Takes the Cake certainly does!

So, note to self: Even though Edy's Slow Churned Takes the Cake flavored Ice Cream is better than some ice creams regardng calories and fat, that does not mean you can eat more of it. Measure out the portions, do not eat it directly out of the box. Because it tastes too good to stop at just 1/2 cup! That will become 2 cups instead. My oh my does it taste good. I need to stop that habit with ice cream though, eating it right out of the container... even though it is easier and requires less dishes for me to wash (much) later, it obviously does not work all that well for me.

I had my evening food all backwards tonight... I ate that ice cream as soon as I got home from Wal-Mart at about 8:30 and didn't make supper (HG's French Onion Soup and BLT (minus L) Sandwich) until 10:30. I need to work on that. As I have said before. Luckily next week I work all days. This Saturday I work an evening, but the rest of the week will be an easy flow. I hope.

Point wise I was doing fine today up until the cake ice cream. I don't know why I got it... I was going to grab the vanilla slow churned and instead grabbed that. It just looked so yummy. And I didn't actually get real cake tonight like planned (that's not a real excuse... but bear with me) because my cousin is sick. So no birthday party this evening, it has been moved to Sunday. Luckily, because I ended up having a work meeting this evening. Which went fine. It was for the photo lab. Yeah... anyways. Moving away from that subject.

I was just thinking, as I was grabbing the cat's food, how much this blog is helping me. I was thinking earlier today about how it's kind of silly and egocentric to write completely about me and my weight loss and not much else. But I really am holding myself accountable to this blog and whoever may be reading it. I was going to go to bed but I was like "Nope. Need to write. You ate too much ice cream. You must do one thing good for yourself before bed, and that is to blog and check your SparkPeople page." So here I am! I just need to keep in mind that I can't slack on this. I need to keep going. Blogging for me is almost like exercising for other people... it gets me pumped up. Keeps me on track. Of course blogging is not going to help me lose any calories, no matter how fast I type, but it's a good thing for me to keep track of what works and what doesn't, my behaviors and habits, my cravings and... basically everything. This is like a detailed food journal. Oh, for the love of my thought processes. I need to type out what I am thinking in real time just so I can understand it. Gotta love that brain of mine!

When I was at Wal-Mart tonight I looked at pedometers. Well, actually, just pedometer. They only have one brand there. Which I thought was weird. It was $5 and I wanted to make sure I was getting a good one before I bought it, so I called my mom to ask her... but she was busy and I didn't really want to bother her, so I called my aunt. Turns out she has one I can use! And not only that, but it is a Weight Watchers Pedometer, and she said it will even tell me when I have earned one activity point from walking! Which is exciting. Now I can definitely find out how much I am doing at work for real. Steps and all. I can't wait. I'll get that on Sunday when we go up to the cities for the party.

And this Friday is our weekly meeting... I think I am going to weigh-in again tomorrow. I am cooking supper for my parents from the Hungry-Girl cookbook (again!) tomorrow as well. AND I'm going to go for a walk with my camera now that it is fixed and working well. Big plans. But in order to do that I should go to bed a (semi) decent time so I can wake up early enough to do it all. I get paid tomorrow too! It will definitely be a good day tomorrow.

Goal for tomorrow- Avoid the cake ice cream, go for at least an hour walk, and clean the kitchen. I have a grocery bag sitting in my sink because I had no where else to put it! Must put away those dishes. haha.