The year of Allison

Thanks everyone for all of your support!  I had almost 100 hits on this post yesterday, and I am so thankful for those of you who commented with your words of wisdom.  I do have to say I like Amber's "The Year of Allison" so I may just have to stick with that theme. :)

Not going to lie, after working all day at the daycare, and then heading to the mall to work there until close, made it extremely difficult to not go through the drive through.  I mean, come on.  It's so, convenient!  That's what it's there for!  But knowing that I made this promise to myself helped me turn the other way and head home.  I know to some of you this may not seem like a big deal, but to me, it's like I'm so hungry at the end of the day, I feel like I deserve that Big Mac and large fries.  Why?  Oh, because all I've eaten today is that egg salad sandwich at lunch, so what would it hurt?  It's not that I skip meals on purpose, it's just that it gets so hectic in my room with 6 infants sometimes, that I just don't have time to eat.  So, on to my next goal... Eating during the day.

I work at a daycare.  Eating with the kids is part of my job, it's actually a requirement for us to sit family style and eat what the kids eat.  So, this worked well for me when I was working with the older kids... "Miss Allison, why aren't you eating your peas?!  You need to try a 'no thank you' bite!"  So, I started eating my fruits and veggies better.  Plus, those little boogers keep you running all day, so you really did have one serving and you were done.  However, now that I am in the infant room, there's no one nagging me to eat my veggies.  In fact, most of the time, I tell the cook not to bring them to me because I know they're going to go into the garbage anyway.  And then, the cook always brings us extra food.  Sure, it's the "balanced meals" we've all had (think school cafeteria).  So, if it's good for the kids, it's good for me, right?  Well, not exactly.

Since I got a super cute Thirty-One lunch bag from my wonderful cousin, Amy, I have been itching to actually use it!  I'm excited to try new recipes so I can have leftovers to take to work with me.  This way, I know what I'm eating, and how much I'm eating.  Then I can take a sandwich, yogurt, and some carrots and dip, and know that I am full, because not eating throughout the day is obviously not the answer.