I have to say "Wagon? Ah yes there was a wagon, I remember. Had better get back on it then!"
As an aside, I've been reading Jan Fortune-Wood's "Without Boundaries" ... about eliminating coercion (even the subtle stuff) from your parenting ... so I've begun to give Lani the reins regarding her sugar issues. The interesting effect it has had is that she has begun to feel really dubious about sugar in our diets and is working really hard on Jon and I to cut it out for the sake of our long term health. She may just get me back on the sugarless wagon!
I've been straying a bit with wheat too and need to get off it again and give it a month or two to get to see if there is any real impact for me when not eating it. It shouldn't be hard as I have spent lots of time wheat allergic anyway so it's not new ... and our dinners always have to be wheat free for Jon, anyway.
I have largely been taking my vits and mins ... so that is at least still on track.
The past week or so I've been overeating on occasion, past my comfort point. I've been clearing up after Lani who seems to have little or no appetite. I have also been eating out and choosing quite the wrong stuff. therein I seem to have been eating white rolls (which I can usually leave without any trouble) and pastry dishes ... not to mention curries. So, if I had lost anything I may well have put it back on in the last week! It is a jolly good thing I cannot touch chocolate because at least I can't always clear up everyone's puddings! Heh, why have we been having puddings? We don't usually bother with them! I think it is me and my sugar cravings. I keep finding myself bending rules to get myself a sugar fix. Thankfully, Lani is more in charge now and will put me off for the sake of avoiding heart disease! I think I have her so well convinced that crap food is as dangerous to your health and your kids health as smoking ... now I just have to remember that myself ... and keep in mind that it can only get to be more of a problem the longer I keep eating like that and slowly accumulating the pounds. If I'm lucky I may have another 40 years and I cannot continue gaining even 5lb a year without being in serious danger within 2 to 3 of those 40 years! I need to keep focused.
Get out of the takeaway/pub restaurant you lazy wench, and plan some dinners. Get the menu up and running again (need to write a new one I'm excited by), do the shopping and cooking during the part of the day when Miyuki is contented.
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I so feel for you Sal , do you think we're craving the sugar because of trying not to eat it, or is it actually the lack of it that creates the crave?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure my blood sugar isn't low or anything but I'm falling into the same traps as you.
Keep up the good work , at least you aren't on that wagon on your own , me n Liz r there too.