Week 20 - Can That Be True?

I'm always off-schedule for posting these days.  Every other weekend I work 12-hour shifts on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.  They start eeaarrrllly in the morning and really knock me on my backside.  But that is no excuse for not getting a post done.  This week I lost 1.5 pounds.

I have a friend at work that eats so extremely healthy.  She has become my example of late.  She does all those things you're supposed to do to get your family to eat their fruits and vegetables.  She purees carrots for her spaghetti sauce and makes spinach smoothies to go with dinner every night, and all those admirable things.  She has a big garden and snacks all day long on things like sliced cucumbers and carrot sticks.  Keep in mind that this woman works full-time, home schools her kids in a kind of co-op thing, and writes and directs community theater among other activities.  Now, I know what you're thinking.  But she's not even weird.  And her kids are normal.  And nice.  And she's not even intimidating or making me want to hate her.  She's a pleasant, hardworking person with whom to share a shift.  But she always has energy.  She says she's not really into exercise, per se, but she's always in motion.  And they do a lot of family activities.  She absolutely credits her energy level with her good eating habits.  I really would like to be better about this.  I feel like I was better about well-balanced meals and such when my kids were young.  I tried to fix dinner and have it be healthy.  But my children were not excited about healthy foods.  And it's funny now that they are grown, because they eat healthy things on their own that I could never get them to eat.  Anyway, I don't fix a lot of meals now, but I think I could be a lot better about what foods I purchase and have around.   If only I didn't love to bake!!  Also, the other day this friend said she was craving a Sill's Cafe cinnamon roll.  Todd brought us one and she was so thrilled.  They are huge, so I cut it into four pieces for the four of us working, and we totally enjoyed the thing.  But my friend got so sick!  She just couldn't deal with all that sugar.  She did tell me she'd do it again, though.  That's the thing.  She's not fanatical; just so extremely consistent.  Anyway, I'm going to do better.