"I feel amazing after a good work out! After a family get together and children's activities it feels great to be back at it! I have a few stress issues going on in my personal life. Nothing huge, just big decisions to be made. So today I caught myself picking at this and eating at that. Not even realizing it. I didn't have the best lunch or afternoon/dinner. It could have been worse. I could have easily gone to McDonald's today. Would have been so much easier to swing by and grab a happy meal and hamburger on our way to ball. But I didn't. Key word I tell myself "I DIDN'T! Yes I'm super proud of that. I did make myself a chicken salad. After ball we enjoyed laughs and ice cream cones outside. My favorite thing about summer! Overall, it was a good day. No it wasn't my best but it could have turned out way different. Tomorrow I continue and I know what needs to be done. It will be great! On a positive note, I put on a pair of shorts that were snug on me before and I felt like they were slightly looser! They were not falling off but it did make me feel like I'm headed in the right direction. Isn't weird when you're feeling like giving up the feeling of how one's shorts feel makes me think I'm doing OK. Nobody else can do this but me!"
- SuperMom
So SuperMom is still focused this week on filling up her plate with veggies. Her main nutritional goal is to focus on a predominance of vegetables in TWO of her meals. I recommended to her to have 2/3 of her plate be vegetables for this week. This is not a normal dietary recommendation. USDA recommends that at least half of your plate be vegetables and fruits. The reason I want her to focus on such a predominance of veggies this week is because I want her to be IN THE HABIT of filling her plate with vegetables. We are establishing HABITS, not temporary constraints. Making the visual connection to what a meal should consist of is important for long term results. Don't believe me? My dinner last night was about one cup of homemade fried brown rice (I had leftover chicken and brown rice, it practically made itself, lol), half of the plate filled with lettuce from my garden, topped with tomatoes, cucumber, lite sesame dressing, and a sprinkling of wonton strips, and a cup of steamed stir-fry veggies mix. This is a very normal set up for a meal for me. My family doesn't know any different. Was it always that effortless to get the combo of whole grains, veggies, proteins, and yumminess? Nope, took practice, but as SuperMom is figuring out, its worth it, and gets easier. IT GETS EASIER!!!! IT GETS EFFORTLESS!!!!!! It takes little steps, little replacements, but one day you make dinner, step back, and go, "holy shit! That's healthy!" Oh, and the wontons and "fried" aspect of the rice, that is the 80/20 rule right there. 80% healthy, 20% indulgence. That gets easier to perfect, as well.
Finally, I recommend veggies for the majority of two meals because it provides a visually larger aspect than fruit. Half a plate of delicious salad looks much more filling than half an apple sliced. But always feel free to add as much FRESH fruit as you desire!
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