Day 1 (April 29, 2013): I started the morning excited. I made my strawberry smoothie, following the recipe to the 'T', but after the blender stopped blending and the time came for me to put my smoothie into a cup, I realized the size of my drink was a lot smaller than what I was expecting. Goodness, so the drinks sold at restaurants must be 4 servings in one.…

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Last week, I did a post about the child obesity epidemic in the United States.  In that post, the first point I wanted to make is that food is fuel.  When you realize that very fact, it becomes easier to make better choices.   It’s all about how you view yourself.

If you could buy yourself a brand new car and…

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Click on the link below to find out if the dish we made was ingenious or gross, hear our humorous takes on diets, and a giveaway!…

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I considered myself to be a pretty healthy eater until this past Tuesday when I attended a lecture called "Special Diets for Special Children." As if traveling and eating healthy wasn't hard enough, now I'm faced with traveling and supporting a special diet for my kids. Talk about pre-planning.

Let me just say that as I listened to this seasoned nutritionist talk about all the junk that we put into our bodies, a lot of which…

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So, I was calculating what calorie-allotment I am allowed to have on my MyPlate diet, and plugging away all of the things I am making for Thanksgiving. I am allowed to have half a sliver of pumpkin pie, a spoonful of gravy and 3 oz of turkey.

Or I can have two bottles of wine.

Yeah, like that’s going to happen. (There is really no choice…

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It's the lack of options. I'm so frustrated with the lack of options when you're dining out or at a bare minimum, the lack of information about what you're going to eat.

New York (and a few other states) have recently passed laws that require chain restaurants to publish their nutritional information in an easy to see format and easily visible in the restaurant. Finally. Looking at a menu won't have to be a guessing game any more...at least not in those states. What about…

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On May 11, the White House announced it was targeting a new threat to America’s health and security. It wasn’t some rogue nation or terrorist organization, or a newfound disease or environmental threat. It was a class of chemicals that are making Americans fat. They’re called endocrine disrupting chemicals, or EDCs. And chances are you’re eating or drinking them right now.

The White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity released a report called "Solving the Problem of Childhood…

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OH MY GOD!

When this diet-wrecking, mouth-watering, hunger-inducing, olfactory-singing masterpiece landed on the plate before me... I nearly fainted. I said "nearly" - because I rallied and then stuffed my face with seventy gajillion calories ONE AT A TIME!

YUM!!

New Post: http://modernsupermomma.blogspot.com/2010/08/redefining-good-food.html

HEAVEN ON A PLATE!