Such a great thread -- I'm so glad you posted about it, Fiona. I find eating out so challenging, even though I'm like Mosaic and have more of a savoury tooth than a sweet one. And I'm not on Step 3 yet, so it would be fine if I did get dessert if I wanted.

But I get so confused about what I *do* want when there's so much going on around me, and even though I know in my head that if I order dessert it'll taste way too sweet and I will go home not feeling great, I still have the diet backlash when I look at a dessert menu of allllll those times I desperately wanted one and didn't order it that now sometimes I still order one just because I *can* -- and then I don't want it and feel guilty for wasting the money. I think both the berries and cream and appetizer-for-dessert ideas would work beautifully for me -- there are usually more appetizers and veg sides on a menu that I want than I can reasonably order with dinner anyway :) -- so I'm so glad to have had the chance to hear them.

Thanks! Pam