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Reply: Food Stamps vs Food Knowledge

Norma, you are so right, there are classes all over out there for everyone, not just those...

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Posted by apierich

Norma, you are so right, there are classes all over out there for everyone, not just those on assistance, but people either don't know about them or just won't go. Here in Kansas, at least the towns I have lived in, do a good job about getting the word out, but it's getting the people who truly need it to go that is the problem. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink till he's darn good and ready. K-State extention does a lot as far as nutrition education, as well as budgeting and all sorts of stuff, free to the public through funding by the state and Kansas State University (K-State) but getting people to go to those voluntary meetings is a trick. They do some during the day for people who work at night, more in the evenings and on weekends for those who work weekdays, even classes in several foreign languages to cover whatever the local poplutations are. They do a lot of good work in schools, actually bringing in the foods and having the kids prepare them so that the kids can see how quick, easy, and tasty good nutrition can be, and that is where I see the most difference being made. When a kid makes something at school then brings it home with the recipe and a price breakdown of the foods they pester the parents into trying and letting the kids help make it at home, some of these parents then get interested and actually go to the adult meetings, which is awesome.

Still, there are a fair number of parents who just don't want to bother and live on hamburger helper or McDonalds because "It's what the kids like." I have a sister like that, swears her kids won't eat veggies but whenever those two boys visit anyone else in the family they ask for fresh veggies and fruits, then ask for seconds and thirds. They get dissapointed if we don't have home cooked food if they are over during meal times and instead opt. for cook out food (burgers, hotdogs, brauts, anything bbqed, etc.) yet she swears they are the ones who always want to eat out or don't want the veggies. When my nephew was 3 years old and what he wanted for a treat from grandma was peas and then ate the whole family sized package my heart broke. Earlier that day she swore her kids wouldn't eat any veggie other than canned green beans. I can't spoil my nephews with candy or soda or anything you would think an aunt would let a kid occasionally gorge on as a treat because that is what their mom gives them all the time and instead they come to my house and ask for milk, fruit (especially melon, which their mom will admit she doesn't get because she doesn't want spend the time preparing it) and veggies. My sister was raised differently, home cooked meals, lots of fresh fruits and veggies, very little sugary snacks and really snacks all together (it was fresh fruit, fresh veggies, or nothing for snacks growing up, except for one brief period when my mom was really into pretzles) but she is still in her early 30's rebelling by eating terribly. Ok, sorry for unloading about her but it really upsets me that she acts this way. She has introduced me to several other adults (with children) who are stuck in that mindset of a rebellious 14 year old, then they all complain about being fat?

Anyway, I know my state spends lots of time and money on educating about healthy eating, including the farmer's markets offering to double foodstamps to buy fresh food at the markets. The education about healthy living should be a bigger part of high school ciriculum because teens often forget what they were taught in elementary school either because of everything else they have to learn or just pure rebellion.

Oh yeah, and I admit I got fat off of home cooked, nutrient packed foods, just too much of them.View Thread

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23 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Food Stamps vs Food Knowledge Norma, you are so right, there are classes all over out there for everyone, not just those...

Reply: My Can of Worms

In Kansas they do have lots of hand outs where you sign up for food stamps as well as most...

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Reply: Need some help

Welcome! The others who have already commented seem to be right on the head about not...

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11 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Need some help Welcome! The others who have already commented seem to be right on the head about not...

Reply: So, today I bought a Buzz Lightyear baby bowl....

It totally works. I have used my kids bowls and plates just to trick my eyes into thinking...

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6 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:So, today I bought a Buzz Lightyear baby bowl.... It totally works. I have used my kids bowls and plates just to trick my eyes into thinking...

Reply: So, logging didn't work.

Actually, 51lbs is what my 7 year old weighs, I had not thought of it that way! WOW! And I...

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8 months and 52lbs down, WOW!

I still can't believe it has only been eight months since I hit my heaviest weight ever. I...

