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[TrudyCampbell]

What do you do when you're going out to a restaurant and planning to have a "cheat" night? My anniversary is next week and I'm just eating whatever and drinking cocktails. Do I just use all of my flex points and call it a day or would you try to calculate it somehow?

[lolaburns]

Runs in.....


It's your anniversary.

There's no point counting.



Runs out....


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[TrudyCampbell]

Jan 10, 2013 18:50:56 GMT -5 lolaburns said:

Runs in.....


It's your anniversary.

There's no point counting.



Runs out....


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I know, you're right! I am already dreaming of this meal. For all of you menu stalkers... (Dahli) www.oneifbyland.com/menupfa.html

[lolaburns]

Squeeeee!!!! I've been there! Love it!!! We saw a couple get engaged when we were there. It was so cute.


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[TrudyCampbell]

Jan 10, 2013 18:58:06 GMT -5 lolaburns said:

Squeeeee!!!! I've been there! Love it!!! We saw a couple get engaged when we were there. It was so cute.


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It's such an "expected" place to go for an anniversary dinner BUT I am a sucker for the romance! I love it there. I feel like they must see people get engaged there SO often.

[lolaburns]

Haha we went there for our anniversary. Whatever it's intimate and cute and hello the food. I love it there. For whatever reason it seems so random, nondescript . Almost like a secret.


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[jaime183]

I'd use all my weekly points and call it even but stay on track the rest of the week

[dojo]

I'd count them just to see how many points I used. Sometimes I'm surprised that I didn't actually use all my weeklies. It puts things into perspective anyway.

[TrudyCampbell]

Jan 10, 2013 20:11:26 GMT -5 dojo said:

I'd count them just to see how many points I used. Sometimes I'm surprised that I didn't actually use all my weeklies. It puts things into perspective anyway.

What do you do when the food is hard to figure out though? Did you see the menu I posted? I have no idea how to calculate that stuff.

[dojo]

What are you thinking of having? I'll look and tell you what I would count for it.

[TrudyCampbell]

Jan 10, 2013 20:23:02 GMT -5 dojo said:

What are you thinking of having? I'll look and tell you what I would count for it.

Thanks! The portions are not that big. This sounds like it will be 150 points! :-|

App- BIG EYE TUNA RIBBONS cucumber, asian pear, avocado

Entree- DUO OF MUSCOVY DUCK cocoa, chestnut, trevisiano, perigourdine

Dessert- CARROT PARSNIP CAKE brown butter, ginger, cream cheese

And I will probably have this cocktail and an additional glass of champagne

FRENCH ASSISTANCE
St. Germain elderflower, green chartreuse, champagne, tarragon, pink peppercorn ... $15

[rjamz]

Ummm, can I come with? I promise I'll be really quiet and just eat a little off your plate. You won't even know I'm there...

[dojo]

Wow! That all sounds so amazing! You're really going to have to look at positions to figure it out, but I'll base my estimations on fancy-resaurant portions.

I imagine the tuna is going to be max 2 oz but quite possibly much much less considering its an app. 1 pt for the tuna, probably less than a quarter avocado (2 pts) veg and fruit are free, there's going to be some dressing, I'll count as 2pts if it looks like there is a tablespoon. Total 5 pts and I think I'm being pretty generous.

The duck is tough because I don't know how it's prepared.. If it appears to be five oz and cooked with the skin I would estimate 13 pts, the chestnuts are likely so scant that I would count them as 1. If the trevisano is prepared with a dressing I'd count it as 2, but if it is braised I would assume that the portion is small enough to be 0. The perigourdine, if it is a sauce could be quite points heavy because of butter. I'd take it as the points equivalent of a hollandaise which is 4 pts for two tablespoons. So, total could be 20. But also could be less.

Carrot cake I'll count as standard piece of carrot cake.. 18 pts.

Cocktail - 4, assuming its mostly champagne and about 4 oz

Champagne, 4 again.

TOTAL: 51

[TrudyCampbell]

Damn! Dojo, you are awesome!

[dojo]

That's not so bad, if you went light on your points for the rest of the day, you might not even use up all your flex, or maybe you'll use your extra points on more champagne!

[dojo]

Jan 10, 2013 20:47:44 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

Damn! Dojo, you are awesome!

Lol if you only knew how many years I've been a ww member, you wouldn't be impressed!

[dojo]

Also can I say I'm bursting with jealousy!

[petitepomme]

Dojo, that was awesome!

I would call it an anniversary freebie and just assume all my flex points had been used...this may be why I haven't lost as much as I would have liked to by this point!

[chasbride07]

Dojo you are a WW guru!

With all that I bet you are perfectly fine. If you're like me, you'll not eat too much throughout the day so you'll be fine.

Enjoy it all sounds wonderful and Happy almost Anniversary

[dojo]

Jan 11, 2013 9:36:16 GMT -5 chasbride07 said:

Dojo you are a WW guru!

With all that I bet you are perfectly fine. If you're like me, you'll not eat too much throughout the day so you'll be fine.

Enjoy it all sounds wonderful and Happy almost Anniversary

Totally this! If she eats even modestly light throughout the day shell have weekly points to spare AND the champagne will be a bit more fun!

[mumegs]

I just say that I'm using my weekly points but I don't actually count them up. Then I make sure the rest of the week that I don't go over my daily points at all.