Mini-Success! (Persistence pays off!)

LindaLouLu

So, I've been fighting the good fight of "shrinking" for the last two years (this wasn't an issue until after my 3rd child) and my family was being "Typical". Meaning they ate what they wanted, when they wanted. All the junk I had sworn off, despised as sabotage, and banned from my kitchen cupboards. Well, after 2 years and preaching to the walls about the benefits of Healthy foods & exercise my family has FINALLY had a bit of a break through!!
It started with a care package sent to my husband (Who is currently stationed overseas) by his youngest sister. It was FULL of snacks and goodies. M&M's, jerky, candy bars, cookies, snack cakes & the like. After the initial excitement of receiving a box of treats and passing the contents around to Co-Workers I received the strangest e-mail I had ever encountered from my husband.
A request to PLEASE send some of the healthy snacks I had been shoving down his throat for the past 2 years! Turns out he missed them and the "goodies" made him sick!! Of course I immediately ran to the store and bought enough granola, alternative chips, nuts & healthy cookies to fill 2 large flat rate boxes and shipped them out the same day.
It has made me SO proud of myself to hear him ask for these. Maybe I have made a convert (Finally!)

kimstwin

I enjoyed your post! Sometimes it takes forever for the loved ones to catch on, but this is proof that it's not impossible!

tmoyer1209

How exciting!! I am so thrilled for you and I admire that you have persisted through all the negativity!