Jonny and Maren had a band concert on Thursday. They got to play with the group, Dallas Brass. The middle school band played a Star Wars medley with them and the high school band played and American Medley. It was a very fun concert with some incredible musicians and great entertainers- 6 guys from all over the states. They go on tour and do clinics with the schools and then have an evening performance. Well worth the $10 ticket. One of my favorite part was when the drummer played a piece on the xylophone. It was INCREDIBLE. You couldn't even see his hands, he was playing so fast. If you want to take about 5 minutes and watch them, here they are:
The above slide show depicts the changes over the past 20 years in the percentage of Americans who are obese. During the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. The slide set illustrates this trend by mapping the increased prevalence of obesity across each of the states. In 1985 most of the states had a percentage of <10%.>25%. So why the change? What has brought on this increase in our nation? Here are my thoughts.
1. TECHNOLOGY The 80s and 90s brought computers and game consoles to the world. Outside work and play have been replaced by many hours in front of the computer and electronic games. This has led to a nation that is much less active than before.
2. DIET FADS The 80s is characterized by the LOW-FAT diet craze. If you ate things that were LOW-FAT you weren't supposed to "get fat." The food guide pyramid was taught. It focused on eating large amounts of grains (6-11 servings of bread, cereal, rice & pasta a day). Other diet fads have been the "low calorie diet" and the "Adkins" or low-carb diets. These diet fads have changed the way people think "healthy" eating should be.
3. EASY/PROCESSED FOODS Our nation now has a "get it quick and get it now" mentality. Fast food restaurants are abundant and very accessible. The less time it takes to make or get our food, the better.
I feel that the three of these areas combined have led to an increase in obesity in our nation. SO NOW WHAT?
1995 Food Guide Pyramid
This is the old food guide pyramid
My Pyramid
This is the new pyramid - it focuses on activity and more balance in foods.
President Marion G. Romney: "Now, I tell you that you can make every decision in your life correctly if you can learn to follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit. This you can do if you will discipline yourself to yield your own feelings to the promptings of the Spirit. "
President J. Reuben Clark: "There is spiritual learning just as there is material learning, and the one without the other is not complete; yet, speaking for myself, if I could have only one sort of learning, that which I would take would be the learning of the spirit, becausein the hereafter I shall have opportunity in the eternities which are to come to get the other, and without spiritual learning here my handicaps in the hereafter would be all but overwhelming."
Favorite Scripture
2 Nephi 25:26 And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins.
I finally discovered reading a few years ago. Oh, how I wish I would have enjoyed it as a child and a young adult. My most favorite books are fantasy and young adult literature. Some of my favorites over the past few years have been:
Walk Two Moons The Giver Goose Girl Les Miserables Harry Potter
Here are some of the most recent books I've read:
The Lillies of the Field (William Barrett): a very fun short read for our book club. Wish You Well (David Baldacci) Brissingr(Christopher Paolini) Fablehaven series Three Weeks with my Brother (Nicholas Sparks) Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright Percy Jackson and the Olympiansseries Leven Thumps Series I got tired of these but they are kind of fun
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