Yep, I did it again. My son and daughter tried out for and were picked to be on teams that were tough to get on. So what did I suggest? I suggested celebrating with ice cream sundaes! Why did I do this? Besides the fact that I'm lactose intolerant...why is food the first thing we think of when we want to celebrate? I won't even go into the whole ice cream part, but why is food a reward? Why is it used celebrate?
I've been programmed my whole life to think this way...we all have. Every major holiday is a feast. Every birthday is cake and ice cream and FOOD. BBQ's in the summer....all about the food and the drink. Now I'm trying to reprogram myself to not think of food everytime I want to celebrate and I'm not doing so great obviously. ice cream sundaes. UGH!
My daughter was the only smart one in the bunch because she said, "mom this isn't healthy." and I didn't listen and I went to bed 1/2 an hour later with a stomach ache.....LOL!
Well, I would like to say that I learned my lesson, but I did this before about 6 months ago and said, I was never going to have ice cream sundaes for dinner again, and here I am. WHen will I learn?
Posted By: HealthyGirl
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03/23/2008 02:39
You are learning
It will sink in, you are learning. Once every six months is not the end of the world!
I think the celebration is in your daughter recognizing it's not healthy. Maybe she's the start of the upcoming healthy generation. I think that's great.
I need a list of how to celebrate without the focus being food. it's so hard for me to re-train my brain. Maybe it's about celebrating with less food or with healthier food? I don't know. It goes through my mind all day. There are things i really would like to eat and I'm not sure if I will ever be able to do it in moderation. Ice cream is one of those things. I will say, though, that we went to TCBY instead of Baskin Robbins the other day, and that we left feeling good about ourselves. We got a smaller portion of frozen yogurt in a dish instead of a gigantic portion of ice cream in a cone and tried to make a conscious effort not to blow all of our hard work.
It's just so hard sometimes! I was upset with myself for even wanting the ice cream. :(
Feeling down on myself this last month, I had way more than my fair share of ice cream - NOT a good idea. Oh, well. We can't turn back the clock, just learn from our mistakes.
