Tonight I'm just plain tuckered out....After yesterday's workout I was feeling pretty sore last night and slept pretty miserably. I woke up at 4:45 and wasn't able to go back to sleep this morning. Worked today, hit the gym after work and then had the nutrition class. A lot of people are struggling with some of the same issues I have...getting picky kids to eat, finding quick and easy meals and finding the time to eat. We didn't have time to eat a proper dinner before workout and class tonight, so I had a quick Flat Out with almond butter and homemade preserves and off I went. It's definitely my standby. I think if I could just eat that for dinner every night I'd be good, but unfortunately the kids aren't very fond of it. So we got home around 8:15. Megan was starving. I threw some of the approved pasta on and topped it with some cooked chicken breast (cooked the chicken with the pasta....why not), a bit of sauce and then some leftover broccoli. I also had to make lunches for tomorrow. The whole process of making dinner and lunches (as well as some other typical evening stuff) took about 45 minutes...Honestly, not too bad, AND there's plenty of pasta and chicken left for another meal.
That's the thing...this IS doable...it takes some effort and flexibility...sometimes we have to just quit complaining and do it.
I think of it this way...if one of my kids had a medical condition that necessitated a certain diet or else they would be sick, wouldn't I MAKE time for that? Wouldn't that be a priority? Well, why wait for the medical condition? By making this a priority now, I'm PREVENTING life-long health problems. I keep telling my kids, get used to this because just because the competition is 12 weeks doesn't mean we're going back to the way we were...This isn't a game to us...this breaking those generational curses of obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and diabetes.
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