Diet (hate that word) thoughts

Let me first off say that I hate the word DIET!  It is such a negative word these days.  People say, I hate dieting, or fit people taking about their "diet" and others just respond "oh my god, you're so tiny, you don't need to diet"   People don't think of diet as your regular eating patterns and habits, they almost always think of it as a weight loss program.  SO UNTRUE!!!  The dictionary has 5 definitions for diet and only one of them has weight loss in the description:

1.

food and drink considered in terms of its qualities,composition, and its effects on health: Milk is a wholesomearticle of diet.

2.

a particular selection of food, especially as designed orprescribed to improve a person's physical condition or toprevent or treat a disease: a diet low in sugar.

3.

such a selection or a limitation on the amount a person eatsfor reducing weight: No pie for me, I'm on a diet.

4.

the foods eaten, as by a particular person or group: The native diet consists of fish and fruit.

5.

food or feed habitually eaten or provided: The rabbits were fed a diet of carrots and lettuce.

"diet" is an important part of living and being healthy!  What you put in your body can make or break you!  Why would you kill yourself with an hour of cardio to burn fat and turn around and eat pizza or cheese fries!  You just killed yourself for NO REASON!!! And that is really frustrating, especially when you obviously don't see any results from your gym sessions.  I know that we are all addicted to our conveniences when it comes to food. I am soooooo guilty of that.  Working 2 jobs, going to school, having a child in school, and a husband, I am always busy!  when I get home, or if I'm even home at all, I just want something quick!  And I don't want to have to take the time to put together a meal and pack it for the next day, it's irritating and time consuming and I NEED TO GET OVER IT!!!  I need to suck it up and do it!!!  I at least try to make healthier decisions if I have to do fast food but let's be honest, there's not that much out there that is "healthy" from a drive through.  

But seriously, for most people, diet is 80% of what you see!  I WISH WISH WISH it was 80% exercise because I can manage that!  I kick ass at the gym, but it's not! It's what you put in your body, what you use to fuel it, and nourish it, THAT's what makes the difference.  Now there is a portion that is genetics, and that is something I have to let go of, because I cannot change that!  I wish I could, but I can't so I'm just going to work harder for some areas.  

Anyway, That's my little rant on that, so on to what I'm really on here about.  I need to get on a schedule, program, regimen, whatever you want to call it.  I need to get consistent and I need to get back to healthy.  I have been cheating way more than I should as of the last month or so and I have to get back to it.  It's so hard when you aren't just feeding yourself though, as I said, we are attracted to convenience and we all know that a 6 year old would rather eat macaroni and cheese and pizza instead of chicken and rice.  So I've been looking at the Paleo diet.  I need to do some more research to really dig in deep and find out about it.  I have read that a lot of body builders stick to this diet and I can see that, a lot of what I eat when I'm eating healthy is leaning more toward the paleo side.  My biggest problem is SWEETS!!! They are a killer for me!!  I totally believe in having a cheat meal once a week or every 2 weeks just to keep your metabolism in check and make sure it isn't getting too comfortable.  Sort of the way you would change up a workout so you don't hit that plateau.  But darn my sweet tooth!!!!!  I want to eat cookies and ice cream!!!!  I must overcome this demon!!!  So any suggestions on "good for you" desserts that will satisfy my sweet tooth and not destroy my diet would be helpful!!!

So yea, I'm thinking that the way to go about this is to change my whole family's "diet"  I hate to hear my son whining about his food, and I end up sitting at the table for another 2 hours trying to get him to eat, but sometimes I guess you pay the price to make your kids eat healthy sometimes, and I'm sure that he gets to pig out on other food when he's at his Dad's every other weekend so yea.  I'm thinking I just need to totally revamp my cabinets and go for something that I can do for the whole family instead of trying to make my own meals along with everyone else's.