Hipaagrammy's Journal, 16 August 2014

Hipaagrammy, nice that you made DIL what she requested. Also good that you ate mindfully. My house with all the different preferences of my girls, spouses, and pile of grandkids I do a buffet. I make a selection of dishes based around a theme, say chili. (it's a favorite) so I make a meat chili, a chicken chili (one daughter doesn't eat red meat), have regular salad stuff, crispy tortillas, homemade rolls, a fruit salad. Someone usually brings desert, my kids know I don't usually make desert except for maybe brownies, ice cream, or watermelon. That way I can also choose what fits me.  

Thanks for your encouraging words to me ,,, Grandkids went home crazy thing is ,,, I get so excited when they come and I get just as excited when they leave ,, swelling down some ,, but I still have to elevate and ice ,, I will think twice before I rush into exercising at the gym so slow and steady will have to be the case ,, I have been refereed to as the road runner in my earlier age giggling ,,, not my nick name will having to be poke sally...........literally.. I was 244 when I started ,, so when I joined FS I had already lost a chuck ,,, with dealing with the pain and stress at work not the kids <3 I have been getting sloppy when it comes to living within my RDI ,,,,, I knew it would be a gain ,, any who have a blessed day <3 sunshine your way <3  

Wholefoodnut, that sounds like a good idea for the future. I just wasn't ready to share my new meal plans with my extended family. GoodMan knows, and he's supportive. I wanted to wait until there was more of a physical change in my appearance before I shared with my kids. I raised 6 boys on Paula Deen style cooking. I'm known for using lots of cheese, butter, sour cream, etc in all my cooking. So when someone wants to splurge on food, they usually think of me. For a while I even wrote a cooking blog, and I don't think any of the dishes would fit my new lifestyle. About 20 years ago I went on a protein shake diet and lost a lot of weight. I became a bit of a zealot. Then about 15 years ago I went on a very strict low fat diet. Again I became a bore, talking only and always about my diet and weight. This time I want to do things differently. I want the changes to be unspoken but apparent. I want to be comfortable and happy enough so that no one will wonder if I'm ill. I'm reading everyone else's journal entries to satisfy that desire to over-share. We will have a number of family gatherings in the next few months - when we get together GoodMan and I host all the family, 28 of us in all, for the whole weekend. I think I'll use your suggestion of buffet style meals with lots of choices for everyone. Thanks!  

Dreamcatcher, I know what you mean. My Grandpa used to say, "Glad to see you come, glad to see you go." Now I know what he means. Right now I have 6 extra family members living with us. I'm so glad we could host them these last 8 months, but I will have to take a month or more to recover when they get into their new home. Lol! 

giggling we wont tell <3  

Good for you!!! You are a motivator for me!!! 

You did good! Yay for making what your DIL requested for her birthday. You did well cutting back from what you would normally have, so that's a good step. Wholeffodnut's idea is a really good one. Even if it's something like taco salad on the side, and choosing taco salad over the high carb, high calorie food and ice cream. When your grandkids see grandma who they love and admire munching on taco salad they may do the same. It sends a really good message. Unfortunately, when people say birthday or celebration, we've been conditioned to think...cake, ice cream, sweets and alcohol!  

Unfortunately, when MY people say "going to Grandma's" they've been conditioned to think food...food...sweets...snacks...treats...it's time to condition them to think of Grandma's as a healthy place...and so I change. 

:)A big thumbs up! You sound like one awesome grandma no matter what is served!  

Hippa... are you on any particular food program. Low carbs, High Protein. There are lots of recipes that are absolutely yummy that you can make and still be eating healthy. Have you checked the recipes here?  

Warmed my heart a couple weeks ago. One of the triplets popped up with; "gramma we love your cooking because you make it from the real thing, and you let us help you cook". some conversation between kids going on that I wasn't paying much attention to.  

Another thought is that you can adapt those Paula deen type recipes to be healthier, her son is proving that on TV. I change things all the time. I have 400+ maybe 500+ cookbooks and adapt recipes to fit how I eat all the time.