FRUSTRATED WITH FOOD

Well, it's time to make dinner and I am feeling irritated.  I am making chicken nuggets & fries for the family and fish and veggies for myself.  I want to eat chicken nuggets and fries too!  So I look at the nutrition label to check out the fat content of both of these foods (if you can call it food) and I was not surprised to see that it does not fit into my new "eating clean"  plan.  The fries per serving (56 fries) has 10 grams of fat and 230 calories, and the chicken nuggets per serving (4 nuggets) has 12 grams of fat and 230 calories.  Too many calories and too much fat of the wrong kind.  Uggghh!  Why does eating junk have to be bad for you?  Why is it so hard to eat clean when everyone around you is not?  It's not fair!  Yes, I am trying to lose weight, 34 pounds to be exact.  I am endeavoring to making healthier choices and to eat proper portion sizes.  But, it's hard to make one meal for the family and another meal for myself, especially when their eating junk and I am not.  It sucks.  

Why don't you make healthy meals for the whole family, you say?  I do most of the time but not everyone in my family wants to eat healthy, and I do tire of looking at long faces when I excitedly talk about the healthy meal that I am going to make for that evening's dinner.  My husband also has several food allergies, so meal time in our house can be difficult at times.



But tonight for some reason was especially hard.  Maybe it's because I am also suffering from PMS, talk about a great set-up to sabotage your new eating plan.  But in spite of my feelings, I managed.  It wasn't easy, but I ate clean.  I had 4 ounces of tilapia with 1/3 cup of corn, 1/2 cup of edamame & 2 Tablespoons of lemon garlic dressing.  I also had 1 cup of vegetable juice.  Mmmmmmm!  As a matter of fact, I ate clean all day today and I had proper portion sizes.  So, I guess I am one day closer to my goal.  Oh, and in case you didn't know my husband & I are planning to renew our wedding vows this year so this is in part helping to motivate me to lose the weight once and for all.  Not to mention the dress I bought for the ceremony is one size smaller!