Ate like a pig tonight!

I try to eat only half of my meal! And I usually make sure I am the one driving so I can stick with just one drink! And, splurging once in a while is ok! Your body needs it, it changes up the metabolism!

Eat like a bird and work like an ant tomorrow!

If it's shared food like wings or dip I decide ahead of time how much I want to eat then once I have had this much, I physically move the food away, out of reach.. I have been known to put a menu or empty bottles between me and food so I don't reach out to it mindlessly. My husband thinks this is funny but I don't care!
And can you order a salad to share too so you can pick out bits of cucumber or tomato while they are all still eating wings?

Tongue-in-cheek answer: you could have a personal, portable placemat made that showed the nutrition information of the food you're eating. I find that knowing that four fried-and-sauced chicken wing PIECES results in 1100 calories makes them REALLY unappetizing! :-)

Seriously, though -- first, it is ok to have occasional splurge days. It's good for your body to know that you won't starve it. However, if you are eating so much every time you go out that you feel SICK afterwards, that suggests to me that your daily diet is somehow profoundly unsatisfying. I'd address that. Find a way to make your daily diet more satisfying, and those splurge nights won't be such a profound temptation.

For instance, I am zig-zagging my diet. On my higher-calorie days, I'll do things like eat a hefty dose of chicken wings (although that's become less tempting as my body has adjusted to my diet) and even a few potato chips as a treat -- or make myself a burger. It allows me to have treats that I'm craving and still stay within my WEEKLY totals, and that tends to limit insane cravings.

Other than that, every Sunday is my "cooking" day. I cook a week's worth of healthy food from scratch with a wide variety of seasonings and bases. For instance, this Sunday, I came out with lean beef, lean pork, turkey-meat, chicken breast tenders (sauteed), boneless-skinless chicken thighs (rosemary), collard greens, black-eyed peas, spinach sauteed with garlic, cabbage with onions, steamed asparagus, and sauteed mushrooms. Additionally, I have plenty of healthy berries, a few oranges and apples, and greek yogurts -- oatmeal, Kashi cereal, nuts of various kinds, and cottage cheese. Then, I switch up. Every week, I experiment with new seasonings and combinations, but always from scratch and cooked MY way. Thus, my every-day eating is FULL of fairly comforting foods. I don't really crave much unless I'm REALLY starved, because of the variety I am already integrating into my diet (although, once in a while, I'm just not in the mood to be that healthy -- which is usually a sign that I NEED a splurge-day).

Here's another thing. When going out, add in a source of fiber -- often BEFORE you go. For instance, I have found that a cup of rich, heavy green-leafy vegetables (kale, collards) makes me UNINTERESTED in eating for quite some time. Maybe, if you had a bowl of Kashi Go-Lean before y ou left, you would simply find the food unappetizing to EAT.

Anyway, that's a brain dump of possible ideas you could try. Good luck!

If you take half the calories and put them toward the next days breakfast, you'll realize you really have to cut down on the next few meals. I use that strategy for any food I eat after 8 pm. It made all the difference. Also, eating out with friends is something I had to give up for a while.