I didn’t touch any of the chips!

How times have changed, for the better obviously. I am so full and I only ate 1/4 of what was on my plate which meals that even though the garlic prawns weren’t that healthy my total calorie intake is much less than what it would have been if I had have eaten all of the steak and chips too.

Another thing I notice when at restaurants now is the overweight people. I really wish I could run up to them and tell them … “I can change your life!!!”. But sadly I can’t so I see them and hope one day they will discover a way to be happy and lose the weight.

Eating is definitely a who new experience and I have to learn to order half serves and also to take things home for the next day …. or even for the dog! LOL