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Home » Mom Life » When Portion Control Isn’t Enough

When Portion Control Isn’t Enough

Jan 5, 2017 4 Comments

One of my goals with this blog is to not only share recipes and sound nutrition advice, but it’s to keep it real- to give you an inside look as to what’s happening in the day-to-day of the Serbinski kitchen. The good. The bad. The dinosaur chicken nuggets. You know, the healthy and not-so-healthy quirks Momma Bear and her cubs. SO, with that theme in mind, I want to talk about the day I ate an entire bag of chips BY MYSELF. And why I’ve vowed to never let a stinking bag of crunchy carb-o-licious snacks in my house again… unless we have a BIG party where I can share the bag with more than two toddlers!

These two bags o’ deliciousness are the culprits to my all-day-snacking binges. No more my friends, NO MORE! 

Seriously though. I think one of the hardest parts about being a stay at home mom [for me] is that there’s constant access to my pantry and fridge. While I do a pretty good job at keeping the kids out of the cupboards, I should do a better job at taking my own advice. Now during the warmer months it was a lot easier to say no to the animal crackers and pretzels and veggie straws. But now that I’m stuck indoors most of the day, I’m having a rough time of telling those foods N-O!

Here’s an example of me *trying* to portion control with my love of Nacho Cheese Doritos while pregnant with Lily. Let’s just say there was more than one snack bag eaten…

So where does that lead me with portion control? Well it’s simple. Portion control [for me] is nonexistent when it comes to foods like potato chips, veggie sticks, pretzels, any carbohydrate cracker-ish snack. I wish I had this problem with vegetables, but I’m just not wired that way [and chances are neither are you]. Want to know what I’m doing to fix the problem? I’m rarely buying these foods. In fact, if I really want some, I’ve been asking my Mom and Dad to stash the goods at their house so I can have a handful [or two] when I’m there.

One crunchy snack that I’ve seemed to be able to show a little self-control with are pretzel chips! That’s if I pair them with something filling, like hummus + veggies.

The purpose of this post is simple: I’m admitting defeat. And letting you know it’s not always a ½ cup sliced veggies over here. I hope by reading this you too can relate and yourself permission to be vulnerable and no when to call in reinforcements when it comes to eating a certain food.

But most importantly, instead of giving up this guilty-pleasure food altogether, I say find people and solutions that can help you still enjoy a bite or two every now and then [i.e. me giving my parents the go-ahead for buying and keeping veggie sticks at their house].

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  1. bumpstobaby says

    January 6, 2017 at 10:38 am

    PREACH! I am exactly the same way! I literally have no sensor when it comes to carbs, like even cereal. Sorry not sorry, I just ate two bowls for breakfast. I know before I hand when I put it in my cart its not a good idea, but then I convince myself I will be better this time. Fail, again. Like your idea of stashing it for a treat, pretty sure I can get my neighbor on board to help me! Thanks for keeping it real 🙂

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    • Katie says

      January 10, 2017 at 8:29 am

      Love that you can call on your neighbor to help! I need to do the same here lol!! And man can I inhale a bowl of Cheerios…

  2. Kacie says

    January 7, 2017 at 8:56 pm

    I’m so grateful to you for admitting that! I am the exact same way and after I had my son, when he was a few months old, I remember I ate like an entire tub of animal crackers one afternoon and felt SO disgusted with myself! I hate the way I can’t control myself around carby snacks when they’re in my pantry. So I just can’t buy them!

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    • Katie says

      January 10, 2017 at 8:28 am

      Me either Kacie!! I let others have them at their house so then I’ll snack on a few when I’m there

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