Healthy Eating Plan

Ok, so I use to go to a 8-5 job.  Every day I would pack myself a lunch and some snacks for the day.  Since becoming a stay at home mom, I have noticed that the extra pounds are not going away...in fact, they may even be inviting more pound friends! Eeek! This needs to stop!  As I was sitting here one night eating a bowl of ice cream and drinking water so I didn't feel like I was being completely unhealthy, it hit me! I know what I need to do to not be such a bad snacker and not eat so much junk.
Here it is...pack my lunch and snacks for the day! I decided that I am going to start packing healthy snacks and food and put it in my lunch box and that is all I get to eat during the day.  Even when I go out with the kids, I will grab my lunch box and take it with me. No excuses!  I remember when I worked, I hated eating my lunch box food all the time. But I felt good at the end of the day because I didn't eat junk or spend extra money (and I even drank way more water). I will be starting this tomorrow...I have snacks set aside today but I didn't actually pack my lunch box...but I'm still trying to eat healthy snacks today.  I'll post an update on what I pack and stuff (with pictures) so you can see what I do.    

Also, I LOVE soda. I can't stop drinking it. I seriously crave it. It's so bad.  But I know myself, and when I completely eliminate something, I want it even more. So what I am going to do is only drink ONE CAN (no more bottles or large sodas) a day.  But here's the catch...and I know this is bad because rewarding yourself with junk when you're trying to "diet" is counterproductive...I am only allowed to have my can of soda IF I stuck to eating only my healthy snacks I packed during the day.  I hope this works!  I need to get the snacking under control.

I don't want to eliminate every single unhealthy thing in my life because my husband enjoys eating some chips and cookies every once in while, as do my kids. But what I am trying to accomplish is eating smaller portions of those things and not craving the bad stuff so much.  I have a ton of healthy snack recipes saved in my Pinterest, but I have never actually made any of them.  Hopefully, I can start that someday too.  But one thing at a time...right now we are working on controlling the snacking by packing a lunchbox for the day. Let's do this thing!