Yummy Mummy's Blog

Oh you poor thing, the best advice I can give you is don't let it get anymore out of control, I did and have gained over 15kg. Do something now. Leanne I agree the answer is not another fil. After a visit recently to my doctor to take some fil out she said a tight band isn't the answer. I agree with her, keep a food diary..eat healthy. I am planning to get into the mind set of choosing fruit first, making sure salad and vegetables are my main choice with every meal. Wraps filled with salad and a bit of protein are a great choice for lunch or dinner. I try to have a smoothie each morning, made with lots of green stuff...kale, spinach even lettuce, some fruit..apple, nectarine and water. Really tasty but not many calories. Exercise is a whole different thing, I agree with you...winter is sh!/ty, I hate it. I figure get my diet in order first, worry about excercising later when it warms up. Can you or do you belong to any clubs, it must be very hard to live away from family. Mothers groups, sewing/quilting groups (many of these have charity days, where they make quilts for sick kids), book clubs. I hope you can get back on track, I think we can...we did it the first time, there's nothing to stop us from doing it again.

It's really hard to get back on track............. but maybe you need to feel a bit better about you first?

What about planning to do new things with your son everyday? Like putting on music for an hour in the afternoon and dancing around the house...  sometimes holding him and sometimes just dancing in front of him? (pretty damn good exercise and makes you feel good!!) with a drink of water after every song!? Take the tram down to Glenelg and walk along the beach with wellies on? Go walk around the zoo? and on the days you don't go out... do the dance off!  exercise and feel good in one....(well that is how Zumba came about!) Keep lots of low fat snacks in the house... like small packs of almonds / almonds and choc covered sultanas for a treat...??

Hope you manage to conquer.. reading back through the stuff i have written - i am really a fine one to talk!! My trouble is snacking in the evenings though... i KNOW the problem!! If only they sold bottled willpower and motivation!! Good luck xxxxx

Thanks Ladies. I have actually made some progress on my road yo self-discovery. Ive been offered a job today. im very excited about doing this for myself and im keen to do all my food prep on Sundays ready to take healthy meals to work. Im sure that fulltime work will consume my attention instead of thinking about food all day. im hopeful that I will start to see the scales go down again.

Congrats on the job! I definitely eat less when I am busy. I have a full day at home tomorrow and while I'm looking forward to it I just know I will have to be vigilant about my food intake.

Don't be too hard on yourself. I've read lots of your posts over the past six months and you have really inspired me with your efforts and recipe ideas! Congrats on the job, that may give you the lift you need to get back on track. Good luck.