Eating Out Tip #3

We like to eat out a lot, and sometimes those places are buffets - not a great place if you're trying to lose weight, I know. So, I usually stick to a "One-Plate" Rule when I'm at a buffet: one plate of food, and one plate of dessert. I get really tiny portions of everything I want to try, and still get all the yummy variety. On Friday, though, after eating a big plate of dessert, I realized something: while my dessert was really good, it was not any better than the other food I'd had, which included lots of vegetables. I would have been much better off just having another plate of food! But why do I always think I have to have dessert? Maybe I think I deserve it for eating a good dinner :) Next time, I'm going to try skipping dessert but let myself have another plate of food instead.