This post has been percolating in my head since Friday. I was trying to take a nap while Digby and Chuck were taking theirs, but I just kept thinking and worrying and tossing and turning. I was thinking about how diabetes runs in my family and how I am on a collision course with it if I don't change.
We've been trying to eat healthier. We've been doing more green smoothies and more whole grains and less processed garbage. We rarely ever drink soda, juice only in the smoothies or when we're sick. I have upped our veggie intake as much as I think is possible. I guess it's a step in the right direction, but it can't be the only one.
Our biggest problems are portion control and exercise. It doesn't really matter if the foods you eat are real, whole, and healthy. If you eat more calories worth than you expend, you'll probably gain weight. I am thinking that if we go with the three meals and two-three snacks a day, this can help. When I've done this before, I realize that I'm never hungry and maybe I'm not supposed to eat until I get hungry again. It feels weird to eat when I'm not even a little hungry. Is that the point of the whole exercise? I know if I get TOO hungry, I start getting the shakes and when I do finally eat, I can't control the binging. Smalls meals and snacks would probably greatly help with that.
Exercise....needs to be done. We have some workout DVDs, maybe I'll get those out and start utilizing them. I have asked Corey if he wants to get a Gold's Gym membership when they do their 2 for 1 deal. That would only be $20 a month. This will probably wait until we at least get in the habit of exercising. The best thing for me to do would be to take the kids on a walk everyday. That would at least get me moving, even if hauling the double stroller out is a pain, the cost of not doing so is too great.
I wish I hadn't waited to learn about nutrition until Pigby was eating solids. If I could do all this over again, I would have had my act together long before I had children. I'm just so worried that I'm a huge failure to them, they should have a mother who has her act together. I just wish I could be perfect for them.
Eating healthy is not impossible, but it does take quite a bit of time and effort. Planning, implementing, washing dishes OH MY HECK how I loathe washing dishes. I need to get this done. I'm so worried about dying early. I don't want diabetes, I don't want heart disease, I don't want hypertension.
I came across this video of Jamie Oliver the other day. It brought me to tears. It's not really anything I didn't know, but it gave me a slap in the face. Real people suffer because of food. It's just depressing.
Yes, yes, and yes. Except for the part where you worry about being a failure--boo to that.
ReplyDeletedoes diabetes run in the family? I asked Michael last week and he didn't think so but I thought I remembered there being a couple. It really shook Michael up last week when the doctor told him he has the start of it and he needs to get his act together because he's way to young for this. but I can't control what he eats now, especially while he's at work eating poptarts and drinking pop. I think your doing a good job. Your kids are still little and will always remember having good eating habits. Especially with the baby. Now you know more she can be better. have you ever looked into baby led weaning before? Its about letting your baby learn to eat and controlling their own food intake at the first solid food. so no baby/puree food. It allows them to listen to their own body from a younger age about how much to eat and what to eat.
ReplyDelete