Today I am proud of James and I. I made a healthy dinner, and he ate it. Without being prompted! Tonight I made Wild Salmon brushed with a tsp of olive oil and two tsps of balsamic vinegar, broiled for 12 minutes, a side of brown rice with zucchini quickly sauteed in a little bit of soy sauce, and a baby spinach salad for me.
James ate his entire salmon fillet without any problem at all, and even commented that it was "really good Mommy!". I had to encourage him to try the rice, and he did, said it was good even. Then he tried one of the cucumbers in it (zucchini, but did nothing to discourage him calling it that at the time since he loves cucumber).
Eating healthy and a positive self image is something I am very concerned about with my kids. Today James asked me why I go to an exercise class. I was very careful not to say it was to lose weight or to get thin. I made a point of saying it was to get and stay healthy. I try really had that no matter how badly I am feeling about myself on any given day, I do not project those feelings of doubt and self hatred. Having low self esteem and a low self image is a horrible thing to have and I certainly do not want either James or Piper to have these feelings that I am plagued with almost every day. I make sure to call James handsome and Piper beautiful. I tell both my children I love them and that to me they are special. I want my children to have the self confidence I pretend to have while inside I doubt in myself everything. You can especially tell when I'm attempting to be confident at work and I start stuttering and tripping over my words. The worst is when I know I'm doing it and am aware of it, just makes it all come out worse. The only problem I hope I don't encounter is creating little monsters who think they are the only ones in the world with giant huge egos. Must find the balance to create well rounded creative thinking individuals.
I did not make it out for a run today. Instead I had a play date for James. It was bloody cold out anyway. I will go tomorrow and have rescheduled my run for Saturday (I had planned on resting on the weekend anyway). This works out better anyway. I had three days straight of activity, time to give the body a day of rest and get back into it tomorrow. I was quite pleased with my eating today. I think I ate as clean as I could get with what I had on hand. Given a properly stocked pantry, it wouldn't be as hard as I had always assumed it to be. Still can't quit the coffee though. Almost fell asleep this morning while giving Piper her bottle. So we'll just have to cut it down to two cups a day and go from there.
Tomorrow is measurement day! Let us hope for good things. Fingers crossed!
K
PointsPlus™ Tracker entries
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Morning
1 serving(s) Life Cereal 3
1 large banana(s) 0
2 cup(s) black coffee 0
Subtotal 3
Midday
1 cup(s) spinach 0
1 tsp olive oil 1
2 tsp balsamic vinegar 0
1 oz cheddar cheese 3
1 cup(s) low-fat milk 3
Subtotal 7
Evening
1/2 cup(s) instant brown rice 5
1 cup(s) cooked zucchini 0
2 tsp balsamic vinegar 0
1 tsp olive oil 1
1 serving(s) Salmon Fillet 3
1 cup(s) low-fat milk 3
1 cup(s) spinach 0
1 serving(s) Renee's Lemon Poppy Seed 1
Subtotal 13
Anytime
1/2 slice(s) date-nut bread 3
Subtotal 3
Food PointsPlus values total used 26
Food PointsPlus values remaining 4
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