Eating Low Carb with kids

What were we taught as kids? "Clean your plate".
Guess what that means for us now? Overeating in order to "clean your plate."
God didn't design us to be garbage disposals. Quit finishing the kids plates, quit taking that extra bite (or twleve) after you feel full. Feel full, stop, Stop right then and throw it away. The money "wasted" by not finishing the food was spent at the cash register at check out and cant get it back.

If this is one that thing gets me riled up, its cleaning a plate. We have learned to over eat and odds are, we have taught our kids to do the same. The days were we let our body tell us don't happen anymore.

I challenge you, reader, for the next two week, be aware of 1. how much you put on your plate and 2. when you feel full, stop and throw it away. Don't pressure your kids for a clean plate or happy plate. That is setting them up for failure later in life.

"How do I eat low carb when my kids don't 'need' to?"

There is nothing wrong with the kids eating similar to you. They do need carbs more than we do, because they dont have the stored fat that we do. What I have done is make sure they have carb options but I buy stuff that I do not care for. I LOVE cereal, the sugary goodness. Guess what my kids dont get? That cereal! Its tempting. Instead I get something they like, but I don't. They love other snacks and chips. Again, I steer away from my pitfalls.
Little tips work like this. It is baby steps that make a difference.

Transformation Tuesday

Been a while since I've done one... 

Then:                        Now

Weight   242              135

Jeans    20                 4

Shirt      2XL               S/XS

Shoes    9                   8

Ring      10                 6

Bra        40DD            36c

BMI        42.5             23.2

Percentage weight loss: 44.21%

Transformed! 

Accomplished

I accomplished something I didn't think I could never do! I finished a 5k 

It was emotional to finish. I didn't have any question I would finish. I was not excited about the rain but I was going to run. And that I did. 

Roland came down to run with me. His support is unwavering. He ran it just for me! 

This is us after. We were messy! It was a color run and fun! 

Me and Cathy. She did such a great job and finished the race! I'm so proud of her! She's a sole sister for sure! 

Checking off the last check mark on my shirt after the race . 

He was there at the finish. I was so glad he could be there. It made the biggest accomplishment even better. 

We all did it! 

These two kept me in the game. We ran together every week. So proud of them. They have lost 68 pounds too, between the two of them. 

Messy me at the end! 

Just some recent stuff

It's a random snap shot. I didn't realize how small I really am. (3/11/14)

I run. Training for a 5k. This was my first day running non stop for 20 minutes. Skinny legs ... 

I lost 102 pounds. And Qyn is 102 pounds. So to carry him on my back. It hurt. Immediately brought pain to my lower back. A familiar pain... I felt it all the time. Crazy how it came right back. 

This is not what I looked like the last time I was at a concert in Phillips arena. I was at my heaviest then and me and Monty had a picture and it became a fav, I didn't look that big in the picture. Now, I don't worry. 

The latest scale pic. In the 130s... And holy freaking moly. A size 4... That's what I buy now. Insane. Like totally insane. Mind blowing. 

I had decided I would be fine with a 10. I was there for so long. It was fine... I ran and that... That did it. I skipped size 8 totally. Completely. Went right into a 6... And then 4. Some things are still 6, but I buy 4s now. I never thought I'd be here. 

That's a Girl with curves, the good kind. 

I never thought

Let's go back 18 years. 

I never thought I'd be a fat girl. I never thought grabbing a snickers bar for lunch would end up being a habit hard to break. 

I never thought I had a struggle ahead of me. 

I never saw it coming. I was skinny. Couldn't be that hard to stay that way. 

Fast forward 14 years. 

I never thought I could get a handle on this struggle. 

I never thought I'd see anything except the fat miserable girl staring at me in the mirror when I had to look.

I never thought I'd wear a number on my shirt for a race. 

It happened! It finally happened!!!

I hit the 100 pounds G.O.N.E! It took a lot. It was hard to get here but it's worth it I know. I'm so different. I feel good, I don't have a back ache all the time. I feel like I'm normal and I blend in. I forget that people didn't know Fat Kristi. I think that blows my mind that some people think this is normal. Psssh, so far from normal. 

But really it's the new normal. 

I did it. I made it and never thought I'd get here. It was such a long road and it was a long road ahead a year or so ago. 

100! 

I did it!!! 

What I once was

These are my "fat pants". They were loose but comfortable. They were the biggest ones I had... But they fit and didn't need to be unbuttoned by the end of the day. 

I kept one pair to show how far I went. 

I didn't realize how small I really am until I saw this picture. 

Kinda like a kangaroo pouch. Ha. 

The only thing holding them up was me, if I let them go, they fell to my ankles. About a month ago, they would catch on my one roll. Not anymore. 

This is what I once was....