How’s it going?!
Today I ate an early lunch while working so I could meet up with my new BFF Katie for a noon walk. I met Katie through SR who met her through Al Gore via the internet. Or something like that. 
I bought a rotisserie chicken from Costco on Sunday and randomly decided to weigh out 4 oz. for my salad. I underestimated how much 4 oz. of chicken would be and later overestimate 3/4 cup of cereal – but that evens out right?!
Lunch was served with Sweet Potato PopChips – these are good and I love that there are 23 per serving. Plus, I’m pretty sure you can inverse the numbers to 32 per serving and it’s still the same. 
I measured out my amazing Cinnamon Chex cereal as an afternoon snack too. See, as long as you put the measuring cup into the bowl it’s only 1 cup. And as long as you refill the same bowl your body only registers it as 1 bowl of cereal, not 6. It’s science.
The beginning of the year was kinda busy for me with blog events and traveling. I was very happy that July and August have been quiet since I felt like I was running ragged!
But there are a lot of exciting events ahead! This is what my tentative travel schedule looks like for the rest of 2012:
End of Aug/Sept: Trip to Florida to see Ben’s fam
Sept 20-23 : Maryland for Fitbloggin
October: West Virginia for the Sabra Ambassador trip!
November ?-4: New York for the Marathon!
Nov ?: Still need to pin down our annual trip.
December: Back to Florida for Christmas with Ben’s fam
Yes, we still haven’t planned our annual trip partly because there is no one place that I am dying to go (except back to Costa Rica but that’s out).
I’ve been keeping an eye out for Groupon Getaways but again, there hasn’t been one that jumps out to me. Although, I’ve heard Dildo is beautiful in November…
Question: Have you ever weighed or measured your food?
Yeah, the food scale shows a reality we’d rather not know… I mostly use it for cheese but should use it more often.
Where in West Virginia will you be in October? I live in WV!
lmao you made me laugh so hard!! Who wouldn’t want to take trip to Dildo!
haha, your measuring reminds me of cher in clueless, telling dionne that “if you cut it this way, it’s less calories.” i feel ya, though. my husband is super impressed with the amount of ice cream i can fit in a half-cup measure or peanut butter in a tablespoon. hey, it’s still less than if i were just going for the whole container, right?
I have found that if I don’t weigh some of my food that I am really bad at portion control! I always overpour and overfill. Oops!
hahahaha omg I love your way of thinking with the measuring! LOL! Those cinnamon chex are addicting!! I measure everything I eat.. not even to lose weight, just because I have horrible OCD
I’m also from Nova Scotia, but my family is from NFLD. I honestly recommend visiting both maritime provinces! I’m biased though! 🙂
Ps NFLD from Nov-Mar can be cold, but beautiful regardless. Especially in the winter with the icebergs!
I’m also from Nova Scotia, nut my family is from NFLD. I honestly recommend visiting both maritime provinces! I’m biased though! 🙂
Ps NFLD from Nov-Mar can be cold, but beautiful regardless. Especially in the winter with the icebergs!
First things first: are the Sweet Potato Pop Chips back at Costco?? That looks like a pretty big bag and they are my FAVORITE!!! Please tell me which store you found them? I’m going to buy a whole pallet…but of course pass along a bag to you!
This post was particularly hilarious…good work. Please go do Dildo…tell us all about what you find there. 😉
Hate measuring my food. It’s a total drag. If I’m super hungry and start noshing on something, I’ll usually serve myself some normal amount and put the rest away.
Happy Wednesday!
I got the popchips at Ralphs, not sure if Costco has them again. Last time I went I just saw the BBQ I think…
I tend to weigh my food as often as I can…well, as often as is convenient 😉 Food is a big issue for me in terms of keeping portions in check and trying to actively lose weight so I try to keep everything as accurate as possible.
As a WWer, I do weigh and measure my food, although I do sometimes “forget”. Ha! Re the cereal, a WW leader once said “If you measure out a ‘serving’ of cereal and are disappointed when you look in the bowl, you got it right” .
Chicago would be a great place to visit.. 😉
We’ve been watching Groupon Getaways as well. I think maybe we’ll do Costa Rica. Or maybe not. I don’t know! Vacation decisions are hard!
Nopez, except for overnight oats or when I’m trying out a new dish. Plus I don’t think I can eat the “required” amount as in I’m a small eater and most times, can’t finish everything. Best for me to eyeball.
i’ve been measuring my food for years, especially for baking but also for like pasta and oatmeal and other stuff… especially salad dressings, chocolate chips, and (usually) nut butters… me + unquantified amounts of said nut butters can get out of hand pretty quickly….
Branson, MO. everyone has to go there once in their life!
I must be immature but what an unfortunate name for a pretty place!!
wow. can’t believe i’ve never had those sweet potato sun chips. so awesome!
Dildo, it’s actually near a little town called comebychance, seriously… I’m from Nova Scotia, another nearby province of Canada. Newfoundland is beautiful, but the naming scheme isn’t bang on haha
My husband and I actually stayed at a fabulous bed and breakfast in Dildo on a trip to Newfoundland. (Not the one in your picture, but the view was similar.) It is a beautiful town with a somewhat unfortunate name.
