Blog & Food Journal
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I LOVE summer!
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- 6/6/2010 3:16:16 PM
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Summer just makes me smile! Here is a picture of all the fruit ripening on my counter right now....doesn't it just make you
smile!
One easy way to get your family to eat more fruits and vegetables is just to have it plain sight. Each of my 4 children came into
the kitchen today looking for a snack and each one grabbed a piece of fruit. Hooray!
Summer is a great time to experiment with different varieties of nature's bounties. This week try to buy a fruit or a vegetable
that is new to you or your kids. Most kids have tried bananas and apples, but many have not experienced the pleasure of a
delicious ripe mango (our personal favorite right now). Even if you are certain that they won't like it, try it anyway. Experts say
that it takes trying something 10 times to acquire a taste for it. This is what my kids refer to as their taste buds "hatching".
It is music to my ears when one of them exclaims, "Mom, my taste bud just hatched!"
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PROFILE
Wow...to even have the word "maintenance" in any way associated with my name is still somewhat surreal. Inside of me I have grown so accustomed to being "weight-loss mommy" that it is going to take some time to appreciate that I am FINALLY in maintenance mode. Hooray, hooray!! My journey definitely began as a crusade to lose weight (something I have struggled with since I was 13 and my mom told me I needed to start watching what I ate). It wasn't until I firmly rooted myself in the desire for HEALTH and not WEIGHT that I finally achieved my goal. It was so much easier than I thought and I was infuriated that the knowledge and information I needed had eluded me for so long. All I want now is to share it with the WORLD!!