So enough already - it is time to move on. No more buying junk food. I bought chocolate chips to make cookies for a friend, but knowing that I would eat cookies like a maniac last night, I just didn't make them. And I haven't had a single M&M all day. Despite some pretty serious tantrums and whining. From the kids. :-)
Friday, January 23, 2009
Moving On
After reading Elder Scott's talk in the November Ensign, I really started to think about how worthy I really am to have a temple recommend. I'm not doing anything bad, I haven't ever broken any "rules" but I certainly haven't been living the way I ought to. For example, I'm not really following the intent of the Word of Wisdom. I pretty much treat my body like a waste dump, I eat whatever occurs to me, mostly just leftovers of the kids' plates and junk food, I never exercise and I don't get nearly enough sleep.
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Look at you go--WONDER WOMAN!!!
ReplyDeleteYes, not having junk food in the house makes a huge difference for me--if there is food around, I eat it, unless I just have veggies around, and then strangely, I don't really eat like crazy...hmm...
M&Ms don't really do it for me. I've adopted the policy that it has to be a REALLY GOOD treat for me to want to eat it. Unfortunately, my standards have lowered lately, and many things seem really good...
One of the things I think about when I think about having kids (which I am still pretty firmly in the "not a good idea for me" camp about, but anyway...) is their food habits. For instance, it'd be better if they didn't grow up eating white bread. I wish I didn't love it. I would certainly be inclined to eat any left overs from food that I made them, and I think about lots of those things and figure that they wouldn't be good for me to eat, but if they're not good for me to eat, then it's probably not good for them, right? (This makes no sense...I'm tired...)
I can remember seeing this very heavy little girl up at Hire's once and thinking, what are her parents doing to her? She's going to have all of these terrible habits and battle this her whole life!
So, for me, eating healthy isn't just important for me, but also for those hypothetical kids...they're looking really hypothetical these days, but you know what I mean.
Plus, when you're in better shape, eating better, etc, I think it's easier to be a good mom. More energy for running around and being Frank. :)
Love you--I know you can keep not eating M&Ms and that this is just the beginning!!
The secret to the whole thing is to accept that when you slip up (we all do at least a few times) you don't say, "I can't do it." You say, "I'll start again."
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