This makes me happy. :)
Considering I haven't had the chance to really exercise since Monday I think my loss this week is pretty good. Today I will make a point to eat light all day - yogurt, fruit, salad and lots of water - because tonight we are going to our favorite (family) restaurant to celebrate my birthday. I guess it actually is to celebrate my birthday, Ed's birthday and Valentine's Day. With all three being within a week of each other we typically go out just once for the whole shebang. I guess we tend to go out on my actual birthday though so I don't have to cook.
We are going to Milton's which is a super family-friendly Italian restaurant. We love it. The food is so good, the service is excellent and it is affordable. My favorite dish at Milton's is the lasagna. Very yummy but not very diet friendly. I could get a healthier option, there are plenty to choose from on the menu, but I can't imagine going my whole life without lasagna for the sake of a few pounds! I figure if I eat light all day and have a salad with my dinner then eating a half portion of the lasagna (the servings are quite generous) won't be too bad.
For my birthday cake I really wanted my favorite which is devil's food cake with 7 minute white fluffy frosting but I don't think there is a "healthy" version of that to be found anywhere. Ed doesn't eat chocolate and I definitely don't need an entire cake to eat myself! I'll concede to a healthier alternative - cherry angel food cake. I found this recipe but yesterday when putting groceries away found an angel food cake mix in my pantry. I haven't decided whether to take the easy way out and just add the cherries to the cake mix or if I'll make the cake from scratch. I have a feeling the cake mix will be used though. There are other ways I'd rather spend my day than baking and cleaning up all those dishes afterward.
This past weekend, during the snow, I was able to get caught up with my daily Bible reading. Unfortunately this week I have fallen a couple of days behind again. I know I'll get caught up over the weekend once again though and hopefully I won't wait until I'm absolutely dog tired next week to start reading each night. Right now I am reading in Exodus, the story of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt. I couldn't help but think of the "watered down" version of this story and many other stories I learned way back as a child in Sunday school. It's funny to think I never until now really knew all the details of these stories. Unfortunately our high school Sunday school class time was spent chatting about the weekend more than really having any kind of lesson and I haven't been to Sunday school or part of a real Bible study as an adult. Even though I seem to be struggling to keep up with the daily assignments I really am enjoying reading. I find all those little details so fascinating and amazing and the stories that much more incredible.
Considering I haven't had the chance to really exercise since Monday I think my loss this week is pretty good. Today I will make a point to eat light all day - yogurt, fruit, salad and lots of water - because tonight we are going to our favorite (family) restaurant to celebrate my birthday. I guess it actually is to celebrate my birthday, Ed's birthday and Valentine's Day. With all three being within a week of each other we typically go out just once for the whole shebang. I guess we tend to go out on my actual birthday though so I don't have to cook.
We are going to Milton's which is a super family-friendly Italian restaurant. We love it. The food is so good, the service is excellent and it is affordable. My favorite dish at Milton's is the lasagna. Very yummy but not very diet friendly. I could get a healthier option, there are plenty to choose from on the menu, but I can't imagine going my whole life without lasagna for the sake of a few pounds! I figure if I eat light all day and have a salad with my dinner then eating a half portion of the lasagna (the servings are quite generous) won't be too bad.
For my birthday cake I really wanted my favorite which is devil's food cake with 7 minute white fluffy frosting but I don't think there is a "healthy" version of that to be found anywhere. Ed doesn't eat chocolate and I definitely don't need an entire cake to eat myself! I'll concede to a healthier alternative - cherry angel food cake. I found this recipe but yesterday when putting groceries away found an angel food cake mix in my pantry. I haven't decided whether to take the easy way out and just add the cherries to the cake mix or if I'll make the cake from scratch. I have a feeling the cake mix will be used though. There are other ways I'd rather spend my day than baking and cleaning up all those dishes afterward.
This past weekend, during the snow, I was able to get caught up with my daily Bible reading. Unfortunately this week I have fallen a couple of days behind again. I know I'll get caught up over the weekend once again though and hopefully I won't wait until I'm absolutely dog tired next week to start reading each night. Right now I am reading in Exodus, the story of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt. I couldn't help but think of the "watered down" version of this story and many other stories I learned way back as a child in Sunday school. It's funny to think I never until now really knew all the details of these stories. Unfortunately our high school Sunday school class time was spent chatting about the weekend more than really having any kind of lesson and I haven't been to Sunday school or part of a real Bible study as an adult. Even though I seem to be struggling to keep up with the daily assignments I really am enjoying reading. I find all those little details so fascinating and amazing and the stories that much more incredible.
1 comment:
Congrats on your weigh in! I realized Wednesday night that I had totally forgotten what day it was...
So funny, when you were saying Milton's I was like, "Oh, we have a Milton's around here too." Then I remembered that you lived in the greater area.
And about the bible reading, I know, isn't it amazing the details you are able to pick up on now? I find myself thinking, "Oh, now that makes total sense."
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