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Originally Posted by squiggly
Face it, it costs more money to stay healthy than to stay overweight.
I'm not so sure about that. It may cost more food-wise (but not by much really), but in the long run, health-wise, you'll save much more on ailments and doctor's fees to treat the high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, bad back, knee aches, etc. etc. etc. that can all come from being overweight. And your family may lose you sooner than need be. So which cost is really the highest?
It may cost just a little more for whole wheat pastas and breads, but for your health, the cost is worth it. That's one change you can make since you eat any kind of breads and you like spaghetti. Whole grains are better for you than white flour. But you still need to learn to eat those in moderation, by putting more of the veggies on your plate and less of the starches. There were quite a few veggies you like, and you like fruit. Both of those are good for you.
Try opting for low fat, I prefer to not go fat free as we need some fats in our diet, over full fat items. Get 2% milk, cottage cheese, and cheese products. Try yogurts. Now here's the thing, you say you don't like certain foods, and yogurt may be one. But when I decided to lose weight, I absolutely HATED yogurt, but knew they were good for you. So I just kept trying different brands, until I found one I liked. Turned out, I never found one I like. I had just tried them so much, that the taste grew on me. Now I eat any of them.
It's kinda like my mom swearing blue cheese was an acquired taste. I just never wanted to acquire it. LOL
Stop keeping issues to yourself. Tell your husband how your feet and ankles are hurting. He needs to understand that this is something you're taking seriously, and that it could get more serious, and perhaps even more costly, if you don't do something about it now. Maybe he and the kids won't take well to having THEIR diets changed over to whole grains and such, but you can try it gradually. If they won't, then they won't. You'll just have to do like me and my hubby...have separate shelves in the cabinet for our foods. LOL He's on a high fat diet, but then he needs to GAIN weight.
Like Squiggly mentioned, get up early, or you can get the kids involved. Even the daycare kids. They have PE in schools, start one for your daycare.
My daughter's old sitter used to march the lot of them on a hike to the store where they could all get one piece of candy. Maybe you can have them all get a carrot stick. LOL Do you sit down to cartoons or movies with the family? Stand up and march in place while watching them...and add in those hand weights while you march.