Choices

Tonight was an interesting example of choices and good decisions we can make every day. I count calories so I know how much I should eat. For lunch, I had a low cal sandwich and some fruit. I also had some mixed nuts which I measured to be 34 grams (~200 calories), My wife texts me she has a pastry from 85 degrees and she saved me half.  I made the choice to not eat the nuts I packed in order to eat half a pastry.  I had eaten about 1000 calories by the time dinner hit. 

After a school event we were very hungry and went to Ruby's.  Before we changed our way of thinking, we would have gone to Ruby's and ordered a coke with several refills (~600-900 cal), Super burger and Fries (1200 calories), Given how hungry we were we may have gotten a shake (800 calories). We would have eaten almost 3000 calories in one meal. 

This time, I knew I had 1000 calories to eat. We were very hungry and both wanted french fries (typically a diet no-no but we were ok because we each knew how many calories we could eat and still reach our goal. To go with the fries we split veggie tacos. Our dinner calories breakdown was: 1/2 basket of Fries (300 calories, we did not eat the whole basket) 1 Veggie taco (270 cal). Patty was good but I had another 400-500 cal to eat. I got a bowl of clam chowder. We ate well, we got what we wanted and we were still on target because we planned ahead and made good decisions.