OK I walked a couple of times. Worked out a little. I ate lots of fruits and veggies. I maintained my weight, BUT most days I sat on my couch watching YouTube. I had a busy week, but when I was home I didn't make the time to work out. I am just so BAD at this whole healthy living thing. I don't know if it is just become something you are born with or you are a product of bad habits you learn from your parents. I don't want to offend anyone in my family but the truth is on my mom's side only 1 in 4 of her and her sisters has their weight under control.
Now that my daughter is no longer a baby she is more vocal about what she wants to eat. I used to make sure she eat healthy and drank water. I don't think she even tasted soda until she was almost two and she has never had it regularly. Now she is asking for candy and sweet tea a lot more. She has always been big for her age, but lately I am worried she is going to have problems with her weight. She loves to stay with my grandparents, but honestly that is where she gets the majority of her junk food.
I think that we got our food addiction from my grandparents spoiling us with processed food. I can understand it though, they grew up during The Depression and did not have convenience foods to eat. So when the grocery store and fast food restaurants started opening up all over the place it was a privilege that nobody knew was actually going to be a curse. They mostly ate what they helped grow in their backyard. I am very grateful to have been able to learn gardening and food preserving from my grandparents. I think if I were to stick with the diet that they at in the 1930s and '40s I would be in a lot better shape. In fact I think the country would be in a lot better shape. Anyway, I shouldn't just say my grandparents; it really is the way we live in America. We produce food in a factory instead of just farming and we are a product of the trash we eat.
I have a boy that I am trying to help gain weight and a daughter that I am trying to get to grow into her weight. (That is how the nutritionist put it, "...grow into her weight.") How do I serve my kids the same menu and have opposite affects? I am going to sneak healthy fat into his diet and cut out all the junk food in my house, and no more fast food. My son would rather starve than eat healthy food, but if I only serve whole foods then he doesn't have the choice he will eventually eat. I have been having a bad week with the dieting and exercising but I gotta do this for my kids! I can't expect them to be healthy and me eat and drink whatever tastes good.
My challenge for this week is to only drink water, have no chocolate, exercise on the Wii Fit daily and walk at least 16 miles.
Now that my daughter is no longer a baby she is more vocal about what she wants to eat. I used to make sure she eat healthy and drank water. I don't think she even tasted soda until she was almost two and she has never had it regularly. Now she is asking for candy and sweet tea a lot more. She has always been big for her age, but lately I am worried she is going to have problems with her weight. She loves to stay with my grandparents, but honestly that is where she gets the majority of her junk food.
I think that we got our food addiction from my grandparents spoiling us with processed food. I can understand it though, they grew up during The Depression and did not have convenience foods to eat. So when the grocery store and fast food restaurants started opening up all over the place it was a privilege that nobody knew was actually going to be a curse. They mostly ate what they helped grow in their backyard. I am very grateful to have been able to learn gardening and food preserving from my grandparents. I think if I were to stick with the diet that they at in the 1930s and '40s I would be in a lot better shape. In fact I think the country would be in a lot better shape. Anyway, I shouldn't just say my grandparents; it really is the way we live in America. We produce food in a factory instead of just farming and we are a product of the trash we eat.
I have a boy that I am trying to help gain weight and a daughter that I am trying to get to grow into her weight. (That is how the nutritionist put it, "...grow into her weight.") How do I serve my kids the same menu and have opposite affects? I am going to sneak healthy fat into his diet and cut out all the junk food in my house, and no more fast food. My son would rather starve than eat healthy food, but if I only serve whole foods then he doesn't have the choice he will eventually eat. I have been having a bad week with the dieting and exercising but I gotta do this for my kids! I can't expect them to be healthy and me eat and drink whatever tastes good.
My challenge for this week is to only drink water, have no chocolate, exercise on the Wii Fit daily and walk at least 16 miles.
Thank you :) Its nice to know that I'm not the only one out there that sucks at this too <3 And I love your blog too :)
ReplyDeleteTHANKS Mary!!! I feel like the blogging is giving me a little extra motivation. I want to be a healthy example for my kids. I never want Kyra to feel fat and slugish the way I do.
ReplyDelete:) I have been slowly cutting the junk back out of our diets. I did so well last year but lost no weight until i was pregnant. Since having Ezra I have eaten more fast food and take out then I have in the last 4 years :/ I cant even go to town without wanting something. Even ice cream which i used to not be able to stand eating i will crave for no reason! I told Matt that I will continue to buy treats that we eat on occasion but no more junk in our regular diet. I have to break a horrible habit that has started.
ReplyDeleteleah I have a hard time with My DH he is a junk food junkie. He is a little overweight since he has been sick and out of work but he still likee the junk food and it's hard for me to tell him no when I always bought the crap and put it in his lunch. He still wants to eat it, but I don't want it in my face or the kids faces. So we do compromise and I will ocassionaly buy him junk food and I try really hard not to eat it.
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