Week 2

Saturday Morning we have a woman’s meeting at church.  You know that means food.  So I turned down sausage biscuits and sunny delight and drank water and you know it wasn't even hard it was just I can't have that just like it's a normal thing now. I am so excited about this boot camp on the 19th I challenge all of Rob's Big Losers to be there.  We have a ton of things to do that day but this is all about choices.  I have 2 wonderful kids and if I want to be around to see them grow up and to see their ministries I have got to take care of myself.  I want my kids to be able to introduce me to their friends and not be known as the fat mom.  I don't want them to be ashamed of me. My son many years ago when he was in Kindergarten would walk 6 feet in front of me at school because he didn't want anyone to know that I was his mom. Let's not get it twisted my son has always loved me but he got teased at school because of me how awful.  My son has since grown out of it.  He told me mom it has nothing to do with how much I love you and I knew that.  However, this has everything to do with how much I love him.  I want to leave him a legacy I want him to say I remember seeing my mom loose close to 200 pounds and kept it off.  It wasn't easy but she didn't stop. When he is asked how she did it.  I want him to say by the Grace of God, if it wasn't for God giving her the drive and determination she wouldn't have been able to do it.  I want to be able to give my testimony regarding weight loss and what all I have learned from it.  Obesity doesn't have to be hereditary lets break the cycle right now.  Let’s give our kids a better legacy let’s not make them a statistic. 

Portion Control

We are working on portion control.  Ok we are from Texas when they say that everything is bigger in Texas that also means portion sizes.  I remember when we first moved here from Texas and we went IHOP we ordered some pancakes and they were so small and thin.  In Texas a stack was a stack thick and big and full of calories.  So tonight we decided to have Spaghetti and Meatballs which is ok as you use Wheat Pasta and even then you need to be careful and make sure you have your veggies.  So we are figuring up how many calories are in the meat balls so I decided how many calories I wanted to eat and how many I can have.  It is so much easier to pre plan then to be sorry later.   What I am learning that when you fail to plan you just simply fail.  The Spaghetti with meat balls per serving has 340 calories.  My suggestion is to fill up with vegetables also a trick we learned on Dr. Oz to drink an 8 ounce glass of water before you eat and it will make you feel full and you won’t eat as much. 

Yesterday, I talked about walking at Cleveland Park on Sunday what I failed to mention is that it’s a good way for you to have some one on one time with your kids. Yesterday while we were walking and talking my son and I was able to talk and deal with some of his issues that he is going through.  I know my kids are getting bigger and every moment I can spend with them is a blessing.