Today is the first day of spring, or to be exact, at 6:45 pm eastern it will be official and these indoor flowers are all I have to show for it.

Fridays are a day of working in the morning, running errands and prepping for the weekend; not that most weekends are very eventful but we try to make the most of them. Friday nights mean eating out and sometimes, depending on where we are and what we’re doing, we might have dinner out on Saturday too. I’m the only one in the house who cooks and hey, even the cook deserves a break!

I typically keep it healthy but I sometimes use it as my 10%. I teach my clients the 90/10 rule and I practice it too; 90% of the time we eat healthy, stay in control and 10% of the time we enjoy ourselves and our food…and stay in control still ;)

When you learn what foods are better for you and what ones hurt your intentions and your health it’s easier to make healthy choices when eating out. Many restaurant foods are high in fat, high in salt and highly processed but with a little bit of nutritional coaching you can make better choices and still enjoy being served. I’ve unintentionally turned my S/O a little bit into a food snob/restaurant and if you knew him before you’d know that he would eat anything and everything and say it was delicious – I’m okay with that!

While I’m dedicated to staying on track, watching my portions and limit the amounts of bread and dairy, I’m not stressed about it because I know that I can still enjoy the ever popular social activity of eating. When the company and conversation is good, the amount of food we want takes second place.

Do something for yourself this first spring weekend that keeps your mind filled with joy, occupied and off of food. Use food as your source of fuel to keep your body going just as food was meant to do.

Happy, healthy Spring!