Day 1: And So it Begins!

   This blog starts out one week into the project. So SuperMom has been recording her daily events for one week and sending me updates. Each week of her project, I will give SuperMom one nutritional goal to work on. We work on one goal a week in order to establish habits instead of piling on everything at once and setting things up for implosion. The first week's goal is to switch out common sources of simple carbohydrates for complex carbohydrates. Examples of simple carbohydrates include white bread, white rice, sugar, honey, white flour pasta (the most common), soda, candy, juice, and most packaged cereal. Examples of complex carbs include fruits, vegetables, low-fat yogurt, skim milk, multigrain bread, beans, whole grains, brown rice, and soy. SuperMom focused this week on swapping out simple carbs, such as white flour tortillas, for whole wheat tortillas. These little differences make a huge difference over all, and the majority of the time, your family won't notice or care about the swap! Overtime, it becomes a strong habit. For example, white rice is very rare in my house, as well as white bread. No one misses it. A few tips to be aware of, most bread labeled "whole wheat bread" is only required to have 51% whole wheat flour. A way to avoid this is to look for 100% whole grain/wheat bread. Another tip, brown rice takes about twice as long to cook, so since I'm usually in a hurry I always buy instant brown rice. Ten minutes and its done! The major swaps SuperMom made today were whole wheat tortillas instead of flour tortillas, green tea instead of soda, avocado instead of mayo, and celery instead of crackers. So without further ado, here is SuperMom's first entry!




"The first day is done.... I think the first few days are the hardest. I seem to think about all the foods that I can't have and then I listen to my tummy talk to me even when I just finished my meal. Ha ha, well the most important thing is I did what I said I was going to today. I didn't tell myself next Monday or even next month to start working on me! I woke up and took care of myself! I made better choices with foods then I have done this month! That makes me feel good and I feel better about it all too!!! I also loved that I went to the gym and did a good whole body work out! I think it sets me up for even more success then if I ate well and stayed home. I found today I was a little more tired, but I'm blaming that on all the energy I put into listening to my tummy talk to me! Hopefully tomorrow the two of us have come to an agreement and for the rest of the week I won't hear a peep from it!

Today my family had whole wheat tortilla tacos for dinner. It went over well! I made myself a taco salad with one of them. Totally hit the spot! Also I tried avocado today and mixed it with my tuna fish and hardboiled egg and celery. Totally delish. Made a little extra for lunch tomorrow. I thought I always had to have mayo but nope, substituting avocado won me over.

Oh I almost forgot I made iced green tea! So good especially being outside in the WARM sun with the kids. Cooled me off after we played T-ball. Another first too!

Day one was good! On to day number 2, may I will be open to trying new foods and have the will power to take care of myself when hard choices come my way!"

   

                                                                                                    - SuperMom