Mommy's Eating Habits turned 30 Day Challenge

Cookies… are all I think about. When I am running low on fuel, sweets are my go to treat ESPECIALLY COOKIES! I’m not really a foodie, but I am a junk food junkie. Making sure my husband and children eat a healthy meal each day (except Friday and Saturday) is something I swear by. BUT when it comes to me, truth be told I’m slacking! I could eat better, I could make better choices, I could and I should BUT I DON’T! It seems like I am always eating on the go while getting the kids off to school/daycare, doctor visits, track practice, tee ball practice, etc. I am always grabbing the treats, snack cakes, juices, candy, and cookies, just anything I see, I grab, eat and run. This has been my motto for the last three months: Eat and Run! Lol It’s sad because I want to do better, some days I even try to do better, but somehow I always get sucked in by multiple errands. I used to be good at packing a few healthy snacks the night before and stuffing them down in my purse so that I wouldn’t forget them. But lately, I’ve been slacking.

As you can see my “as of now” eating habits aren’t the best. I say “as of now” because I usually try and eat healthy at least three to four times a week. My husband is an exercise junkie, health food junkie, organic fruits and food type of guy; and although I am an off and on exercise, healthy eating type of girl, my husband surpasses me by the mile. Now before you go thinking my husband is some type of iron mike, well yes he is, BUT anyway lol he does have a weakness and its pastries! The difference in our eating habits would be that he has self-control when it comes to junk food and I DON’T!  He is so cautious so prim and proper on EVERYTHING that it makes me sickkk. Just seeing how he takes his time, to care for himself from eating to exercising to just getting dressed, inspires me to do better. BECAUSE I HAVE TRULY BEEN SLACKING!

My husband does all of our grocery shopping (and I do all the snack shopping) which is a no brain-er right? Because 97% of the time he refuses to put unhealthy things in his body, if he even thinks about something unhealthy or smells a big fat burger (that I’ve gotten from Burger King) he begins complaining about the smell is making him feel icky and his stomach is hurting blah blah blah! He just makes me sickkk, because he is so much healthier than me and he tries so much harder than I do. Furthermore, I got sickkkk and tired of hearing him make slide remarks about my eating habits so I challenged him to a 30 day sweet off, two weeks ago.  We swore that neither of us would eat anything sweet.

Of course he has done great by his promise, while I’ve been… I’ve been doing… let’s just say I’ve been doing a lot NOTHING! So today I have sworn myself to a 30 day sweet off. I am so proud to tell my husband that it has taken me two weeks to commit but I am finally surrendering and committing to the BET. All the healthy foods in our refrigerator and I choose to sneak cookies out of the pantry, and I do mean sneak, because if the kids saw me they would rat me out.  TODAY I AM SAYING NO MORE, WITH TEARS IN MY EYES. NO MORE SWEETS!

I would like to challenge other moms who eat and run… let’s hear it for a 30 day sweet off. No more junk food No more sweets, No more soda, No more unhealthy eating! We can do it, let’s ban together moms. My heart goes out to you… just say NO. Set your mind to it… there is nothing to it, but to do it!

                                

                                  30 DAY CHALLENGE MOMS, LET'S DO IT!

Mommy's Friends

As mother’s we have very few friends. Usually your mother, sister, aunt, neighbor, or cousin becomes your closest friend. Because a mother’s job NEVER ends our maternal instincts kick in AND we become programmed (almost like robots) with duties that we ensure to our last breath of the day are done! You see how crazy this sounds, but its truth! Our “motherly duties” consume us so much to the point where we neglect ourselves and our social lives. Yes, there is social media, but come on mommy I’m not talking about NEW STATUS UPDATES OR A NEW PICTURE OF YOURSELF/KIDS! Come on this is not how you socialize or is it?! I’m talking about the old fashioned “real” way of socializing; hanging out with your girl-friends, being silly, laughing, playing and enjoying the moment. And don’t give that age old excuse of “I only hang out with guys!” GET REAL~ Women need other women to talk to.You don’t have to have only married friends because you are married! Don’t get me wrong, having other married couples as friends is a lot of fun, but in most cases that’s unreal because all of your friends are not going to be married and there is nothing wrong with befriending or keeping your single girl-friends.  *BECAUSE we all know as we get married and have children that single friend becomes our lifeline to the outside world*

We need other women in our lives to share our lives with, to talk to, and to share our feelings and experiences with. Girl time is an outlet for us, just as playing ball or exercising can serve as an outlet for our men. We love to talk so what’s so wrong with allowing yourself a little “girl time?” Stop for a second and think about it… When is the last time you’ve hung out with your girl-friend? When is the last time you’ve had a mimosa or a margarita with your girl-friend? When is the last time you truly took your mind off of “mommy duties” and enjoyed the moment with your girl-friend? If it’s been months, call your girl up and make a date. Stick to that date no matter what happens at home… keep your scheduled “girl time” scheduled. DO NOT CANCEL!!!!!!  Baby cakes will be okay at home with the kids for a few hours. LOL, granted when you get back home your place will be a mess and the kids will probably not have eaten anything besides junk food, BUT at least mommy has had a fantastic time catching up on all things girlie!

So mommy’s I am saying this to say we need each other. No one understands what you are going through, how you are feeling, or exactly what you mean BETTER than she. WOMEN NEED WOMEN, PERIOD! Our friendship with each other is so much more than we know. We are examples to our daughters of how to maintain healthy friendships, with other women. We are examples to our sons of how nurturing women are with one another. Our love and loyalty for one another can be an example to our spouse of what kind of woman he has. For us (women) the love and loyalty that we display in our friendships is not going to be much different than the love and loyalty that we display in our relationships. We are loyal, loving, nurturing creatures! This is simply the way GOD created us to be. So demand more girl time, put the broom down, and pick up the phone. Call your girl-friend and save the date! Know this time is precious, she needs you in her life and you need her in your life! 

BECAUSE you are simply a mess without her!

XOXOXO~*kisses~*