Sick Baby

I didn't get to go to the gym AT ALL this week, and I've been panicking the entire time thinking I'm going to gain all 8 pounds back.  I have a legit excuse ... Tyler has had a stomach bug since Monday, and I needed to just stay home with him (also don't need to spread this plague).  Luckily, my weight DID NOT go back up ... ANY.  Losing weight is so hard that I'd probably have a meltdown if I gained five pounds right now.

I've pretty much been eating the same for the past month or two:

Breakfast - 2 packets Low Sugar Oatmeal
Lunch - Carrots, Low calorie dip, Healthy Choice Meal, and Sugar free pudding cup
Dinner - Whatever I've bought to cook ... in moderation

We have really cut waaaaaaaay back on pasta and rice.  I try to be mindful of how much sugar and salt that I take in still.  I try to cook healthy-ish about 90% of the time.  I switch high fat ground beef for ground turkey and such.  This week we DID have tacos ... and I MAY have eaten two.  I personally am not a huge fan of beef, so I typically put very little of that on my taco ... just a ton of low fat sour cream, a little cheese and some salsa.  I just don't think it is realistic to fix extremely healthy meals ALL the time when you have to please a man and a picky toddler.  When I lived alone in my early twenties all I ate was grilled chicken, frozen vegetables and whole grain rice ... literally every night.  I unfortunately made up for those calories by eating out a ton and exercising rarely.

Nowadays, we don't go out to eat very often.  Now that we have our own home, we are content to have most of our meals there.  We usually end up eating out once on the weekend (not counting my routine McDonald's trip with Tyler on Fridays ... don't worry, I eat a salad, and he is too concerned with the toy and playing on the playground to eat more than one nugget).  Even when we do go out, I try to be more mindful of what I'm stuffing into my mouth.  I don't absolutely eat myself sick like I used to do.  It used to go something like, "OM NOM NOM NOM ... THIS IS SO GOOD ... I'M FULL, BUT I'M GONNA FINISH THE ENTIRE PLATE BECAUSE IT IS SOOOOOOO GOOD."  I was kinda like fat Brian on Family Guy ... "I looooove chocolate, but I can't eat it because then I'll get fat....but it's SOOOOOO good" (must watch clip to appreciate the hilarity) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi3GA0nbCtQ

Anyway, here's hoping that I'll be back to the gym like normal next week even though TIME MAGAZINE says that exercise doesn't help you lose weight ... ***confused dog head tilt***