Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
I want my kids to think that's the way people should live! It's caught on with my son... not so much with my daughter. Oh, and I didn't enjoy seeing pictures of myself. For some reason, you can look at yourself in a mirror and think DAMN that there is a good looking, slender guy but the split second you see a picture of yourself that opinion changes.
I restarted using myfitness pal the other week... I normally work at home, so I can control what I eat pretty well, but was out yesterday and needed some lunch so I thought - hey, Chipotle is pretty good, so I decided to look up what the food was BEFORE I ate it. MFP had one of their burritos at 1400 calories, so I skipped it and went out for a sandwich instead. A regular too, I always used to get the large (at Togos). I didn't have time for a bike ride yesterday but I went for a short 7 mile ride anyway. I have a bad habit of waiting too long to go for a ride and running out of time, so I'm trying to adjust that behavior as well.
My parents are both skinny and active well into their 70s. My mother ran a marathon at 69, the nut.
That's a great point about the kids! Especially for those of us dealing with diabetes, type 2 diabetes is hereditary. I hope I can get my kids to love exercise and to learn to eat in a way that will help them stay healthy. They're doing pretty well with the exercise but my 9 year old eats sweet things constantly. I quit buying sweets and she started baking for herself, with the excuse of, "It's for my daddy."