6 July 2019 - Diet Diary - Spent the day away from home, went to Colby, visited friend and went to Dillon's. I fear that shopping Dillon's is something of an addiction for me. I used to live in a town with 2 Dillon's, now they have 3 of them. LOVE Dillon's! When I travel to Colby, the day is definitely going to include a visit to that store. We also traveled to Oakley (15 miles) to eat at the I-Hop.

I think I did well for a day of travel and eating out. At I-Hop I cruised the menu, noting calorie contents. Numerous "dishes" on that menu had a count higher than my daily allowance of calories. REALLY great to have the info on menus, saves having to try calculating based on memory and best guesses while reading the menu. Ended up doing pretty well while eating something I enjoyed. Settled on a short stack of pancakes with a side of 2 turkey bacon strips. The bacon was above average turkey bacon and as always, the I-Hop pancakes were good. That portion of the meal only came to 490 calories.

Unfortunately, I was not willing to forgo the flavored syrups, strawberry, blueberry and butter pecan. I did drizzle very lightly with the syrup, no drenching but tried each flavor, all of which added around 150 more calories. Think I settled on strawberry as the best. The satisfying part was that I used to love eating breakfast out, usually with my dad or my longtime friend who lives across the state. Favorite meal to have, whether it was breakfast time or not and at pancakes houses with different flavored syrups, I would usually opt for pancakes then have all the syrup flavors. So, although my lunch to day was very tasty, the nostalgia was even better.

Despite that control at lunch, I ended up over today, finished at 1340, by my best estimate. Would have been under had I not had ice cream when I got home. Bought some "frozen yogurt" better known as ice cream but despite serious packing of cold in ice chest, it was pretty soft when I arrived. Was talking to the friend I had visited while I unpacked, letting her know I got home safely. Told her the ice cream had got pretty melty, she said "Well, you HAVE to eat some now, it is really best when it is melty". I had to concede the point and I had ice cream, double serving and I enjoyed it. Not a big deal, I also bought lettuce so tomorrow, salad is on the menu!