Losing It

Last night, my husband and I were watching the food network.  I love watching Good Eats, and Unwrapped, and just about any other show that is on that channel.  Well Unwrapped showed the $1,000.00 sundae.  My husband and I started joking about it.

What we were joking about was the fact that I eat so fast, that I would eat through the Sundae with out even knowing that it was gone.  That started going through  my head, and made me think.  It was so true I do eat very fast.

As a mother, and many mothers know that to eat, you have to eat quickly.  But trying to lose weight the opposite is true.  That leaves the question, how can you find a way to eat slower and still do everything that needs to be done as a mother?

I know what is holding me back from part of my weight loss is the fact that I over eat.  Over eating is very easy to do.  I need to figure out a way to stop over eating and start eating healthy.  To do this I need to learn how to do something very easy, eat slowly.

Did you know that it takes about 20 minutes before you stomach will register that it is full, and that is 20 minutes that it becomes easy to over eat.  That is just simply amazing, that it is so easy to over eat.  So the question is then, how do you change this, how do you slow down?

Once you slow down your eating, losing weight becomes easier because you are not going to eat as much.  Not to mention, when you slow down, you can actually taste the food that you are eating.

I have noticed since I have been working out, as hard as I am I have been eating right.  I want to feel that I am accomplishing something big, and to do that I need to concentrate on what I am eating.

I also have noticed that I am drinking so much water.  I am craving water.  I have not drunk much water before, and now I just could not live with out it.

Making this change is taking time to learn how to do.  I still find that I am craving chocolate.  Furthermore, it takes a lot of concentration not to eat everything in site.  There are some days that I am finding I am doing better than other days.

The key for me to be able to be successful is eating all the time, or at least it feels that way.  I started to eat every 2 hours until 7:00 p.m.  If I get hungry after 7:00, I drink water and chew a piece of gum.  I have noticed that it is helping.

I have been seeing little changes.  My clothes is starting to fit better.  I am feeing better about myself.  This is a great start to great changes.

I know that I am going in the right direction, it will just take some time and patience, and I will start seeing the results that I am looking for.

I have heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  I have seen that this is true.  I have noticed that my day goes better and I tend to stick on track when I eat breakfast.

Having a sensable breakfast is just so important as a way to start your day.  After a good night sleep you need the energy first thing in the morning, to get your blood pumping.  Having a good breakfast will get your body going and that is so important to get your energy up to where it needs to be.

So next time you are thinking that you don’t need breakfast think again.  I know that I tend to eat more sweets and eat more at each sitting on the days I don’t get breakfast.  So make sure that you eat a good breakfast every day.

I notice while I am stressed I have such a hard time to eat right.  I know what I need to do.  I know how I need to eat.  I know what I need to do.  The problem that I am having is the fact that I am struggling following my own advice.  I know that I can do it, I just need to work as hard as I can.

I find that when I am stressed I start drinking a lot of caffine.  This makes it more difficut for me to eat right.  I know that I need to work hard and know that I can do it.

I just have to figure out how to get started.

I have a sweet tooth.  It is terrible.  I want sweets all of the time.  But how do you kill the sweet tooth?

I get stressed I want sweets.

I am tired I want sweets.

I see sweets, I want them.

How do I get rid of it?  That is the biggest question, and the hardest question for me to answer.

I have tried saying no.  I have tried chewing gum.  I have thrown all of the sweets out of my house  so that they were not easy to get to, and nothing has helped.

I am looking for any way to fix this.  This is one of my biggest downfall- my sweet tooth!

I took my youngest and went to the mall to visit a friend who was working up there.  I was amazed to see a green tea diet kiosk.  It made me laugh that they have that up there.  With dieting being so popular I am sure that will be a great place to do business.  Different diets scare me because I wonder if they are well thought of or if they are just put together to make money.

Losing weight is important to me.  I want to feel better than I have in a long time and the way I am going to do that is by losing weight.  It is very easy to get into the instant diet trap.  That by changing something I can lose alot of weight quickly and keep it off.  I know that is not the case.  I have taken the diet pills.  I did lose the weight.  The problem, is that as soon as I stopped taking them, I gained all of the weight back.  I want to lose the weight once and for all and not have to worry about gaining it back.

I know that looking at my days, breakfast is so important to me. I don’t understand how people skip breakfast. I know that I also have more energy to make it through the day. I have also seen that by starting my day off with breakfast I am more satisfied the entire day.

I love cooking breakfast. It is a fun meal to make, and I love to be creative with what I am making. My favorite is making my version of omelets. Looking at the different things I have around my house and using that to decide. I never duplicate any of my recipes.

Right now one of my favorite breakfast is a bagel with scrambled egg on it. In the egg I add a meat, or vegetable. Today I added a little cinnamon sugar. I could not believe how tasty it is. I added a couple of strips of bacon, and I have a full meal.

I love being on vacation. I am able to relax and have a good time. It is such a nice place to be. The problem - CHOCOLATE! Yes that wonderful food, one that I feel should have it’s very own food group. I love chocolate. I have been eating so much chocolate it is not funny. I need to step away from the chocolate.

Other than that I need to start eating better. Less, more often. Eating more fruits and vegetables. I am excited that we are going home tomorrow, but at the same time I don’t want to leave. I am enjoying my time up here.

I have had a migraine, for the past couple of days because I am not drinking my water or eating right. I hope that I can get back on track and start feeling better soon.

I feel drained. I mean mentally and physically drained. I have not been drinking my water. I have the best of intentions to drink it but when it comes down to it I just don’t do it. I start to do something else and I get so distracted. It does not help that for some reason today I have had two major nose bleeds. They both have lasted for at least 30 minutes. The last one I was trying to relax in a bath and when my husband came in to check on me I was covered in blood.

I wanted to exercise today but that was just not going to happen. It was just too hard to do that because of the fact that I was so drained. I just feel so drained. I know that it is from the nose bleeds, but mostly to do with the fact that I am eating terrible. I need to start eating better and getting back on my feet.

I can do it I know that I can. I will be able to get back in gear, but I think that it just won’t happen until I get home.