It's hard to keep so much air in such lofty goals.

[traceracer]

Disclaimer: I know many people already do what I'm about to discuss and that's totally cool and I'm not judging. This is more about goals I set for myself that I am starting to slack on. I should also add that when I set these goals, I always said I was going to 'try' to do them so that I wouldn't beat myself up if I didn't uphold them

Comments

[blindtillnow]

I am reminded of a quote Coach used to put in his sig. line...

"In theory, theory is as good as practice. But not in practice."

In other words - the real world dictates the rules.

-s

[cmdrhobbes]

No plan ever survives contact with the enemy.

[drivingblind]

Yeah, all plans will fall apart eventually. That's the difference between plans and the execution of plans.

I'm gonna try my hardest on this one, though. I've managed to change my attitudes and exposure levels to McD and BK, at least, to the point now where I find the food revolting, but that was hard work. I'm hoping I can use that revulsion as a shield to keep Evie away from the stuff, but, well, that's a plan. Wendy's is a border case. Used to love it, still might, trying to learn to think of it as revolting, failing. Of the three, at least, I think you chose the best option.

Chick-fil-A on the other hand just plain intrinsically isn't, so I don't see any way to escape that one. Except on Sundays. :)

[rfrancis]

Seriously, every parent does this on some things -- you wind up picking your battles, and sometimes you simply change your mind about something, nothing wrong with that. I had a friend who insisted his kids weren't going to get all the noisy gadgets and stuff to play with -- blocks were good enough for him, etc. That went well.

On the other hand, we HAVE stuck to our refusal to allow Spongebob to be aired in this house. And we don't buy them sodas. So there'll be ones you stick to, too, never fear!

On an unrelated note, I don't see what the big deal about fast food is, particularly compared to supposedly benign stuff like, you know, Froot Loops and Doritos. :P But another thing I learned is that us parents all pick different grounds on which to make our stands and there's not much to be gained by trying to convince everyone else to take the same ones.

Except the soda thing. I'd gladly try to convince ALL of our parent friends of that one!

[aylara]

I totally agree on this. Fast food is not nearly as bad as other things (depending on your choices, of course).

My husband grew up with seven brothers and sisters and their house was FILLED with junk starches, including sugared cereals, corn dogs, homemade jello pies, and copious amounts of Pepsi. They didn't need to go to fast food places to be eating badly -- they did it all day, every day. Fast food would have been an improvement.

What you eat at home is far more important, in my estimation, since that's the food you're always eating. I'm a real foodist, you could say, so my opinions are usually on the more radical side of things, but the point still stands. :P

[omphaloskepsis]

You went 18 months - which rocks! And I'm guessing she won't be eating fast food on a regular basis, which I'm gussing is the real spirit behind the goal.

But I hear ya, I'm very interested to see how long I make it on various goals of my own and which ones will still feel important to me whenm they're tested and which will be altered or changed based on the reakity of the situation.

Now that I'm a parent I get how nap preservation trumps many many things :)

[meatnog]

Rule #1: Don't wake the baby.