Day What? Superbowl Sunday

It's rare that I look forward to the end of the weekend, but this year I find that happening more often than not. This particular weekend went by like a couple of workdays, only faster. Starting with a family dinner Friday night to celebrate The Boy's birthday, then moving on to Saturday, which held appointments (shorter hair, y'all), laundry, cooking, rehearsal, Valentines, thank you cards, and homework...only to finish up with a Sunday which held a birthday party (hosted at Safari Sam's to save my sanity), more homework, finishing the Valentines, packing the kids' bag for next weekend, grocery shopping, gifts purchased, baking, and of course the SB with the Saints winning.

I'm glad the weekend's over.

Food-wise, what I'm learning more and more is that I do better with a regimen. On weekdays, it is so easy to do what needs to be done because it's so specifically scheduled that my body gets hungry at the right times, thirsty at the right times, and I just follow "what I always do." On the weekends, I don't sit and drink water like I do at work; I don't eat snacks at predetermined times because I'm not eating meals at the "right" times. So typically, I lose weight during the week then maintain over the weekend...blah. I'm debating between two options right now which I think will definitely help in the weight-loss arena. Number one: write down every item I put in my mouth (even those "fun size" candy bars I steal from Diane's desk...and while we're on the subject, the irony of "fun size" is one of those phrases that I think could earn its own entire post). Number two: photograph every morsel that I put in my mouth. While I think journaling my food would be helpful in my success, I think the horror of having to LOOK at pictures of what I ate would be that much more compelling.

So I was really looking forward to trying Devin's new Peppermint Brownie Pizza. Unfortunately, I was running a wee bit short on time and had to make boring reduced-fat brownies for the teachers. I will DEFINITELY be making this delectable looking treat when I return from Frankfurt. In the meantime, I firmly believe I will be the only loser packing an entire bag of protein bars and fresh produce for Germany. I figure I will need the bag to bring back whatever little German tchotchkes (if they're German, can you call them Tchotchkes or is that strictly a Russian thing?) I pick up for the kids, so I might as well take it over there with healthy foods that I can make use of. Do they take away produce coming out of the US, or only coming in?