Sunday, May 10, 2009

I made my daughter cry!

Poor Emily
Scotty and Emily have been having so much fun with their stuffed animals recently. They treat them like real animals: they take them potty, give them baths, take them outside to play, etc. We were on the way home from church today. I was sitting in the back seat because Jonny was driving (it's actually really nice to have him driving because then I can focus on other things). I was playing around with Emily and biting her stuffed animal dog. So I pretended like I ate the whole thing, bite by bite and then threw it off to the side. She was so worried! She started to cry because she really thought I had eaten her stuffed dog. So I told her I could get it back by throwing it up. Well, out came the dog onto her lap. She was SO MORTIFIED! She looked at it, tentatively touched it, felt my slobber on it and BROKE DOWN! The look on her face was priceless. When we got home, she asked if I could wash it for her and proceeded to put it in the washing machine. She did NOT want to play with a doggy that had been inside her mommy. I felt bad, but it was way too funny. If only I could of captured it. This is the best I could do.

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My Thoughts on HEALTH and NUTRITION

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 Outside work and play have been replaced by many hours in front of the computer and electronic games.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

1995 Food Guide Pyramid
This is the old food guide pyramid

My Pyramid

My Pyramid
This is the new pyramid - it focuses on activity and more balance in foods.

My Solution

Coming Soon:)