Atlanta Aquarium

I was in Atlanta this last weekend for a NSHMBA (National Society of Hispanics MBA)career conference. Unfortunately, I caught a cold on the flight across the country, or at least I started to feel it the day after I landed. The flight was a story in itself- I got stuck on the Dallas airport tarmac for about 5 hours since all planes were grounded into Atlanta.

I will add more about the trip later, but for now, here are some great pictures of the Aquarium after hours. P&G threw a fantastic company party at the aquarium where I snapped a few of these guys on my cell phone:

There were 3 whale sharks in this tank. None of them were as huge as the ones Robbie and Dave have on video, but these fish can get up to 40 feet!





This is a large ray called the black blotched tail ray.




They had hammerheads and saw sharks:

Healthy eating

I started this post on 4/18, but only now managed to get back to completeing it, but I hope to add to this list as I find other good places to eat out.

It seems pretty hard to find places to eat out that are reasonably heathy. Mainly because no one tells you what is in their foods!

I have been (and now I can finnally say "we have been") trying to eat a little healthier, in order to be healthier. Lose weight may be a side affect of this, but it is not the goal. The goal is to watch the fats and calories that I am eating, lower the cholesterol and fats, eliminate extra sugars (can anyone say red gatorade?), and watch excess salt intake.

So how does one do this? Well, they can eat turkey, oatmeal, plain veggies, and plain popcorn for weeks on end. (this surprisingly has one good side affect- the weight loss, but in all reality, who wants the same meal 6 times a day? That is really how you lose weight- stop liking the food you eat!)

There are a few restaurants that post good nutritional informaiton on their websites:
Quiznos, which has a number of nutritional information including allergens and calories.
PeiWei
Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant has selected information listed on Healthy Dining Finder.

There are also only a few restaurants you are willing to work with you on amount of salt and fat they use in their cooking (mainly because chain fast food always comes semi prepared.) Here are a few places that are willing:
Dr. Grubb's in Claremont

Since these few restaurants nutritional guides weren't enough, I turned to using some other tools. There are plenty of calorie counting tools out there, for example CalorieKing has a great nutritional database, and some other websites. For the most part, you ahve to pay these website to access more indepth trackign tools. However, I came across SparkPeople as a free alternative. I can track weight, daily food and nutrition, and fitness. It also alows me to enter in recipies to find out how many calories are in each meal i want to make.

http://www.healthydiningfinder.com

I also found some good information about how to eat (more times a day, smaller amounts, and what to snack on):

Snacking Ideas