Diets

So this past weekend was Easter. Needless to say I bought out the candy isle at our local grocery store. Add to that the traditional Easter dinner along with dessert and I probably gained 5 pounds. Perhaps 5 pounds on each hip if i want to be honest with myself.

This brings me to the subject of this blog Diets. I know every girl hates them and most of us on are on one of them. My problem is that I can't decide how I want to eat. It sounds stupid but what happens is I start to research something lets say the south beach diet and it makes so much sense. It is really logical since i am totally a bread person. So i did that for a while lost some weight and felt great. Then the holidays came and i know you think i am going to say i put all the weight back on but i did not. I read the book Skinny Bitch. Great book by the way. It is pro vegan. i guess i should tell you that i was a vegetarian for almost 2 years and loved it. The weight fell off and i felt like i stood for something. So i read Skinny Bitch and it is talking about factory farming and hormones and chemicals (while it is extreme in its views it is a really well written book with a lot of eye opening research). So now i totally want to be a vegan. Hmm what to do. Honestly my biggest problem is lack of time. Being a vegetarian takes time for meal planing or you end up opening 3 cans every night for dinner (hubby would not like that). Not to mention not very many vegan fast food options.

What is best for the kids? i really don't know. It seems like most of the stuff we feed ourselves and our children is processed and has tons of chemicals. But it is really expensive to buy organic. I mean once again we are left making choices for our children that may impact them for years to come.

I guess it makes me think about the fact that if Americans gave up meat we would have the resources to end world hunger. The rain forest is being destroyed at an alarming rate to provide land for grazing. Pound for pound beef takes more resources to grow than any other food item. Not only are we choosing what to feed our kids but what resources we are saving for them.

Food for thought i guess.

Sick Day

Well today started normal. I got up and was getting ready for work when I heard a strange bark. well believe it or not it was not a new puppy but my son. I got him up and listened to his barking for a while then my daughter woke up. She was a little wheezy (she has asthma). Now the decision has to be made. Do I stay home or go to work? Either choice leads to guilt. If I go to work then I am the worst mom ever if I stay home I am a bad employee plus what if the kids get sicker later and I have one less sick day for the year. My husband looks at me and says I can't stay home today. Well there went my way out of this pickle

Well I stayed home. Now I am rushing around trying to get all of the things done that I feel I should get done since I am home.

Why is it that no one tells you about the day to day choices you will have to make. Everyone tells you about pooping on the table or the hemorrhoids you will get from pregnancy but no one tells you about the little problems you may run into.

Intro to us

Well my husband and I have talked about setting up a family blog for a long time. Well needless to say I got tired of waiting and am setting it up myself. I love my husband dearly but he is a bit (yea just a bit) of a procrastinator.
Just in case you don't know us we are a family of four with two dogs and 3 cats. My son is 5 and my daughter is 2. Everyone told me time would fly but they weren't kidding. Life seems to run at a sprint these days. No sooner do we wake up then we are rushing to finish our night time routines. It seems I never have enough time. Each day I decide i want to be a better _______(insert latest weakness) and each night i promise i will try again the next day.
I have began to realize being a parent is a never ending lesson in guilt and God's patience with us. Either way I am along for the ride.