Sweet Tooth

Why is it when I sit down to eat I have to remind myself that dessert comes after dinner? Lately I find myself second guessing what I'd rather eat: a home-made fresh chicken salad, or Chili's chocolate molten cake! I remind myself that wanting dessert for dinner and forgoing dinner altogether isn’t healthy, but do more normal people still struggle with the same kind of meal juxtaposition?

To help my sweet cravings I went to Costco and stocked up on Fuji apples, bananas and this frozen tropical blend of fruit for my breakfast shakes. The directed attention to my cravings has helped, but I still dream in cup cakes and lollipops sometimes...

Model-what?

Wouldn't it be nice to just have a model's body? Even just for a day? Today, as I was cleaning up my office I found my old VS magazine and decided as a motivational tactic for myself I would pin a few pictures up on my fridge. I'm hoping this will help me make better eating choices when I go out, so the next time I go for a swim, I can feel like I'm modeling my bathing suit...and not the last meal I ate.

Family BBQs

There is just something magical at family BBQs that makes the food taste even better. Is it the tried and true way mom makes her baked beans? The rectangle-hand-sliced cheese that dad puts on the burgers? Maybe because it's the one place I can be as picky as I want to be, and not feel bad. Well, whatever the appeal is, I am so thankful that I have my family around so we can do these get-togethers every once in a while.