Changing (my) heart and mind

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I´d have happily killed someone (at least someone I didn´t like very much :p ) for only having to eat two bites of stuff I couldn´t stand. I´m so glad people raise children differently these days.
 
LaMaria said:
I´d have happily killed someone (at least someone I didn´t like very much :p ) for only having to eat two bites of stuff I couldn´t stand. I´m so glad people raise children differently these days.
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The 2 bite policy is an excellent one Liz.
I wish my Mum had that policy when I was growing up &, like LaMa, am glad people do raise children differently now. Good for you!
 
Ok, I'm back. Thanks for all the support guys. I always think that if I ate as well as my kids, I'd be in great shape. They go on food jags (I only want mac and cheese and carrots, mom), but that is normal for kids. The two bite club helps them taste new and disliked foods repeatedly. I read that kids (and adults?) need to try a new, disliked food 20-ish times before they change their mind. I think miso was 100 times for me! Not my favorite taste and I spent some time in Japan on an exchange.

I weighed myself for the first time in a couple of weeks because I had a feeling it wasn't going to be good news. I tried cutting out more carbs because I wasn't loving that I wasn't dropping weight faster, but to no surprise, that just wasn't sustainable and it pushed me in the wrong direction. I have managed to cut sweets out of my diet though and I don't really miss it most of the time. I'm really excited about this, but it is making me afraid of having the occasional sweet because I don't want to go back. Damn that dopamine! Ideally, it would be nice to have a relationship with all foods where things like a dessert are just enjoyed occasionally and aren't something I think or worry about all the time.

So what was the verdict on the scale? While I didn't lose weight from my initial 2lb loss, I didn't gain any and I call that a modest win for right now. I'm not meeting my 05.-1lb a week goal, but I am getting much stronger and have kept up my morning strength training regimen. You know when you bend to the side and you can feel your lats pop out against your hand? They are there again and it has really been a while. And all from a 30 sec plank every day. The kids even do "extracise" (as my 3 year old calls it) with me on the weekends. I think this means that I have to stick with my small changes and add a few more for it to make a difference on the scale. My first goal is to lose 10 more lbs. I will be really proud when that happens; at this rate I think that is far way.
 
Well done cutting out the sweets! Is that daily 30 s plank the only kind of extracise you´re doing? Otherwise the unaccustomed stress on your muscles may be causing them to hang on to more water, influencing the scale. I still think you´re right to make small changes over time, they will start adding up and the scale WILL budge. Glad to hear you´re still with us, by the way.
 
I'm doing squats and pushups every morning. Not many. Just something for 5' before get ready for the day. I'm also walking.
 
:) My friend´s almost-2-year-old joins her mom in exercising as well. Seeing her do squats or drop down for push-ups may be the funniest thing I´ve ever seen :p
 
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