Pizza, Veggies and exercise buddies

Exercised twice this week. Yeah me!

Walking up and down the stairs then taking a turn on the exercise ball with crunches and push ups.

Walked a mile with husband.

We talked about how we could help each other in weight loss. He's about thirty pounds overweight. I told him that not eating out so much helps (which we are doing, eating out about once a week now) and I need an exercise buddy. Other than that, there's not much else he can do to help me. He's decided that he really wants to cut back on the soda which I'm pretty sure will mean he can loose 20 lbs right away, heh.

I will read the carbohydrates booklet my mom sent me. The food I've been eating is getting to be healthier fare but balance is extremely important to my diet. If I don't eat enough protein my body will grab onto any carbs I do eat, healthy or not. But if I don't eat enough good carbs, I have blood sugar problems. I'm not type two... yet. My goal is to get healthy habits to turn this motor around and avoid that.

I see some very positive things happening. The biggest improvement I've noticed is looking down the frozen isle. Pizza has been my life long friend. When I don't feel like cooking, let's get a pizza. If it's late and I can't think of what to make, let's get a frozen pizza.

Last week I thought I wanted to get one. I looked at all the brands and all the types and my first thought was "YUCK!" None of it looked good. I thought perhaps that meant I wasn't in the mood for pizza. The next week, same thing. I thought of dry crust, brown unappetizing toppings and heavy, lethargic feelings after eating. It lacked good color and I was totally turned off. I barely even see that isle anymore.

I am buying vegetables both frozen and fresh. I used to avoid it because they would always spoil and get thrown out. If I know that a vegetable has been in the fridge all week I'll try to make a point of using it as soon as possible. Sometimes I do forget stuff is in there, like the leaf lettuce I had to throw out yesterday.

I'm getting more comfortable with making them. I put them on the kids plates and they started eating them! Another milestone was when my oldest, who in the past declared himself unable to eat vegetables because the consistency grosses him out, said that he found he can eat them if they are mixed with other things. You could have knocked me over with a touch. Whoop!

To sum up: Hubby will be my exercise buddy.
Frozen pizza no longer on menu.
Vegetables are now a daily menu item.
Children are eating the vegetables!