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I Am A Bad Role Model

Well as I mentioned my exercise is limited but I wanted to say what I can do and hopefully by telling you what I am eating, cut out of eating and what I doing for exercise.

First what I am cutting out of my diet. I am not a huge fan of sodas but I do drink 1 or 2 a week. Never the diet kind (I hate the after taste) so I am going to totally eliminate my soda intake. I have already cut out all fried foods two years ago when my gallbladder was removed.

If I wrote what I actually eat now you would think I was a size 2. Now I am not going to tell you what size I am or what I weigh. When I hit my goals I will tell you then where I started and where I ended up. For now I won’t tell anyone because of the fact that I am not comfortable with it and truthfully I am embarrassed at how I am at this time. The truth is I think my metabolism has slowed down and I do not eat as frequently as I should so that I can keep by body working to burn calories. That is my goal 6 times I day I am going to eat something even if it just an apple or yogurt.

I never pictured myself growing up and weighing so much. I find it hard to admit how bad I feel about not being a good role model for my kids. If I eat healthier my kids and husband will too. I should be a better example for my kids they all know I don’t like how I feel about myself.

I find my eight years old asking me if I think she is fat. I do not want my kids to have weight, self-esteem or body issues. My middle child could use to lose some weight too and he knows it so we are having a contest. When we hit our goal weights given by our doctors we will go on this super crazy bungee swing ride. Now selfishly I am hoping in my head that we never hit the goal because I am terrified of heights. This is something he really wants to do so hopefully this will motivate him and we will be able to do this together.

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About Tammy Woolard

My name is Tammy and I am 40 year old mother of 3 wonderful children who came to us through domestic adoption. Although we did not have any fertility issues we chose adoption because there are so many kids that did not ask to be born but truly want a family to love. We did research on adoption choices and decided on domestic adoption through CPS. You would be surprised the differences between each agency. The adoption process is nothing like you see in the movies. I am also a 5 year breast cancer survivor. When I was diagnosed my kids were 3, 5 and 7 I did so much research I may have driven my Dr. a little crazy but that is ok it is my body not his.