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.... and our own eating habits suffer!
I'm trying to go for walks more often too, but I'm not going to beat myself up about it. Very nice to see other mommies of young ones here!Oh, you don't need to tell me, gluttonous pigginess is exactly why I need to diet! And I want Reinhardt to come rushing in here to tell me that nursing moms need snacks (or cake), but like Amy said, I'm a big girl. I'm not cutting back (yet) at meal times, you should have seen the plate of stir fry I had last night! It was homemade and mostly broccoli, but it was a broccoli mountain. It was too much and I felt overfull, but I wasn't hungry last night either. I need to find just the right amount.I can't imagine trying to lose weight while breastfeeding (but maybe that's b/c I was just such a gluttonous piggie when preggers/nursing, LOL).
I think an afternoon snack is reasonable and a way to get her to last until dinner time. When I was a kid we always ate at 4:30, but if we eat then I'll starve all night on No S, so she can have an afternoon snack, but only right after her nap, not right before dinner. Crossing my fingers I can get her eating a bit more real people food at meal times. Just wish I had more to look forward to than a hot dog :pmagrat wrote:My girls have 1 *scheduled* snack a day, after my 2 yr. old wakes up from her nap (around 4:15....we eat dinner 5:30 or 6ish). My 4 year old also gets a snack 2 mornings a week at preschool and she occasionally gets a glass of milk or chocolate milk when the little one naps....but that's pretty much it. Oh, there are some mornings where my 2 yr old doesn't want breakfast, just juice....so I do fix her a bowl of Cheerios (dry) and she just eats on them when she gets hungry...I also wanted to talk kid snacks. I think kids eat way too many snacks these days, especially once they turn three. I don't see why they need a snack between every meal and after dinner.
You said your kiddo was 3? She's probably big enough to cut back on snacks (though she may not like it! heck, I don't like it either!
Hope preschool night went well (as noted in my previous post, I had another day in the red.....but I'm plowing ahead, determined to find the groove of this!)
). Nice job! If that's not motivating, I don't know what is!magrat wrote:S day, yay! And I weighed into and am down to 146.4! So I'm definitely losing weight!
And believe it or not, I actually miss those times. (Though "these times" are good too.) When my daughter asks me to lay next to her for a little while every night when she goes to bed I grind my teeth and remind myself it won't be long before she doesn't even want me in her room!Oh, yeah. There was this imaginary routine that my son insisted I play out with him over and over when he was 3-4 that drove me nuts. Now I remember how cute it was, and so wish I'd videoed it.magrat wrote:KCCC I know I'm going to miss these times someday, but that doesn't make it any easier!
I was down to 145.2 today, woo! And just a couple more days to S!
) I'm sure I'd be okay. I'm alright with it... Had a pretty good week and this was a minor-derailing (and not the major binges I'm used to!) So I know if this is a "free-pass" day, how much better my week was!