Now that I'm back home and my 2 hour workout is done (Im exhausted) I wanted to finish my blog for today. Spending that time with my trainer Rita is so damn motivating. I worked it hard today and as she put it "Sarah, you didn't even complain today".....haha... More and more I'm starting to think of future ideas for me to get me back into the world of fitness. Teaching for sure. Getting myself to the best Sarah I can be is first and foremost. And I"m so lucky that I have Rita to help me with this. And Larissa, my pilates instructor who is amazing and so knowledgeable as well.
What I really wanted to talk about today is my daughter Avah and how proud I am of her. We adopted Avah when she was 10 days old in a private open adoption. Avah descends genetically from a 6 ft 4 father built like a football player and an average size birth mother, two very overweight bio aunts and overweight by a product of their lifestyle bio grandparents. So she has a genetic battle there that we have to fight together. My girl is 7.5 years old and she's definitely big for her age. Would you call her fat? No. Not even really big boned. Just a big girl. She's very tall - much taller than her friends, she wears a size 3 shoe, has big hands, a belly and a HUGE personality. She is the most wonderful little creature and I am so lucky to have her. Making good decisions food wise isn't easy for Avah and over the past few months as I have switched to a clean eating lifestyle she as well has switched with me slowly. We never use the following words in our house - skinny, weight, fat. We use words and phrases such as healthy, heart healthy, clear pee, beautiful skin, muscles, energy and so on. I am very careful about how I approach her. Avah wants to eat ALL the time and she craves sugar ALL the time and I know how hard that is for her. We have gradually started satisfying her cravings other ways and luckily she is normally willing to try new foods. She has started taking yogurt for morning snack at school (and she would never eat yogurt before), afternoon snack at school might be an apple, raisins and goldfish, oriental rice snacks. She is allowed 1 unhealthy dessert for lunch which is usually a snack pack of cookies and dessert after supper. She is willing to try new things at meal times and she loves the rule of try something once and if you don't like it you don't have to eat it, but you have to try it. I'm proud of her everyday because I know she really struggles. And of course my son Jack who is 5 and has the same bio mother but a different father is a teeny tiny little string bean that can eat whatever he wants but loves healthy food and never craves sweet. Life is unfair sometimes!!
So I'm off to eat my ham sandwich and then chop veggies for tonights stir fry.
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