**SHHH!!!- Secret tip for absorbing only half the calories when dining out**

OK, it's not really a secret...unless you've never been good at division.

Here's the tip: make your Valentines Day better by sharing one meal when you go out to eat, that is, if you didn't already celebrate it on Saturday like Lindsey and me.

Here are the reasons sharing a meal makes it better:

1. The meal is more cost effective (or cheaper, for the cheapskates among us), which frees up money for lingerie and flowers
2. Sharing a meal is much more romantic- remember "Lady and the Tramp?"  They totally hooked up that night.
3. There is more room for "dessert," which can be interpreted 2 ways: you can actually eat dessert after the meal, and/or you don't have to be a beached whale the rest of the evening, i.e. "lovin'."
4. You probably won't have leftovers the next day to tempt you if you're trying to be healthy.

Happy Valentines Day!