Thank You! and Jibber Jabber

As I am sitting here writing this post I have not yet taken the time to thank you all individually for  your kind birthday thoughts. I do appreciate each one of them.  They make me smile with love for you all. I hope to get

Dear One took us to lunch at a nice pizza and salad buffet place.  I really was happy with the thought of celebrating my birthday a little early and eating out. He asked me where I wanted to go. I went to the Net and found a number of places that sounded good...each of them a buffet of sorts. My thinking was that we could each find something we wanted to eat. (An American Family Buffet, a Chinese buffet, an Indian buffet) When I looked at the reviews, I decided against all of them I had thought they would be fun.  One of them had multiple mentions of the "creepy" bathroom.  Not my cup of tea as I ALWAYS want to visit the bathroom. So we went to the pizza place where I knew Dear One would be happy and I could enjoy, too.

Well...just a word to the wise...buffet places are a delusion and a snare.  I have absolutely NOT been able to just eat normally there.  I always eat too much.  I had only one plate of salad but it was a big one.  No regrets there.  The only regret is that I picked up two of the small pieces of pizza and felt like I had to eat them even though I was already full of salad.  THEN  I went back and tried some more kinds of pizza. I was fuller than a tick by the time we waddled out of the place. Uncomfortable, even.  Not smart.

Because of the way I felt leaving that pizza palace I spent the whole trip home thinking about ways to solve the unhealthy for body and mind issue.  I think I will not advocate for eating out anymore.  (Since I have been here I have gained a ton of weight.  I feel bad in body and soul.)  Everywhere we eat out (except pernicious fast-food joints) gives us way more food than we can eat. 

So, what to do?  I love the idea of eating out. I love the feeling of being pampered. I love not having to prepare the meal. I really love not having to clean  up after preparing the meal and eating the meal.

This is what I have come up with:  when I feel the need for pampering/not going to a lot of work to make food for us, we will go to the grocery store and buy some pre-made acceptable food to eat.  Serving sizes in the grocery store are more in line with what we should be eating.  I hope that will help.

We shall see.