Guess what people! That food you swipe off your kiddies plate yeah you know what I am talking about, it counts. Yes those sneaky calories on your kids plate count towards your own. I always thought those mummy calories were ok I mean come on why waste food the critters don't eat. Those calories add up so mums, dads stop sneaking the kids food and throw it on the lawn or in the bin asap!
My ultimate temptation was my 2 year olds left over chicken nugget wrap. It was sitting on her plate half eaten all in its battered, carb, mayo, salad with cheese glory!!! I was so tempted but I was strong and threw it out to the seagulls.
I think as a mother we hide behind our children a lot and use it as an excuse of being bigger, " oh I am carrying baby weight" never minding that our so called "baby" is entering their pre school years. With children there comes temptation, it is so easy to finish their food when you take them out for a Happy Meal, not to mention all the baking etc. At the end of the day though we as parents are the ultimate role models for our children so why not model good nutrition :)
I hear you, it has been the hardest temptation not to eat the kiddies left overs!! I gave them oven potatoes with their version of my meal last night and I think I was actually salivating at the site of the lonely potato crying out to me...I am proud to say for once it went down the waste disposal. I too have been hiding behind the phantom 'baby weight' for entirely too long, way past actual baby weight!!
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