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I still can't believe it has only been eight months since I hit my heaviest weight ever. I didn't even really start on my journey to a healthier life until seven months ago when I was still that weight. In August I was 249lbs and my size 22pants were a little snug on me, now I am 197lbs and my size 18 are getting lose on me ( I have to constantly pull them up but I'm not fitting into 16's yet but it should be coming soon!) I am just so excited about all I have accomplished.

The strangest thing is I can't wrap my mind around the idea that it was such a short time ago that I was at my heaviest. I think part of the reason for this is I have adapted so well to a healthier life style that I can't believe how little I was moving and burning calories and how many calories I was taking in. It had to be so much different than what I am doing now, but I can't imagine it. Another reason I think it's so surreal is that I have dieted on and off since I was 10 and it always seemed to take so much longer to lose less than I have in this short time, but I think that is more because then the focus was on losing the weight so I never focused on maitenance afterwards. It's all very surreal.It's not like I have made huge lifestyle changes all at once, just a few things at a time, but when I think it's been just 7 months that I have been working on being healthier it feels like it has been all at once because 7 months is a short period of time when you look at the grand scheme of things.

The reason I am posting about all of this is today while I was out running around to activities for my kids I looked in a mirror in a bathroom and the t-shirt I am wearing looks huge on me as well as the pants I am wearing that are made to be tight are noticably lose. It's just an XL t-shirt (my husband's really) and it's really loose, maybe it is time for me to try on a medium since I know the large t-shirts we have fit me fine just a month ago. It's just one week from my birthday now (it's friday) and I'm not where I would like to be with my weight or size, but, goodness, I have come a long way and I am proud on myself this far.

So, how long has your current journey been underway and how far have you come?View Thread

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Reply: Hungry

Welcome Jasmine. It's not uncommon to be hungry sometimes, I know at least one day a...

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12 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Hungry Welcome Jasmine. It's not uncommon to be hungry sometimes, I know at least one day a...

Reply: So, logging didn't work.

Kim, you are so right, it all is about what works for each of us individually. I tried...

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So, logging didn't work.

The week before this last I decided I would experiment with logging my food and it just...

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Posted by apierich

The week before this last I decided I would experiment with logging my food and it just didn't work out for me. In the past when logging I had gone to the extreme of restricting intake to a very unhealthy point, but that's not why it's not working for me now. This time while logging at the end of the day I would find that I had four or five hundred calories left so I would eat something else even if I wasn't hungry. One night I found I had enough calories left and saw my husband having a piece of cheesecake so I had a piece too, and that is just one example. It just was not conducive to healthy eating.

Instead of seeing that number as the maximum amount of calories I can have I saw it as the number to strive for without going over, but my life is not "The Price is Right" and I can't let myself get into that mindset. It was also that time of the month and when I weighed in on Monday I had gained 1.5 lbs, so I decided to change my logging style instead of scrapping logging all together. Instead of logging for calories and everything else I am going to just log what I ate. I think this will be helpful so I can check in with myself and make sure I am making good food choices without focusing on how many calories I have left that I can eat. Even being four or five hundred calories under my max I was still over the 1200 calorie minimum that people should eat so as long as I am listening to my body about when it is full and focusing on content I think I will do better on my journey to a healthy weight.

Now logging calories used in the day, that worked. I didn't start moving more or exercising that week, in fact I was less active because it was spring break so I was home with the kids, stuck inside because it was raining all week. Still, seeing that I am moving more and infact expending hundereds more calories than the minimum I should to lose weight according to the WebMD logger, makes me feel that I am on track as far as the exercise goes. I can't even imagine what I was doing before that wasn't burning that many calories or that I was not moving at least as much as I am now even though it hasn't really been that long since I was at my heaviest.View Thread

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Reply: Today is the day I start logging.

Thanks guys. Also, I am using the WebMD logger, although I did like the MyPyramid logger...

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8 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Today is the day I start logging. Thanks guys. Also, I am using the WebMD logger, although I did like the MyPyramid logger...

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