Since starting my weight loss journey last year, I have become increasingly aware of how people around me behave in regards to eating habits and shopping for food - not so much family and friends, but people I see out and about.
Today I noticed a woman at a supermarket who was talking to someone else. The woman looked not much older than me, if not the same age, however probably weighed about 30kgs more than me. She was discussing her health and all of the medications she is on for all of her ailments. Cream for her feet as they were "falling apart", blood pressure medications and cholesterol meds to name a few.....a young woman!!!! It's noticing things like this that make me so motivated to rid of my weight for good and never have a weight problem again. I am sure if she lost the 60kgs+ that she is overweight she would be rid of all of her health problems. It saddens me and frustrates me all at once.
I also become aware of what is in peoples trolleys an their sizes. Another scenario I saw was a mother with her two children both aged between 8 and 12 probably. Their trolley was loaded - I mean balancing things on top - living in a rural area then it is something you see sometimes with people doing a monthly shop, but this woman didn't have much milk or bread which would ordinarily indicate a monthly shop....she had a loaded trolley of school snacks, softdrink, sugary cordials, flavoured milks and boxes of processed meals and 'heat and eat' style meals........the children had weight problems- and I am talking lots of weight around their stomachs..........I grew up with weight, but I wasn't this big. This frustrates me to no end- you as an adult have the choice of what you eat and you might want to poison yourself, but don't do it to your children - your kids watch what you do! Why do you think I am changing things.
We haven't had soft drink in the house for years now, but our children were never drinking it, we have never had much processed foods in the house the biggest issue I have had with my own weight battles is a mixture of mental health, large portion sizes, poor snack choices, no exercise and not knowing anything about calories. We couldn't afford takeaway food more than once a month- my kids take a yoghurt, piece of fruit or two and a sandwich to school. They don't need or want more than that as they don't have time to eat them AND I don't want them hypo at school - their bodies cannot handle sugary snacks. They get a treat from tuck-shop - but it is all in moderation, they come home from school and have a piece of fruit and then their dinner which is the same as we eat. They are not fussy eaters, but when our daughter was a toddler you could put a plate of hot chips in front of her with a side of salad and she would eat the salad without much interest in chips - she loved her tomatoes and strawberries more than anything.
I really wish people could see what they are doing to children - McDonalds (in my book) shouldn't be touched on a weekly basis- maybe once a month, but preferably never. It is disgusting. Since detoxing off sugary foods and "easy" options, I really cannot even handle the smell of it - makes my stomach turn. Now that kilojoule counts have to be shown on all fast food restaurant menus - it is easy to see how unhealthy it is - the only thing that I was really hooked to at McDonalds was their chocolate swirl frappes.........well to my horror since learning about calories and converting KJs to calories, I have found that just a small size of that frappe = 514calories!!!!!!! WOW that is huge, how huge??? well I am allowed up to 350cals for a whole main meal - so 514 is nearly 1.5 times that - it is a lot and it makes me sick to know how many of those I used to drink.
Anyone can come and have a look at my pantry and fridge - it is all nutritious and clean food and I am so incredibly proud of it.
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