Diet? I don't want to talk about no stinkin' diet. Things have been bad. I think I've got them figured out now but the last few weeks have been a disaster when it comes to dieting. I've been too ashamed to go to my Weight Watchers meetings which completely defeats the purpose because that accountability was supposed to keep me honest. Unfortunately, I found out that you can miss meetings without getting in trouble. Yeah, that's how I think. I'm stuck in a high school mentality in which I think I am going to get "in trouble" if I miss a Weight Watchers meeting. I'm not sure what the punishment would be. Dentention? Suspension? Or (Dear God, No) a note home to my parents!!!!! Anyway, <sigh>, my weight continues to be a struggle.</sigh><br /><br />I am still nursing the baby and I cut down my points because she is starting to eat more solids. If you are nursing full time, you get 10 extra points, if your baby gets supplements or solids you only get 5 extra points. However, since I was pumping and my baby was nursing in the middle of the night, my body didn't know I wasn't nursing a newborn. The result: absolute starvation. I would stick to my points for a day or two and then be so hungry and without control that I would binge on everything within a 10 mile radius. It was not good.<br /><br />I am cutting down on my pumping. I'm hoping that can help control the appetite some. I have mixed feelings about it, since it may result in me having to supplement with formula. Logically, I have no problem with that but still I feel guilty. I'm not just doing it for weight loss though. I still haven't gotten my postpartum AF back and my husband and I have decided that we like our baby so much we want another. Time is of the essence there.<img src="http://theblogbooster.com/pixel.gif" width="0" height="0" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " alt="" />

"That's Mommy's Thin Mint"

Here's what I don't understand. I would lay down my life for my daughter in a second, so why can't I lay down the cookie?<br /><br />As you might have gathered things aren't going great on the diet front. I mean they are horrible but I'm kind of at a stand still and have gained a little. I have been on a sweets bender for about 2 weeks now. I can't fight the sugar cravings.<br /><br />But I want to. I need to. I read another article just this morning, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38600414/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/">discussing that increased obesity in children may be causing them to start puberty earlier, as early as SEVEN YEARS OLD!!!</a> That is crazy. We're doing everything we can to keep exogenous hormones out of her system, hormone free and organic foods, bottled water, etc but preventing her from becoming obese is solely my responsibility. I don't mean that my husband can just wash his hands of it, but nothing will influence her eating habits more than my eating habits. <br /><br />On that note, I'm going to try to eat as though I was sharing my food with Caroline at every meal. In a way I am still she is still nursing, but I wonder if I would be so quick to eat those cookies if I had to feed her half of them.<img src="http://theblogbooster.com/pixel.gif" width="0" height="0" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " alt="" />