I Got A Little Chubby

This week, I decided to change one thing...  Avoid sugar.  Which is really upsetting.  Sugar is in everything. Everrryyyything. One serving of my favorite chicken salad from Costco has the sugar equivalent of 2.5 sugar cubes. (That is only 1/2 a cup worth of scrumptious chicken salad!!!) if it was 2.5 sugar cubes in, say, half a tub, I could (and probably would) justify it. But only 1/2 a cup!!!!! so long delicious chicken salad. 😭😭😭 You fooled me with the word, “salad”.  My favorite oatmeal has around 4 sugar cubes’ worth of sugar. When I imagine myself eating warm spoonfuls of white sugar, it’s not quite as appetizing.  All my “healthy choices” are a big fat lie. 😤 According to FDA recommendations, we should only have about 24 grams of sugar per day— that’s around 6 sugar cubes’ worth and to think I was getting that in before lunch is a bummer. Oatmeal is supposed to be HEALTHY because it’s not even that tasty!! 😭😭😭 Actually... a glazed donut had a litt...

 Hi. My name is Noelle. Last New Year’s Eve, I planned to start a blog called “I Got a Little Chubby” that would be all about my journey to get in better physical and financial shape over 2020.  But, New Year’s Day, we found out we were expecting baby #6. Oh yeah, then we spent much of the rest of the year in a worldwide pandemic.  So, I gained a lot more weight. And we racked up a lot more debt.  What a bust. (I did lose around six pounds in August. His name is Andre and he’s beautiful.) So, here we are at the end of 2020 and the start of a New Year. This time I have to do this. It’s time for change and I very much pray for the grace of self-discipline and the fruit of the Spirit that is self-control.  My kids are out of shape too and that’s my fault. But when you lose your job, which I did during the pandemic, you cut out all the fun activities. No more skateboarding lessons, dance class, martial arts, or Beachbody on Demand.  Just food. What can we rewar...