I can't imagine trying to lose weight while breastfeeding (but maybe that's b/c I was just such a gluttonous piggie when preggers/nursing, LOL).
Oh, you don't need to tell me, gluttonous pigginess is exactly why I need to diet! And I want Reinhardt to come rushing in here to tell me that nursing moms need snacks (or cake), but like
Amy said, I'm a big girl. I'm not cutting back (yet) at meal times, you should have seen the plate of stir fry I had last night! It was homemade and mostly broccoli, but it was a broccoli mountain. It was too much and I felt overfull, but I wasn't hungry last night either. I need to find just the right amount.
Tonight is going to be a challenge. It's my daughter's preschool family night, so we're eating there. The menu is hot dogs, chips, carrots, and cookies. I don't want to eat before I go and have my diet interfere with my life, but I also am not sure how that (minus the cookie) is going to get me through until morning. I have a little carton of fruit salad I may virtually include with my dinner and eat when I get home...but that sounds like cheating. I guess I'll see how it goes.
I also wanted to talk kid snacks. I think kids eat way too many snacks these days, especially once they turn three. I don't see why they need a snack between every meal and after dinner. So I'm taking advantage of my own self-discipline to impose a bit on my daughter. She has always been picky (though she does like veggies and whole grains) and she has no incentive to eat meals with us and what we're eating because she can always just wait a bit and have something else. She doesn't eat breakfast very well, so I've decided no snacks after dinner. And she doesn't go long between breakfast and lunch, so no snacks then either (except when she's at preschool since I have no say). We'll see how it goes. It helps that I'm cranky because I'm not having snacks and sweets, so I have a lot less sympathy for her
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I think an afternoon snack is reasonable and a way to get her to last until dinner time. When I was a kid we always ate at 4:30, but if we eat then I'll starve all night on No S, so she can have an afternoon snack, but only right after her nap, not right before dinner. Crossing my fingers I can get her eating a bit more real people food at meal times.