The Diet of a Working Mom

I'm so sick of being chubby. Truth be told, I was a little chubby before I got pregnant. I lost all the baby weight, but the weight has totally redistributed to different areas of my body. My clothes don't fit right. I don't feel all that great. I have poor eating habits that I don't want to pass on to my daughter. A few months ago, I decided that enough is enough! We switched to brown rice and wheat noodles. No junk food in the house. Egg whites and oatmeal in the morning. 72 oz of water a day! All this is great, but doesn't mean much without a workout program. Here lies the problem. Where do I find time in the day?

I could get up at 5 AM and run to the gym before my husband has to leave for work. Yeah...that's not going to happen. I could go at lunchtime. I prefer to EAT at lunchtime. I could do a workout tape at home after the kid goes to sleep. There are way too many good tv shows to watch on the DVR. So, after nixing all the previous ideas, yet realizing something still needed to be done, I agreed to carve out an hour at 5pm most evenings to work out in the gym downstairs at work. I felt really guilty at first. Isn't this time I should be spending with Court? My husband didn't care for the idea too much. His reasoning was if I was able to get off earlier from work, I should come home and help him. Frankly, I think he'll live having to be in charge for a couple of hours every day. Despite my misgivings, I gave it a try and I feel wonderful!

The weight isn't coming off as fast as I'd like but I feel so much better about myself. I go home in a much better mood and with more energy. I'm just a happier person. Now, if only I could actually stick to a diet. I'm not sure it's possible with a two-year old, unless you have perfectly proportioned meals delivered to your doorstep every day. Whenever she doesn't finish her PB&J, or popsicle, mommy eats it. She likes to feed me a little of whatever she is eating sometimes. Sometimes, we're so tired from dealing with her, that neither of us feels like cooking so we heat up a frozen pizza! I've been working out so much that I'm absolutely ravenous all the time and end up snacking every night before bed (a major diet no-no apparently). So, I ask myself this..."how does a working mom stay on a diet?" The answer is....YOU DON'T. And I won't beat myself up over it. I'll just continue to be the best version of myself I can be. After all, don't I deserve that piece of cheesecake?