S'mores!

The weekend trip, ...the family vacation, ...great ways to ruin 'the plan'!  But it doesn't have to be, and it all depends on how you view what you are doing.  I am making better choices when possible, with an intention to do it all the time, but forgiveness when it doesn't happen.

This weekend I had a great time!  I went camping with family.  It was interesting to me to be in many situations outside my control and still try to make good choices.  For example, I didn't do any of the meal planning or cooking.  This took away the control I have over my food choices and even time of the meal.  The only thing I was asked to bring was dessert, which is something I am obviously avoiding.  So how did I deal with this?

1. Don't overeat just because its vacation.  I was more than happy to eat what was prepared for meals, I just tried not to over eat! (portion mindfulness). Everything was delicious.

2. Enjoy the moving. It was a camping trip, so there were lots of physical activities. Kayaking, fishing, swimming, beaching, bike riding, walking, and a little card playing, this made me mindful of needing calories to balance the extra exercise, and the reverse of exercising more in order to eat something yummy.

3. Control what you can. Since I was asked to bring dessert I had the opportunity to find and make desserts that were low-fat, low sugar and still yummy! Now I have those recipes and I was able to share them with family. It was nice that I was able to control one of the hardest parts of the meal for me.

4. Plan ahead.  I knew I was bringing S'mores for one night (not low sugar at all!, but what's camping without  s'mores?).  And I knew I was going to toast some up!  I made sure that day included an extra long kayak paddle, and I didn't over stuff at dinner.

5. Company.  I realized how important it is to be around people and have things to do.  Cards after dinner is a natural deterrent to mindless snacking, and a friend who wants to go fishing with you , or ride the bikes to the bathroom makes you so much more likely to go do it.

 

 

Cookies

Mix up:

3 over-ripe bananas

1/3 cup apple sauce

Add in:

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

2 cups oats

dash of cinnamon

1 cup of dates

I threw in some dried cranberries and some walnuts, add whatever you like.

Let it rest for 15 min.

Spoon onto baking sheet (whatever shape you want, it won't change)

Bake for 20 min at 325

 

Today's "Yay's and Boo's".

Yay!

1. Lots of exercise
2. Lots of water

Boo!

1. Ate a bunch of the left-over Marshmallows after I got home from camping :(
2. A couple of diet sodas this weekend