Quit Smoking 4/08, Next…

QUOTED: “Oh, Texas. For shame. It is bad enough that 66% of us are overweight or obese, but now we learn our kids are really out of shape. Woefully out of shape. Only 30% of third graders could pass a fitness test, and fewer than 10% of high school seniors could pass it. Not Good. And before you start blaming the schools for your kid’s terrible fitness, studies suggest that our kids’ body mass indexes (BMI) increase over the summer. Which means change needs to start at home.”

http://www.chron.com/channel/momhouston/commons/yummymummy.html?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a07b4c3ab-b48c-4d04-93f7-6d7122eb5e7cPost%3afa0c14b1-65b3-431e-bfa5-b0ad1556c957  (if you have kids, you must read)

I am so glad I am making better food choices for my daughter and myself.  My husband sent me this article in a link with the email subject: “Looks like your doing a good job with pumpkin. ”

IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE VALIDATED finally. I have been asking my husband and the grandma’s to feed my 15 month old better food choices and smaller portions for several months. I was getting resistance. “She is crying - She’s still hungry- feed her more” “Oh a little cookie or two won’t kill her” “Babies only/always stop eating when they are full” “Its not her weight preventing her from walking (at 14 months)” and she was getting fed her meal, then begging for bites from grown ups who eat slower than her/after her ALOT.

Good luck to all you who are trying to set a better example for your children. It is a very noble reason to change your eating habits for life. Loosing weight is a welcome side effect!