Watching your weight when watching TV

If you are like me, then you like to eat while you watch T.V.  I don't sit down and watch T.V. often, but I am a sucker for a few reality shows and a couple of series.  I will only watch T.V. at the end of my day usually from about 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  The amount of time I spend watching T.V. (about an hour a day) really isn't the problem.  The problem is that for that whole hour, I will be engulfing an unsightly amount of calories and what's worse is that I do nothing after that to burn them off and they immediately get stored into fat. Every commerical I will get up to get something to snack on from the kitchen. 

I have determined through my daily journals that this is the time that my diet falls apart and I am defeating a whole day of "being good".  See how beneficial journaling can be! I have been doing this all my life, but it never dawned on me until I read my honest journals recently.  So as always, I am making a plan to keep me from eating during my T.V. watching time.  Here is the plan and it is so simple, I feel as if I am an idiot for not realizing it sooner.

The plan, you ready, DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN EAT.  Ha - can't get any simpler than that.  But you know me better, I can't just do something without planning it.  So, I made a list of things to do while watching my favorite T.V. shows - that still contribute to my "to-do" list for the day.  I just save these chores for this time period at night. I am so nerdy, right!

10 Things to Do While Watching T.V.

1. Laundry - fold

2. Schoolwork - grade papers

3. Plan out my day for tomorrow - home notebook

4. Menu planning - if its that time of the week (for me on a Friday night)

5. Coupon clipping

6. Blog planning

7. Exercise - my 50 sit ups time (I'll do more on this in a future blog)

8. Daily Journal - Part of my New Years Resolution blog plan

9. Birthday, Anniversary, Get well, and holiday card writing

10.Bill paying - write out checks and bills for tomorrow

Take it one step further - For the REAL ORGANIZING OCD IN YOU

I have the list above printed into my home notebook, but you know if it isn't on my "to-do" list at that time, I am not going to do it.  So for the ocd organizer in me, I add it to my daily planner as well.  I make a note of the time to do it during my favorite T.V. program and I choose one or two items of the list to do during that hour.