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Kids “Make Fun” of Healthy Food
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In this lunch is oatmeal with carrot sticks (that's her addition), mini chocolate chips (for the oatmeal), broccoli, apples & oranges. The chocolate bell was dessert..
Has our culture gone too far? Are families now breaking the cardinal rule of eating? How many times did mom have to tell you NOT to play with your food? Well, this mom knows a Family Fitness Guru moment when she sees it.
Naturally, I had to get out the camera and ask them to come clean with their rule bending. Quite frankly, I enjoyed their creations immensely. (They sure didn’t last long!)
Below you can enjoy a video of the kids proudly describing their creations on a totally different rule-bending occasion.
Hottest 5 Chrismas Fitness Tips
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You asked for tips, so I’m going to throw them at you!! Whether you belong to a gym or exercise at home (or wish you did either), then you’ll have something to sink your teeth into without guilt!
Yeah, it’s a busy time.
Yeah, goodies abound.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1. You can make excuses or you can make fitness gains, but you can’t do both.
But you also have control over your schedule. If you think you don’t, then you need to Read More→
Wake Up, US Families!
Posted by: | CommentsIf abysmal, dismaying and frustrating don’t come to mind with these stats, then I don’t know what will (do tell me how you respond as these are my reactions to this data).
David Katz, MD, Yale University School of Medicine
Dr. David Katz, pictured here has stated, “Our children will suffer more chronic disease and premature death from eating poorly than from exposure to alcohol, tobacco and drugs combined.”
According to data analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the average teen eats fruits and vegetables 1.2 times/day.
Only 1/3 eat veggies less than once per day and 25% eat fruit less than once per day.
This information came from survey of 10,000 high school students, which shows a wide range of ethnicities, and this is what was pulled for various backgrounds:
-black teens eat even fewer veggies
-Hispanic teens eat veggies 1.1 times/day
-white teens eat veggies 1.4 times/day
All of these groups eat so few vegetables that their differences are negligible. Read More→
Top 5 Stress-Busting Tips
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As you prepare for the end of school year, graduation parties, weddings, vacation preps, etc. your summer may not be as relaxing as you dreamed it.
What are the first things to suffer?
Your relationship to God, your workouts, food preparation (if you even had that in the first place), schedules and breathing! Read More→
School Lunch Program gone madder
Posted by: | CommentsIt’s bad enough when kids are fed high fat, high sugar starchy foods for lunch (along with sugared milk) and limply cooked veggies, but when I come across a piece of news like this, it really infuriates me and gives me more resolve to NEVER weaken to the convenience and economy of buying a school lunch.
Please read what my friend, Rocco Castellano, has reported on his blog this morning and read below about another piece of news that should have you questioning how much the powers-that-be really care for their people. Read More→
