Buffets...the scourge of a dieter's existence!

After having three very successful days at sticking with my program, I found myself at a huge buffet out of town today for the mid-day meal. The one good thing I can say is that it was the early meal. I could add that I had walked for an hour early in the day, and that after the meal, I walked for around 1 1/2 hours, and some of that was uphill. I could also say that although I ate more than usual, it seemed that I tried a bit of what was on my plate, rather than eating everything. Yes, I had dessert, but half of the choices I had taken. The buffet, it seems, was not the bad part. Dinner on the way home was more than I needed, although I opted for a side salad instead of fries. Have avoided regular hamburgers for three weeks, but had one tonight. Could have lessened the damage by having the kids' size burger. Hindsight is 20/20....and then having eaten more than normal all day, somehow, peanuts fell into my mouth tonight when we got home. Had never read the nutritional info about peanuts before. Not good in terms of calories, particularly after a heavy food day. Hope that I learned my lesson and can stick to something tomorrow!