smorgan1227’s BodyBlog

I am not even sure where to start with this post.

A while back I wrote a post about how frustrated I was with the people around me who refused to take care of themselves. One of the people I mentioned was my ex-husband.  So, why should I still care.  Well, mainly because we have three beautiful children together.

My kids live half the time with me and half with their dad.  So, regardless of how healthy I try to feed them, he feeds them very unhealthy.  Let’s all face it.  If your a teenager and one house feeds you food that taste really good, and then mom tries to feed you whole wheat noodles, etc, being with mom is torture.

The saddest part about it, is that my daughter has learned to eat just like her dad.  She is only 12 and struggles with her weight already.  My mom went through a spell where she was constantly nagging my daughter and myself about her weight.  I finally had to tell my mom, hey lay off of her or we are not going to be around much.  And, while you are at it, be a good example yourself.  That is the best that I can do at this point, show her a healthier way.

With that said, time passes.  However, and amazing thing happened in my daughters life this year.  She fell in love with volleyball.  She actually acquired amazing skills, even with her weight slowing her down.  After the season was over she decided that she wanted to get into shape on the off season and really be good for Volleyball next year.

I decided that it would be good to bring her along on a few photo shoots with some fitness models so that she would have even more positive role models. It certainly has helped.
She started to eat clean, on and off… Then for Christmas she asked if she could get a membership to my gym.   I was thrilled.  Last week I signed her up.  I have been training her on lifting.  She is already firming up.  She will turn 13 in a few weeks.  I think she is finally figuring out that eating clean is a lifestyle.  She wants education on how and why to eat certain things.  I am so proud of her for making all these decisions on her own.  I can’t wait to post some pictures eventually of her before and after.  She is so beautiful.  I love working out with her.  I am more proud of her than I can even express.  I pray she fully embrasses this lifestyle. Perhaps she will be a good example to her dad.

p.s. not to be outdone, her 16 year old brother decided to eat clean too.  So I only have one son and a husband left.  Unfortunately, they are both naturally thin and see no need to torture themselves with my diet. lol…

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