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Before I dive into what is on my mind today….I want to say a BIG thank you for my first two donations toward the Blog!!!!  This is so exciting and like I shared before…the small steps WILL become the BIG steps and eventually I can see this Blog becoming the source of motivation for many people to take that very necessary step to adapt a Stay Healthy Life…all for the price of a SHAKE…ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS…goose bump FABULOUS!!! I will share that when I receive enough donations, the first item that will be purchased to update the Blog…an HD camera so I can make better videos for you.  It is so exciting to receive your feedback and know that my life is making a difference in yours….such a reward.  OK…moving on to what I want to talk about today….GROCERY SHOPPING….first off, not my favorite thing to do….a BIG BUT here….the way that I shop makes all the difference in the world because it eliminates having to do it all the time.  I buy my healthy foods in bulk, package and freeze.  A new farmer’s style market grocery just opened near me and OH MY…what deals did I find.  You will see on the video.  All I have to say, it is NOT TRUE when I hear these excuses…”that eating healthy is more expensive and so I can’t afford to do that”….”I save more money eating my lean frozen cuisine, lean budget, micro health”…or whatever name that CRAP is called…OH MY…soap box Darla is off again.  Other things I hear…”the label says it is good for me”…oh “it is organic”…”it is gluten free”….”it is fat free”…”this drink has no calories, so OK”…STOP IT already…all this is just marketing hype to STEAL your money.  Let me share that shopping healthy, cooking healthy, and eating healthy is how I maintain my body…that is that.   I have a monthly budget for groceries and I come in under that number many times….I scour the papers for deals, clip coupons, and do whatever it takes to eat healthy on a budget.  All of us are in a jacked up economy right now, but for shit sakes, it can’t be an excuse to eat unhealthy….hell to the NO on that.  Buying in bulk is key to my saving money and making sure I have my healthy food for my meals….I make no excuses…that is how I do it.  It literally takes only 10 minutes to throw 8 chicken breasts into my crock and let it self-cook….I do nothing…I am not tending a stove, basting, or anything…I put it in, leave, come back and the FOOD IS DONE.  I prepare all my bulk items this way…as I have shared…my steel cut oats, my brown rice.  My eggs I do prepare on the stovetop…this takes 20 minutes….really, no biggie.  What I am hitting home about is this…IT IS NOT MORE EXPENSIVE to eat healthy foods.  It DOES NOT take more time to prepare healthy foods….in fact you can have that all done ahead of time.  I SAVE MONEY buying & cooking healthy foods…..when I have my food at home…I do not need to go out to a restaurant and put lord knows what in my face….YUCK.  I enjoy the fact that I have selected the fabulous meats, fruits, veggies, and anything else Stay Healthy to nourish this body.  I enjoy preparing simple healthy meals, and the convenience of having everything at my fingertips in the fridge or my cooler.    I have just posted 2 additional pages on the Blog…an About Me and My Published Recipes…I hope that you have checked them out.  As donations keep coming and allowing me more time with you, I will add more and more....My challenge to you today….get out your budget and for one month, add up how much money you spent going out to eat, vending machines, coffees, fast foods…anything like that and get an eye opening experience of OH MY...and THEN…I challenge you for one month to get familiar with your local grocery adds and clip a few coupons & follow my example for shopping…then last compare those two months and YOU LET ME KNOW which is a better deal financially and MOST IMPORTANT…for your HEALTH. 

Motivation of the Day: Shop the Perimeter of the Grocery Store for Healthy Finds and Avoid the Aisles

Squats...One of my FAVORITES

My Workout of the Day:

ARC trainer for long distance: 45 minutes

Body work cycle ~ repeated 2x
Squats holding 15lb weight 50reps
Neg pull ups 8 reps
Lunges holding 15lb weight 20 each leg
Biceps curls 15lbs @ 12 reps per arm
Modified Smith Leg Press 50lb on bar 50 reps

My Nutrition of the Day: (watch the video)

STAY HEALTHY TACOS FOR THE FAMILY!

Coffee, one cup please...I needed it;)
1-Pre-workout shake (I piece of fruit & scoop of whey)
2-Post-workout shake (fruit, whey, prune juice, fiber cereal, almonds, yogurt)
3-Sweet Potato & Egg Whites
4-Protein Ball with raisins
5-Spinach taco salad (Tues Taco night with Family)
6-Protein Pudding

POST WORKOUT SHAKES ARE MY FAVORITE

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Whose Responsibility Is The Health Of Your Child?

Can you be sued in the future for what your child is eating
now?

Scenario: Two or three decades from now, scores of adults
with health problems like diabetes, cardiovascular disease
and obesity will be suffering serious self esteem issues and
spending tons of money on medicine and treatment. This will
have been caused by what they were fed in their daily
activities during their childhood.

These obese adults burdened by mountains of bills and
feeling ostracized by their healthy peers will then band
into support groups and in their frustration look for
someone to point an accusing finger at- their parents.
Looking for a way to lighten the medical expenses, they then
press lawsuits against the ones responsible for the bad diet
and lifestyle habits they formed in their youth- their
parents. You know what? They might even win because given
the number of junk food-eating kids these days, the judge
will most likely be obese and sickly too.

Such a story may be funny, but believe it or not, it might
really happen. Young adults these days have been blaming Mom
and Dad for their current problems and health and dietary
issues might easily include this. One thing's for sure, the
US government or the American fast food industry won't be
taking the blame for it.

Believe it or not, the diets of a lot of babies and toddlers
these days are actually as bad as those of their chip n
dip munching teenage counterparts who dine mainly on
fast-food. The American Dietetic Association published a
recent study proving this in one of the journals.

Researchers from the Tufts University School of Medicine
held a survey and discovered that 33.3% of the respondents
did not have vegetables or fruits as part of their diet.
Even worse, most of those that did declare vegetables in
their diet were referring to French fries which doesn't really
qualify as healthy food.

It's bad enough that a lot of children these days aren't
getting much exercise sitting in front of the boob tube the
whole day watching cable TV, but researchers also discovered
that some parents were even pouring soda into baby bottles
designed for milk. Cola drinks and other types of carbonated
drinks are a major cause of obesity in adults.

As can be expected, 25% of preschoolers are obese and those
numbers are increasing every year. Given that eating habits
are formed during the ages of 2 and 3, you can bet the
statistics will get worse. Most cases of diabetes and
cardiovascular disease stem from unhealthy food and lack of
exercise in a person's formative years.

The situation may appear bleak, but we are not at all
hopeless. As parents, we can set guidelines that promote
healthy habits early in our children's lives and be good
role models by adopting a healthy lifestyle ourselves. Being
good examples can have dramatic effects on the well being of
our family's health.

Perhaps a few decades from now, babies that have had the
fortune of developing good eating habits and healthy
lifestyles will grow up and praise their parents for playing
a major role in letting them turn out to be smart, fit and
healthy adults. Wouldn't this be a better scenario than
seeing your offspring in court because of the bad stuff they
ate during childhood?