Hump day randomness

I was looking for a calorie count of half and half and came upon this little ditty - check it out.  Nice printable suggestions for knocking out some calories daily:
http://www.dwlz.com/HealthyLife/healthy31.html  You've probably seen/tried/done some or many - but for this blogger I can't read enough of this kind of stuff.
Then Google offered up another option for cutting daily intake:  http://health.msn.com/weight-loss/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100250356 .  Both of these articles show how even subtle changes can add up to lots less calories in a day.  And no, I'm not providing a link to the Twinkie diet!
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Meet my newest friend:


Recall my last finger slicing episode that 2 weeks later is still not completely healed.  That coffee pot breaking was about the 10th pot I'm broken over the years, so it finally dawned on me to get an unbreakable one.  I'm a slow learner, but eventually I get it!  I just got this 5 cup Mr. Coffee pot that is perfect for me.  No one else in the house drinks coffee, so I just make it for moi-self each day and have totally knocked out stopping at the local Wawa every morning for a 20 ouncer.  I'm saving 5 minutes and $1.48 each day.  Yay me!
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Regarding exercise, I'm finding that my absolute favorite and least risky activity is walking.  I love to walk and just don't get tired of it.  I go at a brisk clip, being mindful of time and distance so I can continually improve my "stats".  It's always easy to throw on shoes, step out the door and head out.  With the gym, I have to plan it, drive there, park...and at any step along that sequence I'm likely to say, "Eh - not in the mood".  So I've decided that once my cadillac gym membership contract ends in March, I'm done.  I will need to figure out ways to incorporate strength training and weight resistance work for my bones and intend to talk to the trainer at the gym about this.  I can't wait to stop paying that steep premium every month.  Hopefully I'll find some independent exercise classes and yoga that will total much less than what I'm paying and not using near enough.
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Tracking calories or even writing down all my food each day is still the biggest PITA (pain in the a$$) to me, and I resist it like anthrax.  BUT - I know it is a valuable and essential tool for weight loss and for eventual mindful eating.  (Intuitive or mindful eating are states of being so far removed from reality right now as to be non-existent.  But someday they will hopeful be incorporated into the making peace with food that is my ultimate goal.  So today I have written it all down.  So far.  It's 1:30 and I'm about to dive into my lunch of a big salad, 1/2 c cottage cheese and some roasted veggies.  They are already written down because I know they will all be scarfed in short (but mindful) order. 
 
That's all, folks.