For my entire life I have always made an effort to maintain a positive outlook on everything. It is actually a constant occurrence of mine to remind my husband that he needs to concentrate of seeing the glass half full instead of half empty. It doesn't matter the situation, I always say "we'll figure it out". And generally I'm right! More often than not we figure things out and make it work. I'm talking finances, general life occurrences, time conflicts, everything. But there is always that one thing I haven't yet figured out....my weight. I can't figure out why I can eat a limited amount of calories and still gain weight. Sure, I can blame it on the fact that I have PCOS, which makes it hard to lose weight. I could always blame it on my genes. But, the truth of the matter is I don't know! It's the one thing I have yet to conquer. I have found several "diets" that temporarily works, but I am not one of those die-hard gym rats that can dedicate hours a day to working out, I'm just not! And I have done that, and I have lost weight from doing that. Yes, it works, but now that I have a baby, it's not realistic for my lifestyle. Counting calories certainly works in combination with exercise, but I for one, do not want to be forced to calculate my daily caloric intake for the rest of my life, PERIOD!
So, with that being said, I must find a way to balance the two. I am willing to dedicate 3-4 days per week doing a fun exercise, such as zumba. And I am willing to incorporate as many vegetables as possible with each meal to make it full of nutritional value. Now this is going to be a challenge because my husband doesn't like many veggies and my daughter, although she does eat a wide variety of veggies, she is still fairly picky. For instance, she hates onions, mushrooms, green peppers (or any peppers really), cooked broccoli (but she'll eat it raw! Yeah, figure that one out!) I feel that I can slip more veggies in her meals than I can her dad's. So, with all of that being considered, I will say "we'll figure it out".
Today I am making my grocery list full of healthy options. I have noticed if I have chips in the house, my daughter will only eat those. So if I eliminate buying that stuff, she will have to eat healthier snacks. That's my plan, Stan!
