Learning to Graze

So hungry. So very hungry. I've had 6oz of yogurt, a cup of Trader Joe's O's and 3 strawberries...and I did 40 minutes of cardio already...at some point I have to squeeze in 35 more. How is it that the kid eats whatever she wants and remains a total pip-squeak without an ounce of fat on her body? Now, tell me this...how does hog dog man get away with burgers, fries, dessert (every night) and peanut butter and still look like he did in college? Grazers...that's how. I never really thought about it before, but both of them....they do nothing but pick at their food and eat all day long...every waking hour. Maybe that's the trick?

Currently, just in the last half hour, she has eaten a pickle, tuna salad (no bread), a chocolate pudding cup and is up looking for something else. Granted, she swam laps for 45 minutes this morning so she's hungry but honestly, I bet she'll be heading to the snack shelf momentarily. Nope I was wrong...she's in the fridge getting a baby cucumber. "Where are you going?" "I'm going to the bathroom." "No you're not eating in the bathroom." "Why not?" "Because it's gross that's why, food doesn't belong in the bathroom." "I'm done then." Cucumber suffers blow from counter top. Kid goes to the bathroom, slamming door echos through house. She's back at the table, eating the cucumber, shoves it all in and gets up for the next activity while she's still chewing.

Enter dinnertime at our house...the kid won't sit still long enough to take two bites and she's up to go get something, comes back, takes three bites. Now she needs to show us her picture that she made three days ago, comes back, takes another bite, now she's up playing with the cat...you get the picture. She works all the calories off before she takes the next bite. It's been this way since day one, she wouldn't even finish a bottle in one sitting. Bad mommy? Couldn't ever teach her proper table manners? I swear, we've tried everything. Really...now it is the "if you get up during dinner that is telling me that you are done." That seems to work, except an hour later, guess who's hungry? Usually that means, have a piece of cheese and you're off to bed.

As for HDM...Before dinner starts, he'll have a little "snack" maybe a piece of cheese and some crackers. After dinner it's some honey roasted peanuts while he makes his lunch (yes, he makes his own lunch, not that I haven't tried to take this on, he's totally OCD and cannot relinquish the power). After that, he sits down in front of the TV with a glass of milk and cookies, a brownie, some ice cream or some other sweet treat. This is the guy that plans his dinner around what he wants for dessert. Literally, he looks at the dessert menu before looking at the dinner menu. And we wonder how the pounds landed on my ass?