Surviving the Domestic Jungle

As I was doing the dishwasher this evening, I noticed the suggested serving size on my cereal. I am a big cereal advocate. I love to have it for breakfast but only healthy, fiberful cereals as I am getting older and fruit loops just don’t do it for me anymore. Anyway, I was looking at the nutrition info and saw the suggested serving is 3/4 cup. Who the hell eats 3/4 cup of cereal? Really?? I want to know who eats that much?? That is like ten pieces of cereal!!! Who makes these sizes anyway? Leprechauns? Pixies? Elves? Certainly not a human being. If I ate 3/4 cup of cereal, I would eat another one five minutes later. All in all, to equal a bowl of cereal for a normal person, I would probably need three of their servings. This is why I don’t look at nutrition information anymore. It just depresses me to know how much fat and how many calories are in a serving and being I usually will eat three, it makes that information even more depressing. I am not a supermodel and I am not trying to look like one, but I am trying to make it to lunch where the vicious cycle of depression and worry happens all over again. I do not eat a lot in general but when I do eat, I eat healthily. Wow, Im surprised healthily is a word….my computer didn’t underline it in red as a misspell! If there is junk food in the house, except for chocolate which I consider a necessity of life, it is my husbands and the kids. I was not allowed to eat junk when I was a kid and sugar cereals at Christmas was the highlight of our indulgences. I only had Rice Krispies, Cheerios and Corn Flakes. There were never chips or soda and there were only the occasional homemade cookies. When I would go to my friends houses, I would go nuts eating magical foods with sugar! I decided I wasn’t going to do that to my kids. I let my kids eat crap and I introduce them to “exotic” foods as well. My oldest loves salad and would eat it everyday. My middle child loves broccoli, cucumber and apples! They are pretty healthy but they also feel comfortable having junk food. I don’t present it as a treat in the hopes that they will build healthy eating habits. Food is not a reward even though I justified my lowfat ice cream sandwich earlier when I was annoyed with my husband I had non sugary cereals as a kid! Cut me some slack!!! Anyway, when I wake up tomorrow, I will be having enough breakfast for three smurfs and I will love every bite!