Someone very nice made this for my birthday!  Many enjoyed it.  There was enough that even mom and dimple were still able to eat and appreciate the yummyness.

For sure it’s another weekend of lots of delicious food.

By Nutritionist Sue Radd.

You can still stay on track with your health goals even while vacationing.  Here’s how.

on the road
Pack fresh fruit and water bottles that are easy to eat and drink in a car.  Apples, pears, bananas, and mandarins make good snacks.

For longer trips, make your own sandwiches or wraps rather than leaving yourself at the mercy of fastfood restaurants.  Get ride of the candies and processed snacks – they’re just not worth the extra problems they’ll create.

in the air
For long trips, order a special meal in advance-low fat, vegetarian, or diabetic.  You will usually get served first, and you can relax, knowing the meal will be healthy.  Also, don’t accept all the snacks the flight attendants offer.  Move around the cabin as much as possible, and remember that it’s easier to control what you put in your moth than to burn it off.  A snack of cheese and crackers can take around 45 minutes of light walking to get ride of the rid of the extra calories!

on the ship
Cruise liners may offer special diet if pre-arranged.  Or, you can choose carefully from the buffet.  Fill half your plate with salad or steamed vegetables, leave one-quarter for starchy foods, and use the rest for proteins such as beans and tofu.  Also, don’t go for seconds, and watch your drinks.

in your hotel room
Avoid food from the minibar.  In addition to being overpriced, the offerings tend to be loaded with sugar and fat.  Make sure you have plenty of plain water to get you through the night, and bring along some fresh fruit in case you get hungry.

at a restaurant
Pick places that offer healthier choices.  Check the menu before you sit down.  Go for fresh foods, and avoid fried and creamy dishes.  Stick to one course.

The last few days we are so busy here at work and this full schedule will be over tomorrow morning.  Last Thursday, it was my birthday, and suppose to be a quiet one because i was pennyless, but thanks to the food preparation for the anniversary i went marketing two times that day.  In the afternoon, when we were shopping for the ingredients for chopsuey, Kaldereta, and also for the fried chicken, we used 3 big carts.  Good thing i grab along 2 of our office SAs.  Since most of the good does not have a visible price tag, yet there was a barcode scanner at the side wherein we can scan to know the price. Unfortunately, the 10 kilos oil (in a big gallon) does not have the bar code that the salesguy has to carry it back to the place where i took it and make sure if the price i told them was right.  Poor guy, he wont’ believe me so he carried that big gallon of oil several meters away.

Free lunch for everyone. I picked two plates because of the watermelon. hahaha but ate only 1 serving of rice.

It’s a busy week and thank God tomorrow is Friday once again.  Am tired yet i don’t feel the toll too much because someone gave me some supplement capsules for a try.  It’s working great on me (honestly!) same way as Green Perfection did.  Today is my birthday and that supplement from Amway is a wish — wish that someone will give me 20 more capsules for free.

So i now have more time to browse about this stainless steel backsplash so that i can suggest this to my cousin in law who is in the process of  building his home.  He might want to have a part of his kitchen to have metal mosaic tile.  I’ve already seen some modern kitchen using a stainless wall. If you are interested of what am sharing here, check out the site and download the catalog and you will really have a hard time to pick which one is the nicest.

I wanna go home now and sleep but not before i could share with my mom and daughter some fruit salad and ice cream we had during lunch time.

I love this card, too!

Cute and dainty. Right? So candy.