A healthy Mind is where a healthy body begins I think....

Yesterday my daughter and I went to town to grocery shop.  We ended up going to two different places to take advantage of sales.  It took us 2 1/2 hours!  Reason being ~ we were reading labels and looking for freshness. 
You see....I've started a dreaded diet!  I've been postponing this since Thanksgiving.  First it was ~ I'll start after Christmas, with all the holiday goodies, it will be too hard; then it was it'll be my new years resolution, then it turned into Valentines day, with all the goodies, it will be too hard.  Our Cruise is 2 months away.  I would like to lose 10 pounds.  In the winter I always seem to pack on a few pounds.  More time inside trying new recipes (I love baking and I love all foods) and less time exercising. 

I am simply going to eat healthier, fill up on veggies, fruits and protiens and eliminate starches which are my downfall.  I LOVE breads!!!!!  I would choose a homemade bread over chocolate!

My daughter (7) would like to diet with me she says.  Now we all know kids shouldn't diet unless there is an obesity issue, which is definately not her case.  And I want her to have a healthy attitude toward not having a models body.  I think back and I have ALWAYS been unhappy about my weight.  Yet, I looked at a photo a few years back and think I looked really good then....hello...I was unhappy then and felt I was plump.  I know I'm really not, I weight...shhhh.....it's a secret....143 lbs.  I'd like to be around 132 lbs.  But I can't maintain that weight and be happy.  My natural weight is around 137 lbs., by natural I mean I can, without alot of sacrifice, maintain that weight when I am not snacking on the kids candy and eating homemade bread loaves back to back.  I think we just look at those magazine ads or watch shows where the majority of the women are mega thin.  Think about it, how many actresses do we see that don't have the hourglass shape, maybe 2 out of 20.  I think feeling good about your body type is definately a state of mind that is instilled in us from a young age. 

I talked this diet thing out with my daughter.  She understands that she is still growing and needs ALL of the nutrition she can get.  Perhaps she can diet with me by watching a serving size, eating veggies as a first choice to fill her up at snack time (presently she doesn't care for a whole lot of veggies, but if this brings her closer to liking some...yeah!).  I told her if she learns good eating strategies now she would never have to diet when she gets older.  It's all HOW we cook and prepare foods, making the healthier choice.  Snacking is good but what we snack on, needs to be healthy.  So needless to say the whole family will be eating a bit healthier as well.  I will still make them deserts and occasionally eating a nibble of it.  If I don't, I'll end up splurging!

If you've had simular feeling as I do, please comment below!!!!