I have definitely measured my food but not weighed it, except when I need to weigh out what 1 pound of potatoes is. I don’t have a digital scale to weigh just my portions!
You are going to be super busy this fall/winter!
I measure most of my food. I am the worst at portion control, so I have to or else that T of PB slowly becomes 2T. Hmph. The nerve.
I used to measure it, i still do with things like oatmeal and stuff, but for the most part from doing it repetitively back in the day, i can do it by sight now.
I think you guys should pick a place the old fashioned way like we used to do in school to decide where we’d live… grab a globe, spin it and put your finger on it, where it stops there you go!
So funny. Cracked up reading your post. Totally true about the cereal… its so sad its so addicting! and I always underestimate things like chicken or bananas or nuts. I couldn’t believe how many cashews were 1 oz… like none! I could eat 10 oz… boo for scales sometimes!
I am from St. John’s, Newfoundland!! AMAZING city by the way 🙂 but it’s only a few hours from Dildo. You should hear some of the other names of towns around this province.. some include “Come-by-chance”, “Ass hill”, “Billy butts pond”, “Gin Cove” and “Cow Head”…. and that’s only the name a few… haha! Sounds appealing hey?! ha
I’m also in SJ, but from around that area (a few minutes from Dildo). It really is beautiful! The people are great, the scenery is gorgeous. Don’t judge a place by it’s name 😉
Another “newfie” here from St. John’s, NL! Dildo is only one of our claims to fame! Its an awesome place to live (and visit! hint, hint)!If you ever decide to come to NL we could bring you around to all the ‘cool’ places…Hibb’s Hole, Joe Batt’s Arm, Bacon Cove, Back Tickle, etc, etc LOL Honestly though check it out… http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/
Charmaine
Sounds like a fun place!
See you at fitbloggin too!!! I have been considering getting a food scale…
see ya at fitbloggin’!!
I feel like I should invest in a food scale for that very purpose.
And I’m 100% behind a trip to Dildo…my aunt just got back from a trip of Newfoundland, maybe I should ask her if she got a chance to check it out? :-p
Looks like some fun travels coming up!
I am doing the Biggest Loser contest at my gym, so I weigh and measure all of my food. All of it. It’s a huge pain, but I’ve lost 30 pounds since April, so it must be working.
I can’t leave a comment on your post, but I can’t believe your little guy is going into middle school – so is my little brother! He’s going into 6th grade, is that the same for you guys though? He doesn’t look that big 🙂
Thanks for checking out my blog – I wonder why you can’t comment. I’ll have to look into it.
Yes, my son is starting 6th grade. it’s funny that you mention his size, because we just started working with doctors to find out why he’s such a little guy. He is very small, that’s why I am super nervous about middle school – kids aren’t always the nicest.
Good luck to your brother starting middle school!!
I didn’t even think your guy was small, I just figured Matt was BIG! We’re a big family 🙂
We’re trying to figure our December trip out- the winter months are tough, unless you’re cool with snow. I’m vying for the Caribbean but my husband keeps saying Vancouver. Ugh.
I’ve been to Dildo, true story. It’s actually quite beautiful in that part of Newfoundland, a whole lot of my family lives there!
I actually have heard of dildo ..god not sure if that’s frightening or insightful.
Fun few months of travels ahead! Ha- I actually think a couple of my colleagues went to dildo when they were in the area for a conference. So funny! I think it’s gorgeous, too, just not in late fall/winter!
I’ve never weighed my food. There are some things I’d be interested in knowing how many servings I eat though!
And I still say go to Thailand for your trip!
No scale to weigh food around here. I kind of keep in mind the serving size being the size of your fist…so maybe I should find a really big fist and consider that my serving size? 😉
you could try the foam fan fingers 🙂
um YEAH! costa rica is the only place i am really dying to go back to!
I did weigh/measure my food when I was doing really good with WW and I liked it. Took some time getting used to and it would be hard when I was really hungry and I had to take the time to measure/weigh and record everything and figure out points before I could eat. But once you get a routine down it’s good. Will probably do it again after baby #2 and try to be done with this weight issue for good! Ugh.
I would weigh/measure stuff and prepare ingredients and snacks in little baggies an right the points value on it. So when I opened my pantry it was just a pile of baggies with points numbers, it helped a lot.
Hey! You should check out LivingSocial Escapes too… (disclaimer: I work for them) but we offer some seriously great trips!
I’m checking there too! I didn’t realize you worked with them 🙂
Dude. I just laughed for like 5 minutes straight. You should totally go to Dildo, sounds majestic.
Ditto!!
Where are in West Virginia? I live in WV. Not many bloggers come to the Mountain State!
I read that as “Have you ever weighed or measured your FOOT” and was well into trying to figure out the logistics of weighing just my foot until I figured it out.
Yes, I have measured my food. It’s not very much fun.
I measured my foot once… size 10. I don’t want to weigh it 🙂