Episode 21: Oops! I Did It Again - Jan 21, 2023

Hey there mates, it's David here. It's Saturday, January 21st. 

Tomorrow, we're going to a RenFaire for the first time in awhile and I'm really looking forward to it. I'm also thinking about joining a bowling league to at least get a bit of exercise in. That's still up in the air though.

I wanted to take a moment and talk about eating out. Oops, I did it again. I'm neither Britney, or wearing her red catsuit. But that's neither here nor there.

Eating out is tough. I love food. I love tasty food, and when I go out to eat, I want to eat something that I cannot make at home. So you'll never see me ordering chicken tenders, basic burgers, most breakfast food. I can do all that. You can find me ordering juicy steaks, or dishes that have what I believe are complicated sauces. Things like that.

This makes it tough when I'm watching what i'm eating and trying not to over eat. I want to make those good choices, but as this past week has shown... I have not yet mastered giving those good, tasty choices up. Today was no different. I went to a restaurant today and ordered a korean spicy steak. And it was good. SO good. But I did a few things I shouldn't have done. I should have cut it in half and brought one half home. Instead, I ate it all. I also ate the noodles that came with it. Noodles, breads, carbs... they're all a big no no. And while I activey have been striving to avoid them...  sometimes they just come after me and are like "Eat us, you'll love us" And so I did.

Soemthing my parents talked to me about when going to restaurants is that they usually look at the menu ahead of time so that way they know what they're going to pick, and that's that. Unfortunately, at times, we're driving around and deciding spur of the moment to go somewhere. However, I am going to set a micro goal of making sure to choose things that are better for me. Instead of the noodles, I should have had a noodle replacement - like veggie zoodles. Something like that. 

I tend to beat myself up a lot when it comes to these mistakes and slip ups. But as long as I'm learning from them, that's all I can do.

I hope you all have had a great day. Thanks for listening to me and being there for me, mates.

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