The Time Is Now: Make A Healthy & Balanced Kids Menu

Jillian Michaels posed a very good question!

"WHY are all kids menus mac n cheese, chicken fingers, pbj on white bread, spaghetti, burger & Fries..."

We need to start teaching our kids how to eat right young and we aren't going to do this with the standard kids menu! There needs to be some REAL changes in the restaurant business.

Challenges

There are some things in life that are much more difficult than losing weight. These things cause imbalances and make it even harder to shed the pounds. We have to get over our inner demons somehow... and be able to love ourselves.

YIKES! I heard that, all those grumbles and I see those faces being made.

This is important. This is something I'm working on myself. It's not easy and working through these kind of things can cause us to lash out at those we don't want to hurt in order to protect ourselves. But are we really protecting ourselves? I don't think so. I think we are hurting ourselves more. I'm going to keep going at it. After all I made a promise to work on this and I don't break my promises.

"Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time."

~Mark Twain

What will you work on?

A Little Bird Whispered In My Ear

As I was out and about running errands I came to the sudden realization that I was hungry. I wasn't surprised as I now eat 5 times a day every 3 hours. It had been 3.5 hours since I ate, so I was looking to refuel! I stopped inside K-Mart hoping that they would have a nice healthy treat.
I was wrong!

They had chips, pork rinds, sausage sticks, cheese in a can and cheese on a stick and the candy...oh my did they have candy. Well this would never do! Just looking at some of the stuff was making my stomach turn...I mean Burger King Onion Rings??? Ketchup flavored chips??? YUCK!!! But I must admit, I held that Dark Chocolate Bar in my hands carrying it around wondering how I could justify it! Well I couldn't, so back on the shelf it went with all of it's chocolaty friends!

I then went to the cereal aisle and went looking for gluten free products...Well I found them...And Ohhhh I wanted them! But after reading the labels, I realized it wouldn't do not at all...Not because I knew it was the right thing- it was because of a little bird who is always whispering in my ear! So I put down the Chocolate Chex knowing that it is not on my list of approved foods and grumbled a little bit, then went home and ate an ORANGE!!! That orange was WONDERFUL!!!! I couldn't have been happier with my decision to walk away from the processed food and go back to good side where there is healthy and tastier foods :)

Thank you Dr. M for being that little bird on my shoulder!

For Once Someone is Mad at ME!!!!

Today I walked into the vet with Koda and was greeted by the vet and receptionist with "We're mad at you!" I was confused, I couldn't figure out what I had done. Then the vet said "you've lost a lot of weight!! You look great!" Well at this point I understood and was quite pleased with myself. No one has ever had that response to me before and I have to be honest, it felt great!!

I was asked how I did it and the recipe is pretty easy. I exercise nearly every day, I eat whole foods, I'm gluten free, and I'm not afraid to try new things! There are a lot of great yummy foods available that are clean and healthy! I also have to give it up to Richard Simmons who makes exercise fun and Dr. M for helping me find great foods and recipes!