Have you ever pondered on that little things that can change so much in your life over time?

Well I was having my Soup tonight, I have always used a Tablespoon for Soups, cereals etc, Why? Well my grandfather did it. Well Why did he? cause he was older and shaky and it helped him get some to his mouth unlike a teaspoon he would loose most of it before it reached his mouth.

So I was thinking how so many things are like that that changes how we eat and don't even realize it.

The Bigger plates that we fill heaping at times. Bigger cups. Larger Serving sizes.

The fast food restaurant on most corners, so when your driving home from work and tired and still got to go home and make dinner, makes it easy to drive through and grab those fatty unhealthy choices for dinner.

The kitchen appliances that that grind and chop that we some times use for more convenience,yet burn less calories then chopping or preparing by hand.

The apple or potatoes peeler you pop in pop out, or make fries with and drop in a deep fat fryer that's faster then baking.

The bread machine that makes all that bread we love homemade. Yet don't have to need and work at, not much calories burned there.

The frying pan, with grease to fry supper fast instead of baking and heating up the house.

We live in a disposable world where we can throw away our dishes and to-go bags.

We have the dishwasher that helps cut our cleaning time (therefore less burning of calories).

We live a world of preservatives and more fat in foods.

My Grandfather had bacon, eggs,pancakes and toast with jelly every morning for Breakfast all his life, and lived on pork, beef and potatoes, and I don't know if I ever seen him eat a green salad. He had huge deserts or pie or cake or ice cream most nights for desert. He drank 2 six packs of real coke everyday. He was the skinniest man I knew at maybe 120 lbs for his 5 10 height.

The difference was he was a farmer, and he may have at all that for breakfast, but he was up and had feed the chickens and pigs, feed 100 head of cows, milked 2-6 cows, changed the Water in two or three fields, all before he had that breakfast.

Don't get me wrong, I am not wiling to give up many of life's pleasures in my life either, but we must put more responsible choices of talking a walk cause we have more time since that dishwasher is doing what would burn calories

We let the little things like a spoon in our lives become something that can change so much. I need to move back to the regular size spoon.

Pretty soon I will be told to use the baby spoon with my meals.

For me, its time to think about the little things like the spoon that I have allowed to get me off my path, change it, and get back on that path for a good healthy life

Beautifully written.

Good for you, thinking about life and how they will change in advance, starting on making those changes happen now is what will really get you moving in the right direction. Pull out that teaspoon and the smaller plates and start practicing now. Forego that Water with dinner, wait 1/2 hour, eat the meat first and vegies second and if there's room the carbs, but make sure everything is counted on Myfitnesspal.com

Use the next 3 weeks on behavior modification.

I learned something since I started this whole process, the one thing that actually does bring tears to my eyes. The more I move...the more I can move. The commercial is so true "a body in motion tends to stay in motion".

I am loving life now. It's hard to believe that I am the same girl that thought she would not live to see another year last summer.

I look forward to hearing more from you and your journey.

Have you ever pondered on that little things that can change so much in your life over time?

Well I was having my soup tonight' date=' I have always used a Tablespoon for soups, cereals etc, Why? Well my grandfather did it. Well Why did he? cause he was older and shaky and it helped him get some to his mouth unlike a teaspoon he would loose most of it before it reached his mouth.

So I was thinking how so many things are like that that changes how we eat and don't even realize it.

The Bigger plates that we fill heaping at times. Bigger cups. Larger Serving sizes.

The fast food restaurant on most corners, so when your driving home from work and tired and still got to go home and make dinner, makes it easy to drive through and grab those fatty unhealthy choices for dinner.

The kitchen appliances that that grind and chop that we some times use for more convenience,yet burn less calories then chopping or preparing by hand.

The apple or potatoes peeler you pop in pop out, or make fries with and drop in a deep fat fryer that's faster then baking.

The bread machine that makes all that bread we love homemade. Yet don't have to need and work at, not much calories burned there.

The frying pan, with grease to fry supper fast instead of baking and heating up the house.

We live in a disposable world where we can throw away our dishes and to-go bags.

We have the dishwasher that helps cut our cleaning time (therefore less burning of calories).

We live a world of preservatives and more fat in foods.

My Grandfather had bacon, eggs,pancakes and toast with jelly every morning for breakfast all his life, and lived on pork, beef and potatoes, and I don't know if I ever seen him eat a green salad. He had huge deserts or pie or cake or ice cream most nights for desert. He drank 2 six packs of real coke everyday. He was the skinniest man I knew at maybe 120 lbs for his 5 10 height.

The difference was he was a farmer, and he may have at all that for breakfast, but he was up and had feed the chickens and pigs, feed 100 head of cows, milked 2-6 cows, changed the Water in two or three fields, all before he had that breakfast.

Don't get me wrong, I am not wiling to give up many of life's pleasures in my life either, but we must put more responsible choices of talking a walk cause we have more time since that dishwasher is doing what would burn calories

We let the little things like a spoon in our lives become something that can change so much. I need to move back to the regular size spoon.

Pretty soon I will be told to use the baby spoon with my meals.

For me, its time to think about the little things like the spoon that I have allowed to get me off my path, change it, and get back on that path for a good healthy life[/quote']

Makes darn good sense! Thnx for sharing

Wow that was deep ... And totally right . We don't even realise the mistakes that lit is here I'm the first place , until we sit back ,

Like u did then realize all the wrong . But now we on track to change and change for food to a happy and healthy life , just the way we deserve it.

Have you watched "Weight of the Nation?"

It was On Demand on HBO and it was really interesting to see America go from hungry and skinny from the early 1900s to the 1940s, then they showed the invention of the microwave and frozen meals in the 1950s, and we kind of spiraled out of control from there. My grandma grew up on a farm in Arkansas and I have photos from her childhood -- guess what -- EVERYONE IS SKINNY! I can't find a single fat person in any of her photos from the 1930s and 40s...

As convenient as technology is (don't get my wrong, I love my iPhone, dishwasher, etc.), things being more convenient has made people so lazy! What about those little vacuums that roll around by themselves?! Jeez...

Funny you mentioned this. While I was on my liquid diet, stirring my hot cut of tea, I came up with the brightest idea ever. Why dont they make tiny spoons to stir your tea? A handy name would be a "tea spoon" ?? Oh wait..... is that why they call them that? Hmm.. Nevermind....