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This article is specifically targeted to those women like me that feel like there's not enough time in the dang day to get everything done! Feel free to comment, share recipes, or just vent. ☺
CoH applies at all times, but some derailing is allowed.
I will refer to myself as the "fat kid" once in a while, but it's not intended towards anyone else.
I work full time as a prototype mechanic [that's my label at work anyways]. In reality, I am a Process Auditor/Writer, Admin, Payroll for our shop, part of a Proposal Team, and all around "representative" for our shop. I have 2 kids. A 3 yr old son and an 8 yr old daughter. My husband and I work together and we live 25-ish miles from work. So, 40hrs/wk plus the added 1.5hrs of travel time/day, and the time it takes to pick up kids from daycare/grandma's, we're lucky to get home before 6p and we are leaving our house in the morning at 6:30a. My weekends are spent doing the larger cleaning jobs that I can't get done during the week... And for entertaining and playing with the kids. Sometimes I can convince them that it's fun to scrub the kitchen cabinets [with me].
We live in a house that is more than 100 yrs old. So, yes... We have to do home improvements regularly and repair things that are simply worn the f out.
Do I WANT to cook? Not really. The kids always complain about what I make... I could make banana splits and they'd tell me they wanted just chocolate ice cream. My daughter takes so long to eat ANYTHING, we feel like we're there for eternity. My husband tells me that he would like to eat healthier, so I go and shop for the healthier things and he says, "Where's the frozen burritos that I like?" And then most of that fresh stuff that I bought for the family to eat goes bad and gets thrown away because I can only eat so much lettuce, carrots, apples, grapes, etc by myself.
I'm the only one in my house that is even remotely overweight. My husband is 6ft and [on a good day] 150lbs. My daughter's pediatrician gave me a list of what to ADD to her diet to help her gain some weight because she's UNDERWEIGHT. My son is a toddler... He burns it off in school. He is built like me though... Heavier on the bottom. :) It's cute on a toddler. Not so much on me and my purple veined knees and ankles, and cellulite thighs.
My issue here is, because my family is SO very different from me, as far as nutrition needs go, I'm stuck. Lack of time, energy, not wanting to deal with the whining and complaints, and finally... The icing on the diet cake... I've changed my eating habits for the better for more than a year. Exercised correctly for my joint issues. And still.......... Not a pound/inch/tightening... Nada. Nothing. I don't drink pop hardly ever. I drink coffee with non-dairy creamer. No sugar. No faux sugar. I don't eat many sweets. I prefer popcorn over a candy bar any day. I drink a lot of tea and water. I eat whole grain pasta, brown rice, and whole grain wheat bread. I love yogurt with a little granola [even though my husband doesn't love me later after eating that]. I DON'T GET IT.
The only thing that I might be able to attribute to my keeping lbs on... MAYBE... My sleep disorder [Idiopathic Hypersomnia]. But the medication I'm on to keep me awake during normal hours, is a prescribed speed. You'd think I'd lose weight while on it.
What are your thoughts?
Well, here's the first article in this group.
