Healthy Habits Start Young

Looks like I'm not the only one who likes spinach in their breakfast!  I've mentioned this before but I think it's that important that I'm writing about it again.  I'm changing my life and what I eat and my activity level.  It's important for me.  It is even more important for my children.  They do what I do.  I'm their role model.  I need to teach them the importance of activity and making healthy food choices.  If I can teach them how important these choices are while they're young then that paves the way for good healthy choices their whole life.

If they understand how important it is to stay active then they will hopefully be active their whole life.  I'm excited to see what activities my kids will get into.  Sports, dance, band?  It's going to be awesome.  I was active in high school.  I played volleyball and I walked everywhere.  I had a couple of different jobs and they were both in walking distance.  I also have a bunch of siblings I would play with.  Since I was active I was able to eat whatever I wanted.  I loved being able to do this.  I never paid attention to what I weighed in high school, I didn't have to.  I was lucky.  As I got older the activity slowed down.  I wasn't playing sports anymore, and the walking was not as frequent as it used to be.  The eating didn't slow down though.  I kept eating whatever I wanted (my college had a 24/7 ice cream machine for crying out loud!).  This way of living resulted in complete lack of activity and horrible food choices, and voila that's how I got to where I am today.  

My parents did a great job at making sure I was eating right but once I was old enough to get food on my own I had a field day!  Some days if I got off of work early I would stop at the Burger King and eat a big old meal.  Other days if I was out running errands or something I would stop at Dairy Queen and eat a huge meal.  There was candy, chips, ice cream, everything.  My parents didn't know because whenever I came home I would still eat the nice big meals my mom served (minus the veggies) or sometimes I'd be really sneaky and buy my mom a blizzard to soften her up.  It was a terrible habit I got into.  Unlike me, my mother has gotten healthy and lost a lot of weight and looks amazing.  I should have followed her example long ago.

Well, I am learning from the past and my past mistakes.  I'm changing.  I'm taking control like my mother and father did.  I am getting healthier by the day.  I see the changes in myself and all the good choices I've been making these last 56 days (woah 56?!?! amazing).  I see the choices I'm making for my children.  I see my children embracing this new way of living.  That is what counts and it's awesome!

*Edited because I didn't know the full story, sorry mom.