Well, it would've worked out just about the same way if I
   *didn't* count the calories. But it was sorta the challenge of
   the thing: How to eat out and not gain a pound in one sitting.
   And I'm really weird - I enjoy that challenge. It's sorta like
   I'm "beating the system". All in my head, of course, but it
   added to a very nice birthday luncheon. "