Update and Lists

Okay so today is kind of my day 2 since I've been to my meeting on Monday night and so far so good.  I feel great and I am feeling strong and full of focus.  Okay there are a few things that I need to work on BUT for the most part I am very much on program.  These past couple of days I have logged all my food and I have stayed within my points and did not go over.  In fact, tonight I ended my day with 1 point leftover!  Oh!  check this out!  I am going to try and insert a picture here.  Ok I got the pic to upload but not here in the body of my post.  What this is, is a meal that is one of my favorites, very filling and not too bad on points. This is an omelette that I like that I call my 2 to 1 omelette and 1 cup of spanish rice for a total of 11 pts.  When I eat this meal and add a few glasses of water, I stay pretty satisfied for hours, so well worth the time to cook and worth the pts.  I like taking pictures of my meals and then I can go back and look at what I've done in the past, its pretty neat to get a visual.  I'll keep posting.
Now onto lists.  I think lists are important and can be very helpful, like when you have a list in front of you, it really helps to put things in perspective and can help you stay focused.  I mean we make lists for everything else, like to go grocery shopping or a "to do" list when we're going on a big trip, etc..  The idea came to me because in a few of my meetings, my leader will make a comment about places she wont go eat because she already knows that there is nothing there for her to eat.  Then she mentions foods that she will only eat during certain times of the year and this whole thing got me thinking.  I need to make lists!  LOL  I have been giving this alot of thought and I think it would really help me if I had a few lists of my own.  It makes it more real when you have something right in front of you, especially in your own writing, doesnt it?  So now I am working on a list of foods that I call my trigger foods and these are foods that once I eat them they trigger something that makes me want to keep eating and eating and makes me feel out of control.  Then I need a list of my own restaurants that I know can do nothing for me, so I will try my best to stay away from them.  Then on the flipside, to be more positive, I need a list of restaurants that I can frequent and enjoy!  I need a list of my favorite low pt foods or snacks.  I need a list of favorite activities that help me work towards my daily 30 min of exercise.  I can even make a list of long term goals and then whenever I am feeling unmotivated or uncertain about how my day is gonna go, I can pull out my list and maybe that will help me stay focused.  Yeah I think this is gonna be a good plan.