Yes, it's been quite a while since my last post here. Alot has happened since then.
The Patriots won the AFC Championship, and are set to win the Superbowl this Sunday! (GO PATS!)
I have lost a total of 5.5 lbs, and have made strides at the gym. (GO ME!!)
Today is Noah's 4th skiing lesson, and he will be graduating to the chair lift. In addition to that, he's been managing his blood glucose beautifully, both on and off the slopes. (GO NOAH!!!)
On the d-tip...at the risk of sounding like a total idiot, here's the story of what happened when my mom had Noah overnight so my husband and I could go out on a hot date. Yes, a real date with a movie and dinner and staying out late and a martini...
Ok, so on to the stupid thing I did:
My mom and I were planning Noah's dinner carbs for the evening and I wrote down measurements and counts for the chicken,broccoli & ziti she was planning to make.
"Is this pasta measurement for dry or cooked"? my mom asked.
"huh? It's the same, right"? I replied, uneasily. My mother is my family's Martha Stewart, and it automatically made me nervous that I didn't have the food knowledge she wanted to hear.
"The pasta...it's 1/2 cup dry, right?" now she's grabbing her glasses and the box to check.
"Mom, I don't have a clue. It's ziti, so it doesn't change it's shape or anything so I just assumed...."
I couldn't even finish. Most of the time, I can laugh at my mistakes and brush it off as a lesson learned, but not this time. This time was about my kid, and his health. I knew that what I had been doing all along was wrong, and it hit me in such a weird way. I started to cry and got mad at myself. How stupid am I that I don't know things like that practically double in size when they cook? I thought back to all the dinners and the carbs I counted incorrectly, and felt like ...
a failure.
"Now you know", my mom said. I immediately snapped out of it. Those 3 words meant so much.
They didn't just mean "now you know", they meant: "all good moms make mistakes", and "you do a good job, you can't be perfect all the time".
Thanks mom, for saying all the right things.
13 years ago
3 comments:
Easy does it on that Super Bowl prediction. My Giants aren't done yet defying the odds. Now you know!
Oh my, here come the Giants fans stomping on your turf. Go Giants!!!!!!!
I hate how nutrition guides list the carbs and servings. It's a major pet peeve of mine.
And good stuff with your weight loss and Noah's skiing!!
What a lovely mom you have!
We've all done something similar - don't sweat it - you've fixed it, now onward and upward!
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