I have been working on my own weight and trying to get healthy for awhile now. It is hard work. When I hear people say oh I lost 100 pounds I am like
then I find out they had surgery. That's the easy way to me. That isn't the same as what I have been doing. I work my butt off everyday.
And as a parent of 3 active kids it is really easy to hit the drive thru at McDonalds instead of coming home to make a healthy meal. After working all day and then running from one of event or another afterwards the last thing I want to do is come home and cook.
My kids are into sports and 6 days a week we spend at practices and games. Some days are doubled up and I am running them everywhere. But gradually I have made changes. I heard alot of grumbles at first. But they are adjusting and I hear less grumbles than in the beginning.
I have to work on myself, but also realized that just because they are not over weight now they were living a life to become that way. Now when they reach for a snack instead of oreos they get something healthy. Junk food hasn't been taking totally away but they don't have it often. Now IF they get chips they are not picking up the entire bag and munching away. Instead I have
divided the bag up into ziploc bag serving sizes.