I have 3 kids as well Charbar. My hubby has his own business, in which I keep the books and make appointments, bookings, etc. I have my own small business that I run entirely on my own and now I work at a gym as well. I hear women all the time say that they don't have time to exercise or stand there and cut up vegetables all day and plan, plan, plan. If you want to badly enough and it's IMPORTANT enough, you don't necessarily HAVE the time, you MAKE the time. Periiod.
I don't know if it's that I put
myself first, but that I made my HEALTH come first. That now my health/weight IS a top priority. Tippy, tippy TOP. I was terrified I wouldn't be around for my family. What good would I be to any one then? Now that I finally made me/my health, whatever you want to call it, numero uno or at least level with everything else, - I am waaaay better equipped to deal with my entire family, my household, my work, my EVERYTHING. I am way more productive. I get more done now in a typical day now then I did in practically a whole week before my weight loss. No actually much more. Because there were just certain things I could not do prior to changing my life around. I lacked the energy and the stamina. And there were just certain things that I wasn't capable of doing.
I wish I had known years earlier just how much more productive I would be a healthy weight. As good as you think it will be, let me tell you, it's even better. Way better. It's like nothing you can imagine. Same goes as to how much happier I am. The affects of my weight loss has trickled down into each and every area of my life. My family has benefited beyond belief from it.
If it's your family that you're concerned about harming by making yourself a top priority, let me ease your mind this very second. Nothing, absolutely NOTHING could be further from the truth.