A Little Victory for Mama

See those Froot Loops? Maggie didn't like them. She took one bite, declared them yucky, and asked for Rice Crispies. That is what I like to call a little victory for Mama.

I know, sounds strange coming from the girl who seriously could eat a pound of chocolate a day and not feel sick, and whose favorite cereal growing up was Coco Puffs. But, in the past several years, sickeningly sweet breakfast cereal makes me want to puke in the morning. I need something plain like corn flakes, rice crispies, raisin bran, or multigrain Cheerios in the morning. The quantity of sugar in most cereals is becoming a bigger concern for me also - added bad calories and whatnot.

I am trying really hard to teach Maggie good eating habits so she will stay skinny her whole life and not struggle (Ok, mostly fail) with her weight as she gets older like Mama does. Part of that is not eating a lot of sweets and sugary foods. Sure, she gets a sugar cookie every time we go to a certain grocery store (only 1x a week) and gets M&M's or a sucker as a treat occasionally, but I don't want those bad carbs to be a staple in her diet. So when she turned her nose up at Froot Loops it made my heart jump with gladness that at least I am doing something right for her in that area. Praise God for small victories!