So what is the struggle with dieting? Well the truth is it's hard to waste food. Before this "change" in lifestyle I would usually eat my kids leftovers. But then now I have to throw it away. I can keep some stuff, but today we went out to eat Froyo during "happy hour" and you get a cup for $2. So I got a cup for each kid and neither child finished. Since we were out I previously might have finished the leftovers but now I have to avoid all leftovers.
Some food when at home I can save. But otherwise it's not so easy. I find it difficult now because I'm eating very planned calories. So even at home it's hard. It's so easy to justify finishing off the leftovers instead of wasting them. But now I just can't.
Perhaps one day but something people never tell you is how not "wasting" food and being "frugal" can cause you to gain instead of losing weight.
Dieting the struggle
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Now, I'm in the habit of making meals with four separate components: a protein, veggie, fruit, and carb. I can leave off the carb and stick to a healthier diet. Doing that helped me lose 10 pounds last year, and maintain it.
March 8th, 2016 at 06:29 pm 1457461758
Actually Snafu the kids already share meals out, but more like a froyo or snacks. I split the small for them and the three year old still doesn't finish it usually, sometimes the 6 year old. So before I'd eat the split small ice cream. But now I can't take the extra calories.
At home I usually make tiny portions and it works, but for lunch I pack half a sandwich for the 6 year old, a box of milk, and her snack is 1/2 an apple. She came home with about 1/3 of a half a sandwich (which by the way 1 piece of bread, 1 piece of cheese, couple of pieces of turkey), couple of slices of the half an apple. She ate only 1 piece of toast for breakfast (leaving maybe 2 bites!!!) and that was it until dinner. I feed the dog the leftover toast so I wouldn't snarf literally what was a bite! OMG usually i'd just eat that and my little one's 4 pieces of cereal left from 12. The three year old counts her pieces of cereal for fun. Bread was Dave's Killer Bread 21 whole grain and the cereal was Peanut Butter Puffin cereal. The dog again had leftovers.
Previously I was watching his calories more than mine. Now when we're home he tends to score, partially I hate to waste. Partially he's on chemo and i figure he can't die any faster anymore and is already old. Plus the chemo's made him a little thin.
But UGH. I now pack a salad with dressing on side and protein (this week smoked chicken).
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Instead of giving your kid an apple that doesn't save well, try an orange that you cut up into wedges. Send a couple of wedges and put the rest in a baggy and use them over the next couple of days. As long as the orange is covered it will keep. Or send grapes, which are easy to portion, and if they don't all get eaten one day, they won't be bad the next. Use a half piece of bread, 1 slice of turkey, half a piece of cheese, and make a quarter of a sandwich to begin with. She will be more likely to eat it all. You can step it back up a little at a time if she is getting hungry with the reduced portions or add a carrot stick or two. Maybe have her carry a backup baggy of goldfish crackers in her bag so if she needs it, she can add it to her lunch, but only if lunch isn't enough.
I make TV dinners out of our leftovers and freeze them and use them on a day when I don't feel like cooking. It really cuts down on food waste and also on extra nibbling.
March 12th, 2016 at 04:38 pm 1457800685
My kids have always been total pigs, so I can't relate. (I more hide food from them).
March 12th, 2016 at 06:36 pm 1457807762
MM I hear about all these parents of kids who eat a ton. And I watch them their kids pack it away and eat snacks and meals I assume. Mine get no snacks, don't buy goldfish or other snacks except as a real treat or leftovers or someone's house. I am just so impressed by these kids that eat like crazy.