I had an a-ha moment this week. As each year creeps by and reminds me that I'm not a teenager anymore, I'm also reminded that I can't eat whatever I want, whenever I want. There's nasty words like heartburn, cholesterol, carbs, blood sugar, and many more. What's the first thing I do, when something happens to remind me?! I get out the Diabetes cookbook to flip through for good recipes. Yeah, that was dumb. They don't have very many pictures and nothing sounds enticing. Next, I go to Pinterest; thank you to the wonderful inventors of this app!! I type in a few words and poof, I have a whole list of wonderful looking recipes to try and again my faith is restored that I can eat healthy without having to get rid of all the food in my pantry right now. Yes, I will have to add a lot more fresh fruits and vegetables, but for the most part I can start right now.
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Dave covering the homemade chili because he had picked out all the tomatoes and kidney beans.
This is why he tells everyone I "starve" him, because he is so picky I can't remember what he doesn't like anymore. |
My toddler may have to make some adjustments for this too and I'm sure my husband will continue telling people I'm "starving" him because I put tomatoes in recipes like chili or spaghetti sauce, but this is a good thing. I will one day look back and be grateful I started thinking and eating more healthy and not focusing on all the desserts and goodies. Oh don't think those will go away!! I will have to put more moderation into it.
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| How can you not give her whatever she wants...yikes. |
How am I going to do this? Some anxiety, a few panic attacks, a lot of hard work and a lot of breathing in, breathing out in order to stay on track. :) This will be worth it. My future children will be so thankful and the main point....there will be future children one day!!
