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Keepin On

Posted renewme on September 21st, 2007 | Filed under General

So I stepped on the scale again this morning and was down another pound, @207.  It’s exciting to see it going downward, even though not my “official”  weigh in day.  It gives me motivation to continue doing things, I’ve started.  I’ve spent some time going through recipes, trying to plan meals through next Tuesday.  I don’t know why it seems so overwhelming to me to plan for a whole week.  I figure if I plan through Tuesday, I’ll get all the sale items from the grocery and then when the new ads come out on Wed. I’ll plan meals for the next 7 days.  Hmmm, having just typed that, I think maybe I should plan through Wed., that way I’ll know what’s for dinner in the morning, and not pick up something “easy” while at the store because I might feel I won’t have time to prepare.  I think I will plan through Wed. 

I feel confident I’ll be able to reach the 10lb goal loss by Oct. 20.  I chose this date because we have inlaws and possibly my parents coming to town.  I’m hoping someone will be able to see a little difference.  MIL is usually really good at noticing small things like that.  Not that losing 10 lbs is a small feet, but it might not really look like much of a difference.  I’m not going to get upset if nobody says anything though.  I”m not doing it for comments, though I’m sure they’ll be nice if I get them as I progress.  I’m doing it for my health.

 Oldest ds came to me last night and asked me to discuss an article from Time for kids that they got in school.  It was part of their homework to discuss with family.  So, we talked about an article that was about kids making good choices in the food they eat.  It highlighted how some schools are doing away with the less healthy lunch fare and introducing more healthful school lunches, eliminating treats and other things like that.  Some of the things we talked about gave me hope as I try to eat healthy as well as provide healthy options for my family.  The truth is we all can use a food and exercise makeover.  We eat too many “bad” things and don’t spend enough time on physical activity, and too much time in front of the tv.  I’ve watched a show on Discovery Health called Honey We’re Killing the Kids, or something like that.  In which a lady projects how the children in a family will look at 40 yrs if they continue eating and behaving how they are today.  Then she revamps how they eat and encourages new activities, and gives new projections based on the healthier lifestyle.   I think I’ve seen it 3 times and on each one she has told them to get rid of the TV.  I don’t think we have to go so drastice as to completely eliminate it.  After all we are to learn things in moderation right?  TV in itslelf isn’t bad, it’s too much tv, and watching the “wrong” shows that is.  Anyway, I got off track.  I was writing about my discussion with ds about food.  Anyway, we both agreed as a family we could do better with our food choices.  I think now is the time to really move forward with this, while he is thinking about it.  I need to provide the right things for my family to eat and snack on.  I want them to learn it while they are still young enough and don’t have a “real” problem yet.  I don ‘t want them to waste years of their life feeling bad about how they look and wishing they could lose weight like I have.  Life is too short.  I want them to be able to do what they want to do and not let physical things get in their way.