Anyway, over the month of December we snapped lots of pictures and some of them were of little man opening his presents. In some of those I was sitting behind him helping him open the paper. When I looked at the pictures we had taken, I was horrified. I didn't realize how much weight I had gained until I looked at those pictures. When I look in the mirror I don't see the person in the pictures. I see someone else. Isn't that funny? Aren't we supposed to view ourselves differently than everybody else...and not in a positive way? Well, not me. I couldn't see it. Couldn't see what everyone else sees. Thank you Mr. Canon EOS! Boy he did me a favor.
Well, I decided that with the new year coming up I would do my best to get on the band wagon and try to lose some weight. I hate exercise and when it comes to choosing broccoli over brownies, let's face it...I'm more likely to grab a tiny piece of broccoli, but I'm mainly going for the brownie! I love brownies, cookies...anything sweet except for candy. I'll eat some chocolate here and there, but I'm not a big candy person (well, let me be truthful...I'm a sucker for Reese cups, but that's it...OK). I'll admit, I'm a munchier. And being a stay at home mom with the goodies always easily accessible, it's always easy to grab a little something throughout the day. The temptation is just too much. I don't sit down and eat big food or a whole box of cookies or stuff like that. I'm a gradual eater. A little something here, a little something there. That's gotten me in big trouble. Plus I don't believe I have ever lost some of the baby weight. So put those two things together and you get a plumpkin...me. :)
I let myself enjoy the holidays because who can turn good Christmas goodies down? You wait all year for Christmas time and there's just some things that only get made or put out at the store at Christmas. So I wanted to enjoy those. BUT on January 1st, I decided to really try and watch what I eat. I decided to try and choose better options rather than snacking on the goodies. It's been hard and I've allowed myself to enjoy a little piece of sweetness here and there because I don't want to totally cut that off. I'm afraid if I did, then I would just eventually give up and go back to the way I was. I have been on the treadmill too so we'll see how it goes. I'm really hoping and praying that I can stick with this. It doesn't seem fair that it's so easy to gain the weight but takes so much more effort to lose it. I'm really going try. Plus, I had a little bit of a boost earlier in the week when someone , who doesn't really know me, decided to make fun of the way I look. It just made me want to work that much harder!! It's pretty sad when someone my age makes fun of someone else just to make themselves feel better. I'm ok though. I'm a big girl and can handle it. It's not going to take away the joy of working hard to accomplish my goal.
I say all of that to show you what I made today. My "doesn't think outside of the box" brain just thinks of the basic way to make something. There's only a few times where I have been able to whip something up. My brain just does not work that way. I'm usually following a recipe or remembering how a dish is made because of the way my mom or grandmother used to make it. I've always told David, I'm better at cleaning than cooking. LOL! Well, I had gone to Sam's and bought some Tilapia. I love tilapia! When I usually make it, I make it as the main dish with a starch and vegetable to eat with it. Well today something just popped at me. As I was making one fillet to eat for lunch, I had the idea to add half an onion and let it saute' with the tilapia. Then I thought, how yummy would it be if I decided to toast some bread and put just a smidgen of mayo on it? Ohhhh ya'll, I had the best lunch! After the tilapia and onions were done, I put it on the toasted bread, added some lettuce and topped it off with a side of carrots and broccoli! It was delish!! Just thought I'd show what my "doesn't think outside of the box" brain made today for lunch! :)
Definitely going to have to make that again!
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