Struggling that is. I have admitted it. Sweets, are my downfall. I was sailing along until that fateful day on January 15th when we celebrated the life of my beautiful 5 year old however, since that day....its been down hill...way down. Somehow, with the workouts, I have not gained any weight since devouring sweets on a regular basis. For example...one package of Animal Crackers for Lunch, One For dinner...high quality nutrition. Yes, I am providing nutritious meals for the kids, its me that struggles.
Heidi is excelling. She's lost an amazing 18 pounds since this began....and I am faltering. Is anyone with me?
I find when I can't be perfect, I often quit, and it seems to be the same here....and unfortunately my darling oldest has the same personality traits as her dear old mom.
So tomorrow, yes, on a Tuesday, I begin again. No SWEETS. Keep exercising and see where it goes. It can't get worse, can it? So who is with me? Lets start Fresh Tomorrow!!!!!
Believe it or not, I'm with you, too. I've been lax about recording my food in my food diary and working out this weekend/first half of the week. I'm not overeating (I don't think), but I'm not being as good about recording it as I usually am. I've been sooooo busy and I've been falling back on that excuse - which is going to stop NOW! :)
ReplyDeleteJust a thought...what if instead of focusing on "no sweets" you focused instead on "eat vegetables" (or fruit or whatever)? Now, I'm not thin and I likely never will be, but I've had some success (feeling good, more energy) with planning meals around vegetables. I bought a large quantity (peppers, romaine, cukes, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower...)at the Real Canadian Warehouse and have been cutting up everything to snack on in addition to serving veggies with almost every meal (I steamed a head of cauliflower, chopped it, and put it in the homemade mac cheese today right alongside the noodles). Then I have my sweets - as much as I want.
ReplyDeleteI do find that I eat fewer sweets when I'm eating a good quantity and good variety of veggies and fruit. My theory is that my body finally has the nutrients it needs so it doesn't have to go looking for them at the bottom of the ice cream tub...