February 7 - Let's Gear Up For... The Sugar Rush
Question of the Day
February hosts Valentine's Day - a holiday all about sweets and treats.
How do you manage your intake of sugars, especially in this month where treats are expected?
What about restaurants? Do you ever stray from the dessert menu or do you make better decisions?
Bonus question: Share your favorite Disney sweet treat! (pics are healthier than eating )
Sugary treats.... while I LOVE them, they aren't usually my "kryptonite". I've always been more of a salty/savory person (like the kind of kid who would rather have had a big italian sub than an ice cream sundae). But don't get me wrong.... I LOVE sweets! And I do work them into my eating plan on a pretty regular basis. Lately my treat-of-choice has been Halo Top ice cream! MMMMMMMM! I do try to keep "managable treats" in the house... i.e. Halo Top, WW mini bar, pizzelle cookies, rather than things I have trouble controlling such as peanut butter M&Ms and ANYTHING that is a salty/sweet combo such as chocolate covered pretzels. I do keep a few SmartPoints aside EVERY DAY for a treat at the end of the day... about half the time it is salty (popcorn) and half the time it is sweet. I work my sweets/treats into my plan so I don't feel deprived.
Dessert menu at restaurants.... rarely to NEVER. When we went out for DS's birthday last month we ordered one larger dessert and four spoons.... so we all had a bit but no one got overloaded. It was the perfect amount. But DS's birthday is usually the ONLY time during the year that I would order a dessert out in a restaurant. We eat out RARELY and dessert isn't usually a part of it. All I need to do is look up the SmartPoints in a dessert and it immediately has NO appeal. Honestly.... a full day's SmartPoints for THAT??!! No way! I'd rather go home and have my Halo Top!
Now.... that WHOLE STATEMENT is no longer true when we are talking about eating at Disney!
All bets are off while on a Disney vacation. I do love a Mickey ice cream bar (16 SmartPoints, in case you were wondering), Matterhorn Macaroon (oh my, my!), Dole Whip (of course), and pretty much ANYTHING from Karamel Kuchen (Germany in Epcot). I've got photos, but they aren't on this computer.... I'll try to post them later!
February 8 - It's WooHoo Wednesday
Time to Celebrate Something Great.
It's that time of the week... to share a big WOOHOO event with the rest of us. It can be about your progress, your life, an upcoming disney trip, or anything at all. No celebration is too big or too small - so take some time to brag about the good things happening in your life.
Hmmmm... not really a big woo-hoo week due to the burn/pain and some finance woes.... but here goes.... DD got to dive in the Giant Ocean Tank at the New England Aquarium on Monday!! Definitely a MASSIVE, MAJOR, BUCKET-LIST type of woohoo! She has truly had this as a DREAM since she was very little.... the NEAq is where her dreams of being a marine biologist really got started and diving in that tank has been a goal.... and I got to be there to see it!!!! (I actually cried a little!). Honestly.... NOTHING is better than watching your KIDS experience their dreams... as a Mom I'll even say it is better than living my OWN dreams... because you always want MORE for your kids.
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Good morning friends! I tried to post here last night, but the computer and/or Disboard totally froze up.... so I gave up.
Living in a "Winter Wonderland" here today.... expecting 8 - 12" of snow... it started falling about 2 hours ago and we probably have 2 inches already. No school today and I already cancelled my 4:30 pm WW meeting. I figured since the Governor is coming on TV to talk about the storm, it was probably best to just cancel!
Thanks for everyone's kind words and recovery wishes regarding my burn. If anything it is actually getting WORSE before it gets better. I woke up yesterday with a swollen eye lid... and throughout the morning the swelling dropped to below my eye... so I went to work with a large pocket of fluid under my eye. I tried to keep my reading glasses on most of the day to camouflage it. Also thankful that I have long hair and bangs that covered most of the worst of the burn so I didn't feel too much like a freak show yesterday.
Last night I tried to carefully wash my face (gotta keep it clean) and of course, it started peeling. I didn't think that would be a big deal, but the peeling area ended up really red and weepy last night... so spritzed the area with hydrogen peroxide (OUCH!) and I'll try to leave it completely alone today.... no washing, no aloe, no touching! My husband's first words to me this morning were "....eww... your face looks worse". Yeah, thanks hunny.... like I didn't NOTICE that!
Yesterday's eye puffiness migrated during the night back up to the lid/inside corner so my eye is super icky looking. Oh well.... super grateful that I get some days at home to recover! I'd be really self-conscious if I had to stand in front of a meeting looking happy and confident!
Okay.... enough whining!!! Yikes.... sorry... didn't mean to ramble and complain SO MUCH!
Off to refill the coffee cup and check on today's QOTD!...........P