I want to be around to see my grandchildren!

Super good post by Rebecca on skinny dreams about how you owe it to your children to get fit.

She doesn't pull punches and I agree 100%:

"I'm tired of seeing parents who can't be bothered to get fit.These people have children who need and depend on them, but they still complain that diet is too difficult, they don't want to give of their favorite foods, and they can't find the time to practice.

Now, before one of these parents who can't be bothered up in arms over my saying this, I'll say that I was one of those parents! I got a little more weight with each child and was therefore completely obese that it was a struggle to get off of my fat ass and do something. "

I was also this parent! after my last child, I weighed 322 pounds and was largely (pun intended) responsible for keeping Krispy Kreme in business.
 
And you know what?  It's pure self absorption and self indulgence. Two weeks after my last was born I looked at my grotesque itself and the huge plate carb-of-the-moment crap I had in my hands and I thought: "do you really care more about the short moments of feel-good that this gives shit you will then have your very own babies?"

I had 5 children because I wanted them.Some days it's all I can do to help keep the screaming in annoyance and frustration, but I soldier on because I adore them and they are really good kids and tomorrow I will have a better day. breastfeeding 5 babies because I chose to. Initially it was not fun or easy and I suffered through thrush, bad locks and all, but I stuck with it because it's the best for my kids (and if you click through the tough first few weeks were infinately easier than bottles works).I quit my job and our family income halved.  The bloody difficult was (and still is) to rely on my own thrift, but it was so important for me to create my own children. 

  I made all these big, tough decisions and yet I couldn't stop myself from eating another 100 calorie pack death-by-carbohydrates chips?! I was eating myself in the grave.

So I gave it all.All the grains, all the sugars, all refined foods. And, Yes, it was bloody rude. Rebecca put it this way:

"Yes, exercise is hard work.And oppose the possibilities to binge on sweets and junk food can be challenging.Losing weight and fit is certainly not easy!But it's worth, I've been doing this for myself, but I do this also for my family.Remaining fat and not something about my deteriorating weight to do would be just selfish of me. "

When my friends talk about baking pies, noshing on chocolate, sipping latte grandes on coffee houses, I just think about the last time I stepped into a Wal-Mart and watched the obese parents shuffle to the check out with their bread and cookies pasta and chips and sugary soft drinks, their carb-loaded ' diet ' stuff and low-fat ' FrankenFood horrors.

And I look for my sweet children.

Why wear your safety belt in the car? Why you do not smoke?Why do you both ways before crossing a street? because if you're not wearing a seat belt, smoke, or fail to watch where you're going, you have an excellent chance to die. And if you die, who is gonna take care of your children?
It doesn't matter how you do it: low fat, low carbs, counting calories, insane workouts. it doesn't matter how you look at it: get in a size 4 is not the point. it's not even just about what you eat. Buckle that belt, put down that cigarettes, moving your body, get outside and get some Sun.
The point is that you need to be around as long as possible for your children. and that means taking care of yourself instead of indulging your selfish whims. you can, but you have to stop all the excuses to finally. do you have to do it.


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