4-6-13: I Did Not

A couple of days of hurdles to clear, and I did it! Mostly.

Girl's Night last night had a hell of a spread with great food, and bottles of wine lined up. I fixed a plate early with allowable foodies so that I wouldn't end up starving and tempted. I mean, starving. Of course I was tempted all night, apparently the brie was to die for.

"Basket Case" made it through her Easter dinner with all of the family favorites without cheating, and a text came through from LM that she conquered a Friday Night Happy Hour, alcohol free. If my girls powered through, I don't want to be a schmuck shoveling a bunch of food down my throat while I'm handing out high fives. I kept to the celery. And the shrimp. And the cauliflower. And some ham. Oh, some mozzarella and tomatoes. I did not go hungry.

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I've had a day-trip with a friend planned that was going to end up at The Tamale Place, a restaurant that has been on the show Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. Oi. Guy Fieri doesn't endorse much slop. My plan: If there was other, healthier fare available, I would choose it. Simple. Drama Down.

The day went well. I was starving by noon, and chose a Greek salad for lunch at Panera. It was good, but by the time we rolled into The Tamale Place at 6 pm, I was ravenous again.

There were other items on the menu at The Tamale Place, but nothing any better for me than a tamale. Nachos were out, and while I could have eaten the meat out of some tacos for dinner, I was so hungry that I've have had to order about 17 of them to feel satisfied. I opted for one pork verde tamale. I chose black beans, no rice, and...

All of the chips in the photo above were tossed into the trash.*

Woo hoo! Victory Dance! I didn't eat even ONE chip, not even one!

One tamale: not so bad. Corn masa for tamale: made out of corn meal and lard. Not  so good—corn not allowed, and I don't even want to think about lard.

So. Not perfect South Beach fare today but I think in the end, I broke even with the rest of my choices. So. Good. Good for me.

And yes, that tamale was effin' delicious.

Back to towin' the line tomorrow morning.

*Yes, I feel bad for tossing away DDD-endorsed chips. I didn't realize they were going to be added to the meal, or I would have asked for no chips.