Sad but True

I feel bad for all the misinformation out there that is actually making folks lives more difficult and fat loss goals harder to impossible to achieve.  I ended up having to go to the doctor Saturday afternoon in Spring Hill and since that took so long and the kiddos were with me, we ended up eating out before coming back home.  While we were sitting in our booths talking about how good the kids were coloring inside of the lines of their activity books/menu.  I couldn't help but overhear the conversation in the booth next to ours.  It was a mother, two daughters (about 12/13 and 8/9), and a father.  The mother was turning down cheese for her daughters' order stating that she is trying to teach her daughters early what not to eat so they don't get overweight.  Okay, that's a good intention....the problem is the execution, example and the misinformation.  Good, we eat entirely too much processed cheeses and an overload of the wrong dairy....but on their table was an abundance of bread, overdressed salad, and creamy soups.  The mom was clearly "not" eating food in order to lose weight so what she instead ate was a salad draped in salad dressing (you might as well eat the battered, fried whatever as it's the same difference) and a cream based soup.  She would have been less calories and way more supportive to order some actual food (grilled protein and veggies).  Because she was clearly hungry...she gave into the bread by the end of the meal.  It's not her fault she is so misinformed regarding calorie restrictions and poor choices.  She's hungry and understandably so.  What's worse is her body and fat loss is suffering right along with her.  What's even worse than that is she's passing that poor body image and constant negative battle on to her two girls. 

Education on what to eat is a huge part of your fat loss battle....Knowing that it is better to feed yourself the right foods rather than starve your body is crucial.  Eating Supportively  &  Healthy & Yummy Recipes  Mindset and that inner dialogue we have with ourselves is vitally important not only to ourselves but our children.  Your Children Are Watching

Improve yourself and your circumstances by first educating yourself on the facts not the fads.  Beating yourself up is not helpful to you or your children so move forward on your journey in acceptance that you are where you are period and that you will arrive at where you are going by taking daily actions in each present moment...learning from each and making the next even better.