It was Mark's birthday yesterday. We went to Logan Brown for dinner. It's one of Wellington's top restaurants, the sort of place we normally consider an 'expense-account' venue.
The food is just lovely - and invariably packed with protein and mostly very rich.
I had been saving a couple of points each day for the evening, but had also decided I would eat whatever I wanted to and not worry too much about the points.
Well, what a revelation. I just couldn't bring myself to order any of the mains - they all sounded divine, but I knew they would just be too much for me.
So, I had two entrees instead - one of which was vegetarian. I really enjoyed my dinner and didn't feel full or bloated at the end of it. Ahhh, how things have changed.
I didn't even feel tempted by the bittersweet chocolate tort or the grapefruit delicious pudding with champagne and muscatel icecream. I had a glass of a lovely sticky dessert wine to finish instead.
So, I didn't count the points, which still would have been fairly high, but nothing in comparison to what I would have eaten at the same restaurant last year - their signature dish is a truly magnificent paua ravioli with lemon beurre blanc!
And this morning I weighed in with a 1.1kg loss.
As a sidenote to Mark's birthday...
He turned 48 yesterday. And I already give him a pretty hard time about being so old. But this week his new motorbike race licence turned up. And his classification - Senior! It will take a long time for the teasing about that one to die down.
12 comments:
I'm impressed with your choices at the restaurant. Amazing how far we've all come and how we can make better choices for ourselves and not feel deprived! Great loss - you are fading away! LOL at the motor bike license.
Well done on all your great choices, and a fantastic loss!! Superb! Have a great weekend!
Hey Sue that is fantastic on all fronts - the dinner out and still a tremendous weight loss - you have obviously been working very hard and it is paying off.
Have a great weekend.
Well done, well done, well done!!! How great are you doing!!!
Jolly good effort at the restaurant too, its great that you can have a night out and still enjoy yourself.
Lol at Senior classification, thats funny!
Great loss again. Well done! Nice to go out to a really special meal sometimes. Glad you found something you liked.
What is this OLD statement. I am 48!!!! Oh well guess it is a bit old. Can't believe your great loss and that very, very, very soon you will have lost 30kg. That is absolutely, amaaaazing!!! Sounds lik ea lovely dinner and you did so well with not reverting to your old eating ways.
LOL. You are now the wife of a Senior.
Congratulations on your loss. Fantastic. And so well done on your dinner. It is great how things have changed. We just naturally want to eat in a healthier way now. And then we can enjoy a night out, relax with our food, not feel sick, and eat within points for the rest of the week. I will remember this post for a long time (especially when I ask to go out for dinner soon!)
Have a great weekend Sue :)
Some very good choices made well done girl. Be proud of yourself.
Well done with dinner! And 48, that doesn't sound old LOL. I hope you guys are having a great weekend :-)
Great dinner choices, and 1.1 loss - woo hoo:)
welldone on making such good choices! nearly 30kg gone - truly amazing!
Smart choices. It makes me think that maybe this should be a compulsory subject at school, and get those kids eating and thinking right while they're young...
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