Going shopping

Hi Everyone,


I'm going to be putting up a new blog that is related to nutrition for moms, it will be centered around what to look for when you are shopping at the grocery store. A few things that will be discussed are the traps of impulse shopping as well as what do those labels really mean on the products you buy.

I hope everyone had a great weekend and I have to tell you that I am feeling a lot better than what I was a week ago this time.

I will talk to you soon

Cleaning up!

I know this is a little off of the subject of nutrition, but it is part of a healthy lifestyle. Here goes.....

Keeping the house clean! It's a sanitary thing..... You know toys scattered everywhere, crumbs on the floor from snacks and regular meals because the 1 year old is learning how to control the spoon or fork.

I have 3 children and I am exhausted by the time I clean up after all of them. It sometimes feels like that's all there is to do and by the time you accomplish that, there's no time for yourself or time spent with your husband.

Since I've been sick and starting to feel better and eat more, I have also been thinking of ways to manage all of this. I wanted to get other advice and opinions and see how you all are dealing with issues like this or similar.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Are your kids snacking?

Ok.......some people say my children will not eat their regular meals.....you know breakfast, lunch, and dinner. So what are they doing that is throwing that off? Most of the time snacking

Snacks are tricky. So what do you do? It's all about moderation and choices. So when do you snack? Where do I snack? Snacking in front of the TV is usually not a good thing. Why?

You usually over snack when you're not paying attention to how much. To eliminate this you could not snack in front of the TV. Or.......plan ahead and set out a serving size that is right for you.

What I do for my children is set out small healthy snacks in between meals. It allows them to get their snacks, but not so much they don't want to eat their regular meals.

Is everything bad for you?

People are always saying everything is bad for you. To much salt......watch your sugar...... don't eat those fried foods!! What about what your children are watching on television? Is that like eating too many sweets?

Everything from sex, bad language, to women barely wearing anything is exposed everywhere today. So what does this have to do with nutrition? Everything! When you walk into the grocery store or wal-mart and see the pictures on the magazines or the products themselves promoting those very words i mentioned above affects your buying habits and how you eat.

The key is motivation. No one is going to make you eat healthy. You have to want to....... if not do it for yourself then do it for your children. That's my motivation.

I would love to hear some of your stories of why you chose to eat healthier.

What to eat?

It's been a few days since my last post, but I've been trying to eat more and get more rest from my hyper thyroid issue.

I'm going to send my husband out to get some of the nutrition shakes such as slimfast or ensure to see if I can start picking my weight back up. For those of you out there that are having problems with your thyroid, I completely empathize with you.

I found this website that has some information about weight gain with thyroid problems.
http://www.thedietchannel.com/Thyroid-Dysfunction-Is-Your-Thyroid-Working-Properly.htm

However, if you're like me and have the opposite condition and wanting more information from the web.......good luck. So far, I have not found anything

If you do, please let me know.

Healthy Schools

Hi everyone.............this is going to be a short post today, because i don't really feel to well because of trying to get over my thyroid problem.

Have you ever wondered if your son or daughter are getting the proper foods in school? Have you ever visited the school cafeteria or do they send home a weekly lunch plan? It's really important that you keep an eye on that. Why? Because in a lot of schools now they are putting a big emphasis on academics and not enough exercise for our children. They are trying to work in what they call exercise within the classroom and lessons.

Our kids need healthy foods, proper uninterrupted exercise, and also their social time with other kids.

Here is a web site that has some interesting information from a national perspective.
http://www.commercialalert.org/news/featured-in/2005/08/junk-food-nation-whos-to-blame-for-childhood-obesity

What do you think? Let me know.

BTW "Thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers!"

A website for information on thyroiditis

I meant to put a website out there for you to get more information on thyroiditis.

http://www.endocrineweb.com/thyroiditis.html

Talk to you soon.

Thyroiditis

Hello everyone................. i apologize for not posting for so long. I'm dealing with an extreme case of thyroiditis. I hope none of you have to go through this, because as of now the form of treatment is to let it resolve itself . Hopefully within 2 months. It has caused my thyroid to become hyper. I've lost weight and I did not need to do that at this point.

I weighed in about 1 1/2 weeks ago at 127pds; now, i'm at 111.

The problem is I can't eat very well and my thyroid being over active is causing me to loose the weight. This is not a healthy way to loose weight.

If any of you are feeling tired all of the time, sore throat, or notice any swelling of your throat, I would strongly suggest that you see your family physician as soon as possible to have it checked out.

Talk to you all soon.