so OUT of it…
the it being the mindset necessary to lose the weight i gained back when i got pregnant. i just can’t get over myself and my screw it attitude. can’t should say won’t - let me stay honest.
i did read this really interesting article in this months issue of Health Magazine. Basically there was a woman (a mom of a toddler) that was followed around by a diet “spy.” She helped track all the little bits of food that this woman put into her body everyday. Not the meals or the sit down snacks, but the lattes, the nibbles from the kid’s plate, licks from the frosting bowl, roll out of the grocery bag, too many handfuls of nuts while doing something else - that kind of thing.
Well, you know what? This woman ate about 1000 a day like this - and that’s not including her meals! Even just one extra 100 calorie item a day can add up to 10 pounds a year and look at all this.
I was shocked because in her i saw me! I have been in the fram eof mind that this or that doesn’t really matter. I was using calorie counts in teh opposite way - oh that’s just 100 calories, no big deal. It’s how the credit card bills add up, too. You know the drill, you go to Target and buy a bunmch of 10-15 dollar things and suddenly your bill is over $100, but nothing was that much individually.
So I need to get back to budgeting my eats. I need to return to the knowledge that it all adds up. It all is about choices and trade offs. I don’t belive in denying foods but if i am always chosing to have waht i want. i am creating this big ole body…
food for thought, i tell ya.
and, just because i make it from scratch doesn’t mean it’s calorie free - that’s my newest thing - i make alot of my food from scratch and it’s filled with healthy and natural things BUT that doesn’t wipe away the butter and sugar addded to the freshly roasted pumpkin when i bake, the eggs and cheese in a beautiful kale quiche, or the olive oil to saute the garlic and onion for the squash and apple soup (my soups are usually pretty low in calories, actually)…you know what i mean? just cuz you make it doesn’t mean it doesn’t add up!
night night!
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Aww Debbie…It is SO hard to get going when our heart is not in it, even if we know all of what is best for us and why. You have been through the pregnancy and now still adjusting to the little one. Your body has been through a lot. Just keep trying, each day, one little thing will lead to another and soon it will be one big GOOD thing. I know its within you…IT is just still getting back up on wobbly legs to begin again. BIG MAMA HUG to you little mama
You hit the nail right on the head! Girl, that’s why I have to stop grazing! If I can get the nighttime grazing under control, then I’ll start attacking the day time grazing. I wouldn’t be surprise if I took in an extra 500 that goes unaccounted for.
Deb, I love the budgeting your eats Idea! BTW, miss you mama!
I saw my mom do that with my nephew, he would eat half of something and she would eat the other half. I had to yell at her a few times about it but I think it’s a mom thing. She’s diabetic so she needs to be super careful about what goes into her mouth so I watch her when I am around to help out.
I think realizing your doing something is 90% of the battle. It’s the mindless stuff that gets us. I think your on the right track now and you can do it.
You hang in there, and know that you are getting on the right track. You are sooo right about all of the little nibbles adding up to WHOA!!! Your mind is in the right place. Don’t be too hard on yourself though…you are juggeling quite an act there with little one’s and all. Take care of yourself!
I think your total honesty will get you back on track. And we are gonna check up on ya!! You will do it, not doing it is not an option for you, otherwise you would not be so concerned. Love you!