Smiling at every Sunrise: food choices

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Wednesday

Doing some planning and list making

{pic found here}

As March comes to an end, April is ahead with an exciting first weekend!

Tina, Lauren and I are going to NYC and staying at the Waldorf=Astoria for some much needed rest!!!

I have found this great site: http://tadalist.com/

which has helped me make to do lists for this trip.

I don't know about you, but I am a list FREAK.

So I was ever SOOO happy that I found this awesome site!

It's such a simple thing, but it makes me happy!

Plus, it is so simple to use and I don't waste so much paper so it's eco friendly... if you really want to think about it that way.

=`P

So if you were wondering {haha... yeah ok...}

what my lists were {so far} they are:

Places to go in NYC
Places to eat in NYC
Things to bring on NYC trip

So far I have 24 places to go, 20 places to eat and just 2 things so far on things to bring because I still don't know what the weather is going to be like.

Which reminds me; I have to find a good bag(s) to put my clothes/things in to bring to NYC.

I can't believe I am actually going!

I'm sooo excited as Tina and Lauren (a.k.a. The Ladies) are too.

Later today we are meeting to have a small dinner (Subway) and some treats (appetizers and dessert... yum!) and of course PLAN PLAN PLAN for our trip.

We have trouble at times. We tend to not be good at being decisive about what to do. Hence, this is a problem to plan a weekend in NYC because, if you have ever been to this wonderful city, there is just SOOOOO much to do!

I have done so much research, and with the help of other lovely bloggers like rockstar diaries and A CUP OF JO who live in NYC, I have gotten many places to go see and places to eat!

Thank you ladies for helping out with my ideas!

I hope our meeting tonight with The Ladies is productive.

Gotta go now.

Yogalatte class awaits in half hour!

Lata!

Friday

Kevin is taking me out to get one of these:

{picture from here}

He's getting a cherry one and I don't really know which one I'm getting yet.

Probably a sugar-free one so I can stay on my "diet"...

It's the first day of spring so our ices will be FREE!!!

Yay for free stuff!

Whoo!

Sunday

I need help with shopping so...

This book would help me out a whole lot.

I need to find it on sale somehow.

I have the original one for restaurants and is very helpful.

Have you used this or know someone who has to let me know if it is worth looking for/buying???

is it snowing where u are right now?

{pic from this lovely blogger hope she doesn't mind... =)...}

so it is supposed to snow today...

we have a winter storm warning until 4 PM MONDAY!

ugh. snow. yuck... haha.

i'm just so tired of it.

can spring come already???

there is snow in places that haven't had snow in forever like in the pic above.

plus someone just told me we're supposed to get 6-10 inches.

but ... they said that before about a month and a half ago... and we got maybe 2 inches... pityful weather people-predictions. can never get it fully right.

maybe this will be the one time of ALL winter that they do.

will try to update then on the weather outside.

right now at work i am enclosed and there are NO windows so i have no idea what is awaiting for me once i get off at 5 pm.

we'll see...

things to do today:

-get gas in car {before snowfall}

-shower

-change into non-scrub clothes

-go out on a dinner date

{kevin asked me on a dinner date today when I called on my break... i love it when he asks me out on a date... especially because we're going on our 4th year as a couple in July... =)

we're going to Applebee's and gettin' the 2 entrees and 1 appetizer for $20. it's a good deal when it is a party for two. but i will do the sensible eating. if we get a "fattier" appetizer then I will get a WW meal or some baked chicken or something ...}

-watch the rest of this

-sleep... best part of the day... don't ya think???

Thursday

And what did Kevin give up?

Yep.

Fast food restaurants.

And it is including subway.

Kevin's one, and only one, option is Wawa!

Because it is the most convenient thing to go to from work...

he's done it before but not for 40 days.

we'll keep you updated!

Wednesday

maybe this will help:

Six Reasons to Keep a Food Diary by Ali Hale

"One of the factors which I credit most strongly with helping me to lose weight was keeping a food diary. Jim's written on Diet Blog before about how to keep a food diary and why, but I suspect there are plenty of dieters who think it's not worth the effort. Here's my five top reasons to write down what you eat:

Account for all those 'little extras'
Many people eat healthily at mealtimes, but snack poorly in between. If you're aiming to lose a pound a week, just a few extras (eg. a can of coke, a cookie and a packet of crisps) during the day prevents you from seeing results on the scales.
Writing down everything you eat demonstrates the cost of those 'occasional' nibbles...

Know when you can afford to treat yourself
Conversely, keeping track of your food intake over the course of a day or a week gives you the freedom to enjoy a treat once in a while - guilt-free. If you know you've got calories to spare for the day, and no chocolate has passed your lips for six days, you can indulge yourself!
Be aware of when you're eating
Keeping a food diary highlights patterns, showing if you overeat at particular times. Perhaps you binge late at night, because you've been eating too little all day? Or perhaps you graze constantly? If you don't keep a food diary because you have no hope of remembering everything you eat ... you may need to change your habits.

Fight 'portion creep'
Those of us who've been dieting or maintaining for a long time often get used to "eyeballing" portions rather than weighing everything out. But if your weight loss has plateaued, or if those pounds are edging back on, keeping a diary means you need to weigh your foods. That "medium" portion of pasta or rice might be bigger than you think...

See your habits changing
It can be motivational to look back on a food diary from a few months or even years ago and see how your nutritional choices have changed. Perhaps you've curbed your chocolate habit, or maybe you now eat proper meals instead of junk-food snacks. And if you're having a bad day, flicking back to a "perfect" week in your diary is encouraging: if you did it once, you can do it again!

Boost your self-control
Knowing you have to write down everything you eat makes you think twice about that donut, or that second plateful at a buffet. Even if you're the only person who'll see your diary, recording your food intake is a very easy way to improve your self-control."

This is one of the many articles/people who have said that it is a great way to see what you eat in order to not eat so much after all.

I believe it more now because when I used to do it for WW the writing down of food made me realize that if I ate food with less fat/calories and more fiber/protein it would fill me up faster.

Also seeing every day/week what I had to eat I would try to make healthier choices rather than eating the wrong foods.

Food journal

Do you keep have one?

A lot of different people who try to eat/stay healthy have a food journal.

I started mine this week and have been doing good so far as to writing down everything I have eaten... I used to do WW and all the points but I stopped because I don't think it is "critical" for now. I want to see how much I eat at each meal/snack and I write on a different piece of paper each time I eat something.

This process is supposed to help with watching what you eat/drink/exercise to lose weight/stay healthy.