I am finally getting something out there that I have been wanting to do for a while–a family activity calendar that gives you a little bit of physical activity, some meal ideas, family activities, and hopefully some fun. With the colder weather that arrived in Iowa in literally about 4 hours last Thursday, the shock to the system of 70…
Today I am going to address two points from my Changing Family Habits post. Cutting back on both of these are things that I think some of us think will help, but in the end, don’t always have the desired outcome. You need the right amounts of both. Less fat generally means added sugar. Fats add richness and flavor to…
Last week, I talked about some nutrition basics in my post about Changing Family Habits. Today I would like to dive a little deeper into the first of Julia’s Basic Thoughts on Nutrition. When you are choosing foods for yourself and your family, I think that we all know that basic, unprocessed foods are best. However, having easy-to-grab and easy-to-eat…
Over the next few weeks, I am going to be sharing how I began changing some of our family habits, particularly around food, many years ago when the kids were little. As the kids have gotten older and as I have learned more about nutrition, some of my thoughts and practices have changed a bit. The biggest thing that I…
I’ve read many blog posts and articles about mindset for running, for pursuing goals, for gratitude, for everyday life. Most are really good and provide some good information about how to push through and stay on the path toward your goals. For some people, however, getting into a positive, collaborative, growth, or conquering mindset is not that easy. It’s great…
At the beginning of each month, you will find me at my kitchen breakfast bar with my planner and goals sheets reviewing how things went the last month and revising my goals for the next month. I look back at my quarterly goals to see if I am on track and check in on my yearly goals as well. Sometimes…
You’ve got this! Keep going! I know you can do it! Today is the National Day of Encouragement! While there are all types of encouragement for all different things, today we are going to focus on encouragement to make changes with regard to getting active and making changes to your health habits. When you think about making changes in your…
It is very timely that today’s topic, which I planned out a couple weeks ago, is on Overcoming Barriers because this past week has been a huge exercise in that for me. So much so that I missed a blog post last week, keeping up on a course I’m taking, and several things I had planned to do over the…
