One of the reasons that working mothers in their late 40s and 50s begin to put on pounds is that they are pulled in so many directions at once that there is little time to properly care for themselves.
For example, if you have to make a family dinner, you probably will not take the extra effort to make your own, lower calorie dinner (which you probably need since most women's metabolism slows at that time of their lives), but rather will eat the same food you have fixed for your husband and children. Then too, in the rush to get everyone off to school with homework and lunch money, you might not have time to make yourself a healthy lunch and so you eat at a cafeteria or fast food restaurant. Breakfast? pour a cup of coffee and race off to the day's commitments.
So. It is important to prepare in advance for the week by using the crockpot on the weekend and making yourself a tasty and nutritious but low-calorie pot of stewed beans with some sausage and spinach, or bean soup with shredded roast beef and spicy tomatoes, or lentil soup. Keep this in the refrigerator, and use it for your main protein/high fiber/vegetable entree during the week instead of sharing higher calorie/fat options with the family.
I have added a new page to the blog -- on the far right column, click on "Healthy Survival Recipes". I will add more tested recipes for make-in-advance, use during the week for fellow mom dieters.
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