I am getting the hang of a calorie restricted diet.  I spent five days in Bend, Oregon visiting with my son for his birthday and did not have total control over the food that was available to me.  Nonetheless, I am getting to the point where I can guess how many calories might be in certain foods and can make reasonably good food choices without having to whip out a calorie counter.  On the most challenging food day of the five that I was away, I calculated the calories the following day and found that I had only gone over my daily budget by 300 calories.  According to the Longevity Diet, all I need to do make up for that is eat less than my budgeted amount on some other day this week.  I am happy to report that my clothes are fitting better (not so tight) but the scale is still showing a loss of only about 3 pounds so far.