No-Guilt Thanksgiving Eats!
Credit: Cameron Nordholm Turkey Day is upon us! And like most Americans, I’m looking forward to all of the yummy holiday goodies. However, I really don’t want overindulgence to halt my weight-loss...
View ArticleTwo Extremes of Disordered Eating
Credit: D Sharon Pruitt After discussing putting babies on diets Monday and baby Spanx yesterday, I thought I’d go ahead and keep the “weighty” discussion going! As we battle obesity in America, it...
View ArticleiPhone Injuries and BlackBerry Boo-Boos?
Credit: edans Before I swore off multitasking yesterday, I was guilty of mommy multitasking. Checking my BlackBerry while breastfeeding, working while watching the baby. While a certain amount of...
View ArticleGot E-Milk?
Credit: nerissa's ring I don’t know what we did before the internet. I do everything online, from paying bills to shopping for Christmas presents to looking up my nearest movie show times. Now moms are...
View ArticleCustomized Exercise Guidelines for Expectant Moms? Yes, Please!
Credit: Frank de Kleine During my pregnancy, I tried to be active most days. I walked, jogged, lifted weights, did yoga. Basically, if it felt good, I did it. But the looming question was always there,...
View ArticleKids’ Nutrition Bill Makes for Healthier Lunches
Credit: erin.kkr School lunches are not always the nutritional powerhouses that kids need. I remember hitting the a la carte line in high school and eating such nutritious items as nachos, a Rice...
View ArticleHow Private Is Your Placenta?
Credit: Micah Sittig A nursing student posts a picture of a placenta on Facebook. What happens next? Uproar. Mayhem. Expulsion from the nursing program. And now, my discussion of placentas! Yay! The...
View ArticleP.E. Class: An Endangered Species?
Credit: tanjila I have fond memories of physical education. Dodge ball , kick ball, basketball and jump rope before I was old enough to realize it was killer cardio. But these days, even though obesity...
View ArticleBiking to Delivery
Credit: jonny.hunter I didn’t touch a bike during my pregnancy. Mostly because a) I don’t own a bike but also b) I was the clumsiest human on earth while pregnant and had I owned a bike, I wouldn’t...
View ArticleTiger Mama Drama
Are you a tough tiger mom? Credit: mamapajama97 Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard the hullabaloo about Tiger Mom Amy Chua. And just in case you have been living under a rock, no,...
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