She's So Critical

Well I had an OK week nothing great as far as dieting goes. I had some good days and some bad days.  Even if I don't lose what I want every week at least I'm aware of my body more and my weight isn't going up. I did lose 1.1 pounds according to the Wii two days ago then it said I gained .4 pounds this morning. Even if it went down and back up it's still a loss of 7/10 of a pound.  I know that there was potential for me to do better. I missed a workout yesterday. I had a full day with dentist appointments during my regular workout ours. I did however walk with my daughter over half a mile to the playground at the end of the road. So we had to walk it back and I carried her on my back part of the way. She's around 50 pounds now so that was easy for me to do but I did it.

I have been doing well with exercising at least 30 minutes every day. Exercising is the easy part for me though. Even if it hurts I can push through it.  I get two miles away from my car hiking up a mountainous road and I have no other choice but to turn around and keep going or I will never get back home.  I promise unless I am injured some how and can't walk at all; I will never call to have somebody come pick me up. I wont give up when I start something. Sometimes actually starting is harder than doing it, but if you don't start then you will never know what you can get done!

On the dieting side of things well it hasn't been great. I am still drinking mostly water. I had a green tea yesterday and a small glass of soda.  Maybe a couple more sugary drinks during the week I can't remember how many, but it wasn't much. (I love doing this blog I have great ideas as I'm typing)  Since I cant remember everything I ate last week starting today I'm going back to writing it all down.  I know that helps but I just now thought about doing it again. Back to my diet:  Sunday morning my daughter wakes up and asks, "Mommy what's for Breakfast?"  I give her a list of option and she refuses. I remembered I had some orange cinnamon rolls in the fridge that needed to be made or they were gonna go bad. She wanted those. She asked how many could she have. I told her everyone get two a piece.  She replies, "Mommy since you is soooo fat should just have one!"  I couldn't help but laugh. I never would want her to say that to anyone else and hurt somebodies feelings. I explained that was not appropriate to tell somebody they are fat, but I'm glad she put me in my place and I did only have one.  She has been so critical about my weight lately. I know it's because she has listened to me talk about it with other people. She is constantly shaking my stomach and saying, "Mommy you're still fat."   Well in a different time that would hurt my feelings or made me mad, but coming from her how could I get mad at her for that. Kids are just honest.  It really is a good motivator for me, but my husband better not talk to me like that or I will lose my cool. LOL

So my challenge for this week is to do better about my diet and write down everything that I eat and drink.

I am so BAD at this.....but I gotta do this for my kids!

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.

Rain Rain Go Away.......

So I wanted to title this blog walk Walk WALK, but I'm not gonna just repeat myself for every challenge I give myself. Anyway you just really wanna know if I walked the 24 miles in a week and......(commercial break ha ha)  I need to just buy a treadmill.  I walked 8 of the 24 miles I wanted to walk and it rained the rest of the week. Aanytime I had free to walk it was raining.  I know we need the rain, but I would really liked to have gotten to walk more. If I didn't have kids to think about I probably would have just walked in the rain. OK probably not! I am so disappointed in myself though because I should have at least worked out doing something else.  So this week I will strive to do so. I have a work out DVD that I can work on. Also, this was the best part of my week, my Wii came back on! Now I can do Wii Fit. Knock on wood that it doesn't shut down again.  I am so excited about the Wii. When I noticed that the lights were back on it felt like Christmas.  We never unhooked it in the hope this would happen b/c the same thing happened to somebody we know.  Also, this is the best part I have lost a couple pounds. Now that the Wii is back on I will be doing official weigh ins on Thursday mornings so I will let all my many readers know how much I have lost every week. 

So I wanna be serious about something for a minute.  I haven't talked about diet much on this blog yet. That's because I want to do this gradually and get my workout routine going then start eating more healthy. I feel like when I am working out more I am less inclined to eat junk food so I need to get the exercise routine down first.  Anyway, I have been thinking seriously about something and I have talked myself into it. OK so I am going to go on a 10 day juice fast.  Not like just drinking fruit punch for 10 days, but juicing my own fruits and veggies kind of fast.  I am nervous but I know it wont kill me.  I plan on starting this in a couple of weeks and I want to blog about it maybe everyday for 10 days. I don't want to do this to lose 20 pounds in 10 days, but I want to detox my body of all the crap that I have put into it over the years. 

This weeks challenge is to keep drinking water, work out in some form at least 30 minutes everyday, and walk 4 miles each day that it's not raining.  Thanks for reading and if you are on the road to better health, "I beleive you CAN do it!"