How often to you eat out in a week?

[Red]

I love to cook and I'm very good at it. Though now that I'm living with Martha Stewart, I haven't been. Defiant and have always gone out at least once a month.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Red

I love to cook and I'm very good at it. Though now that I'm living with Martha Stewart, I haven't been. Defiant and have always gone out at least once a month.

I can picture you attempting to get "kitchen time" away from Mom...and it's not pretty.

The Weight Watchers thing pretty much killed our going out, which we used to do often. Once a week during good periods. I printed out a bunch of stuff from the Weight Watchers site yesterday (due to this thread, it made me want to go out) that gives you the points value for specific restaurant's foods. The list of restaurants available to get point values from is enormous.

Unfortunately, our favorite, the Olive Garden, isn't on the list. I have the feeling if it was and you clicked on it, it would bring up a page that said "you're kidding, right???" I have $50 worth of Olive Garden gift cards in my wallet, too.

[Dravyk]

After all this eating-out and cooking-in conversation, I got hungry and made myself some homemade Belgian waffles. Added in a little cinnamon and some raisins in the mix too. Side of bacon. Yum!!

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

After all this eating-out and cooking-in conversation, I got hungry and made myself some homemade Belgian waffles. Added in a little cinnamon and some raisins in the mix too. Side of bacon. Yum!!

I may go have some fat free cottage cheese and think very bad things about Dravyk for a while.

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

I may go have some fat free cottage cheese and think very bad things about Dravyk for a while.

Hmm, must be National Morgan Kicks Dravyk Day. I just don't have it on my calendar.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Hmm, must be National Morgan Kicks Dravyk Day. I just don't have it on my calendar.

Oh, pshaw. It's nothing of the kind.

Ever been on a diet? I mean the "fuck it all to hell, I MEAN IT this time" kind of diet. (Weight Watchers Online wasn't free, kiddo, and neither are all the approved goodies in my freezer. I have a financial investment in this frigging thing.)

I've lost 15 pounds so far. I'm a nice, successful, right-on-track dieter.

I'm also hungry. I used to go out to eat with my husband a *lot* recently. (I got over my fear of restaurants finally. *He* finally - after a quarter of a century - 'fessed up to his recovering agoraphobic wife how much he loved going out to restaurants with me. Going out became a major deal.) This whole thread has been driving me nuts. A homemade Belgian waffle - not an "out of a freezer box kind" a *real* one - momentarily drove me right over the edge.

I apologize. I hope you enjoyed your breakfast a double amount. Get those tastebuds a'dancin' for me, too.

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

Oh, pshaw. It's nothing of the kind.

Ever been on a diet? I mean the "fuck it all to hell, I MEAN IT this time" kind of diet. (Weight Watchers Online wasn't free, kiddo, and neither are all the approved goodies in my freezer. I have a financial investment in this frigging thing.)

I've lost 15 pounds so far. I'm a nice, successful, right-on-track dieter.

Oh silly! My skin is way too thick to be actually concerned.

And WTG on the diet!!!!!

Hell, I wouldn't blame you to stay away from all food threads for the duration!

Btw, now I know why there's a big "chomp" out of the side of my browser. It was you!

[Red]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

I can picture you attempting to get "kitchen time" away from Mom...and it's not pretty.

She's finally allowing me to chop the veggies and stir what's on the stove without her supervision and direction. She lets me think I'm allowed to add the spices, but I always catching her sneaking a peek, just to make sure.