Adrenaline is very helpful to weight loss, in my humble opinion. I’m still nursing, so I have to watch how much caffeine I drink, but I have found that intermittent, unpredictable waking in the night to the sound of screaming (alternating with maniacal, context-less laughter) will flood your system with adrenaline and keep your weight loss program going, even in the night.
Just as a turkey needs proper storage to maintain its peak freshness, so does your child. From my experience, young children have a limited shelf life. They go bad if not handled properly. A funky smell permeates the space if you don’t change their environment with the proper pacing and accommodations. While the smell may or may not be literal, it is measurable by the curled lip and sidelong glances of other adults in the vicinity. Other small children may comment outright, saying things like, “Why is he crying?” or “Why is she lying on the ground like that?” I usually tell them it’s because I pinch and beat him. This stops the questions.
The comparison of a small child to a turkey may seem callous, but the food analogy is actually quite fitting. Mother Nature made children cute for survival of the species. Otherwise, we would surely eat them in the middle of a long, sleepless night or insufferable car ride.
So let’s talk more about food, since that is an important aspect to any weight-loss program.
I eat sweet potato fries about six days per week. Only once per day, however. Never more than that, unless I happen to make them for lunch at home, then go out to dinner at my favorite sweet potato fry place nearby. But that doesn’t happen more than twice in a week. (I even ordered sweet potato fries to go when I was in early labor. They were very good.)
I try to eat at least 50 percent of my meals sitting down. I think it’s good for digestion. I find that dodging foods thrown by my toddler during a meal also keeps my “workouts” going, even when I’m relaxing.
Occasionally forgetting to eat is also helpful. I never thought this was possible for me. I’ve been a serious eater my entire life, never skipping meals intentionally. But between feeding my child, cleaning up his messes, then chasing and entertaining him, I will upon occasion realize that I have not eaten. I then grab something on my way out the door with him, but in picking up him and all my bags, I sometimes find that I cannot carry the food, too. I look at the food with longing on my way out the door. I believe this is helpful.
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