Setting Myself Up to Succeed!

Donna and I chatted a bit today about some of the things we're going to do to make success even easier.
1. Filling foods--We've both figured out that some nice flavorful beans cooked in the crockpot can make a healthy, filling meal. I made a batch of black eyed peas recently and shared a bowl of them with Donna. We both loved 'em! I've come up with an idea that I hope is good--white beans, crushed tomatoes with the Italian seasoning, spinach, onion, garlic, bell pepper, maybe some eggplant, maybe a few black olives and a little bit of some flavorful hard Italian type meat to give it a little oomph of flavor. We're both planning on getting these cooked before our weekend in Portland so that we have it already cooked for Monday.
2. Making food in advance, especially for lunch--When I get home Sunday night I'm also going to pick up salad fixin's and make salad for each day the rest of the week--with enough left over to feed my bunnies =:)
3. Being responsible to this blog--there may not be many people reading my blog now, but I hope that as Kathy's program takes off other people might be able to get help from it.
4. Baricade the kitchen--I'm an evening nibbler. I can stick to my guns all day, but once I get home and start watching TV and playing with the bunnies I'm in and out of the kitchen getting a little of this and a little of that. My plan is to get a roll of paper like they use in adding machines and put up a big X across the doorway in the evening. I'd love to get my hands on some "Crime Scene Do Not Cross" tape. I've already warned my husband. He can go around to get to the kitchen or just stay out himself. He's still complaining about not being at his "fighting weight" too.
I need to work on some ways to improve the likelihood of me exercising 4 hours a week. I went to the gym last night and did 45 minutes on the eliptical machine. I'm pretty tired by evening. I guess I'll have to consider getting up in the morning to exercise. {Hey! What are you laughing about!?|

I'm sure there are other things, but this is all I can come up with for now.