I ate the same beans and rice from yesterday, but decided to add a little salsa. Still just as tasty and basically plain.
Let's share what our struggles are or were in the past and how to over come them today as we move into the new year.
One of my struggles is, while I can eat "plain and simple" like this, my hubby can't and my kids think they can't either, which I know is in their heads from what they hear from their father. He enjoys making meals with many steps that can be long and complicated...me I'll just throw a tater in the oven and call it dinner. I struggle with recipes. For instance, I love Chef AJ's lasagna and will make that, but its a once in a while thing just because its so time consuming. He also does not like left overs and seems to need more variety....Whereas with me, I can eat off the same thing for several days before deciding its no longer good. He will also tell me "I need to go on a diet and lose weight" in one breath then in the next "I dont want to be
that strict". sigh....
The reason I struggle is, and I have recently figured this part out, is because when I make something, no matter how plain or complicated, they all complain...especially the kids. They whine, they tell me its gross or they dont like it. And its nearly every meal with things I know they have liked before and eaten before. My oldest is the worst....I guess I just start feeling dejected and the why bother thoughts come out. So now, at least for right now, I don't care if they don't like it. They have to try it and if they really don't like it, they can have oatmeal instead. My oldest also claims to hate oatmeal even though she's been eating it since she was a baby!!! I think the "I don't like it" comes from her trying to be different, because some days she LOVES it and eats it all and asks for more and other days she hates it and it is not edible. Hubby has been helping a little by eating oatmeal on weekends, he really doesn't like it and never has, so I appreciate that. I try to break it up a little, but school mornings it's almost always oatmeal...In the past few years, when they all make my meal feel like the worst thing ever, and that is just when they ask what's for dinner, I would just give in and tell hubby grab taco bell or subway or whatever. That has to change as that is what has kept me overweight for oh so long. It is my biggest stumbling block.
So when he's at work and the kids are at school, I *sneak* being strict and boring.
Alright here is my simple, boring and "extreme" beans and rice meal I ate this morning.
Tinypic distorted the image pretty bad....here it is on my FB page clearer.
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"It's the food" It's always been the food.