Oh good, I'm glad to hear you are still as resolved as ever! Lol, I think I'd feel the same way about oatmeal if I didn't add fruit or peanut butter to it....makes sense to me now!
Oh I hear ya about the kids meals. that was the very first rule I made to myself when I was pregnant with my first child. I will NOT eat my children's leftovers. I told my hubby that as well......he's easy going and supportive in my endeavors....though he's not into it himself.
Try to think of it this way perhaps.......that throwing away your kiddie's leftover food is not WASTING, eating it however will go DIRECTLY to your waist....ha ha get it?! It's one of the very first and worst pitfalls of us Mom's.......we pick up, clean up, wash up and think for everybody else (it feels that way somedays LMTY)......so why not eat the leftover fries, or chicken strips or whatever......but unless it's a vegetable, it really isn't worth it......So why not start there first?! Why not make that goal #1?! To stop eating your kids leftovers, or hubby's or whomever's.........baby steps! You certainly cannot be expected to clear out the cupboards and fridge of ALL bad foods in one shot......that's a sure fire way to set you up for failure.......try to make it a goal to to cut out one bad item at a time......UNTIL there's nothing 'bad' left in the house......sugars are treats, not a staple item.....fried foods are not good for you, but wyh not try switching to Extra Virgin Olive Oil instead of some cheaper bad for you oil? then from there try cooking with broths instead of oil........I don't fry anything, can't recall the last time I ever did either, lol, come to think of it.......Believe me, once you get into this healthy eating habit and all, you are gonna surprise yourself at just how horrible the foods you used to love so taste.......KFC??? OMG, that stuff tastes like ass to me now.....I may indulge hubby 1x year for that one, just tasted chemically to me......
Besides....you did say that "alot of the foods I like taste better if they are fried". Maybe so, but ask yourself if these foods are not the same foods that perhaps aren't doing you any good? When I cook using evoo, I will mix it with a broth, or lemon juice, or apple cider vinegar or balsamic vinegar.......there are so many ways to cook without frying that are quite tasty........but lets face it, you are gonna have to learn how to eat all over again.....to be blunt, you didn't get into this shape from eating 3 clean meals and 3 clean snacks a day.......you are not going to affect change unless you put some change into effect.
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