So now the cold, hard truth. I’m teaching my kids to eat crappy. Don’t get me wrong: they eat plenty of veggies and could practically live on fruit. But I use sweets as rewards and we ALL eat sugar when Mommy is feeling stressed.
Why do I put out apple slices and carrot sticks for the kids to munch on all day, yet I grab a cookie or Bagelful when I go to sit down to nurse? No wonder my blood sugar levels are probably all over the place (as evidenced by my moodiness).
Even skinny chicks struggle with weight … keeping it off or else for, say, an anorexic person, they might need Weight Watchers to make sure they are eating ENOUGH food.
But I digress, as I will do when I’m winding down on a topic. Where was I?
Oh, yeah, KIDS. So I’m working hard to plan meals ahead of time so I’m not scrambling last minute for something that turns out to be bad for us. It’s Lenten season, too, so I have to think about Fish Fridays … fish is healthy, right?!
So it’s pretty obvious that the less you keep chocolate and junk in your house, the less it will be eaten. For instance, I can’t keep soda or chips in the house or we’d all weigh about 500 pounds. I try to make sure I always have baby carrots and lots of fruit in the house. When I make Jell-O, I throw in a can of fruit. They drink a lot more water these days instead of lugging Capri Suns everywhere we go. Get your kid his or her own water bottle and watch them drink like a fish.
Good luck in your weight loss ventures. Mine is currently staying the same, although I’m growing a human being. I swear that Vitamin B-12 helps me have no morning sickness, little fatigue AND must be great for my metabolism. Have I found the new Wonder Drug?
If you’re preggy and feeling pukey, do me a favor and give B-12 a chance and report back to me!
You ARE doing wonderfully, staying on top of it and making food before you get ravenous, I'm so proud of you for that. Even if you're doing it a little more than you were, every time you make a change toward your new direction, rejecting your old way of doing things, you have made a victory.
ReplyDeleteI haven't had coffee yet this morning as I write this, or I'd be witty and come up with a goofy cheer or something.
LOL, guess what we had for dinner tonight - Pizza!! lol
ReplyDeleteEven if your not pregnant,after you have kids, does the moodiness and the need to eat junk food ever go away?!?!
Good luck & take care!! ;0)
You can do this...I believe in ya! "I think I can ...I think I can."
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