Another great temptation busted wide open!

I am laying here in bed.....very tired and I just reflected back on the day that I had today.  It was pretty good.  Did a lot of errands which included buying groceries for the next two weeks.  That in itself can take twice the amount of time that it used to because we are reading the nutrition labels on every single item we pick up.  Glad that's all done now.  Then tonight we went out to dinner with some friends for their birthday.  I told you yesterday we were going to Olive Garden and we did.  We did all the prep work before hand.....tried to eat light throughout the day so we could eat a little more tonight.  Went to Olive Garden's website to check out the nutrition information on their foods.  Decided what we were gonna eat before hand.  We get to the restaurant and..............We did GREAT.  Chris and I split a plate and I ended up not even eating all of mine.  I ate really slowly so that my brain would get the signal that I was full quickly.  I could have very easily finished the plate because the food was so good but I only ate about half of my plate which in reality was half of a half of a regular order.  Also.....I did not eat not 1 breadstick.  And since bread is a challenge for me I thought that was pretty good.  Then my friend was talking about how she would love a piece of the lemon cream cake and I told her since it was her birthday that she should.  She said how bout if I get it and we all four eat the one piece........I said yes yes...thats a great idea.  So the lemon cream cake came to the table with 4 spoons.  I took my spoon, got 1 bite and laid the spoon down.  I said thats all I want.  I was so proud of myself.  Not only did I not spurge on my meal and overeat, I only ate one bite of my favorite dessert from that restaurant.  Way to go me!!!  Then on the drive home I thought just how great I felt that I had left there and wasn't so stuffed that I was miserable.  That is a much better feeling then eating until you feel like you are about the throw up!  Great day today!