Super Healthy Kids (Mom's Life)

My Workout’s

Amy — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:03:49 +0000

For years and years, all I ever wanted to do was run. Recently (maybe the last 2 years) I’ve become increasingly aware of the importance of strength training. I can not lift weights on my own though! I have to do it with a friend. If she can’t meet me at the gym, I literally skip it. When we’re in a groove though, our workouts are like this:

Monday: Long run (8-12 miles)

Tuesday: Full body weights

Wednesday: Regular run (2-3 miles)

Thursday: Run (or walk 2-3 miles)

Friday: Full Body weights

Saturday and Sunday: Walk

Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, I’m on my own. I listen to my ipod shuffle on those days (except Sunday, when I like to have a quiet walk). I love to listen to podcasts, but I find I run faster when I listen to music. I need more music though! Do you ever find it embarrassing to share your playlist? I’d love some more ideas for music! Here is what I usually listen to if I’m not listening to podcasts, which I love!

Dancing Diva’s

Amy — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:41:05 +0000

If I could have a dime for all the times I said to myself, “If I could just get organized, I’d be able to get more things done!” Every time I “organize something, It ends up in disarray a few days later. It’s hopeless. Why can’t I have a house that stays clean and organized! Why can’t my kids bathroom get cleaned more than once a month. Why do I forget every day to get to the library to get TJ a book to read at night. I remember at bedtime, and he goes another day without a book from his reading list.

I had a little too much fun this weekend. When I should have been organizing things, we picked apples again, and I spent Saturday night at a Stake Dance! So much fun. I thought I was pretty good as far as not eating crap. The only bad thing I ate was some Great Harvest, Cinnamon Pull-apart bread… and it was BAD!! If bad means good. And if bad means so good I ate too much and then felt crappy the rest of the day. I mean physically crappy. Not guilty crappy, cause it was kind of worth it

I started Saturday and Sunday with eggs though. Yum, Yum!

Funny quote of the weekend: TJ is writing a paper for school about diversity. He’s 8 years old, in the 3rd grade. His paper said :

“When you accept diversity you are kind. I have a friend Noa who is from Hawaii. I treat him like I would treat any American.”

I’m still laughing about it!

Seeking Balance

Amy — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:22:54 +0000

One thing I struggle with is balance in my life. When I am in the middle of a project, I generally can’t do anything else. My house doesn’t get cleaned, dinner doesn’t get made, and there are no clean clothes. Luckily, my husband does laundry on his days off without complaining, even if there are 10 loads to wash. Yesterday’s project was packing plates for a big order, and making these cute tissue balls for a church Halloween dance. I think those tissue balls are a great way to decorate! I’m kind of excited to chaperone the dance tonight, even though my kids aren’t old enough to go yet.

Erica got to spend the day with her Sunday School Class horse back riding:

Then we headed up in the canyon for a picnic/campfire.

It’s great to be up there, because my cell phone doesn’t work! It’s great to totally pay attention to my family and not be distracted.

As far as my health goes, I ran ten miles with my friend in Provo Canyon! We had a pretty good run, but got super tired towards the end.

I ate a few bananas, carrots and hummus again, taco soup again, oatmeal again, chicken, potatoes, string cheese, apples, and one of those cookie/marshmallow’s we are roasting.

Leftover Taco Soup

Amy — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:30:10 +0000

We never made it to pick apples yesterday. I have a couple of large plate orders to fill, and it literally takes me all day! Although, I had a bit of caramel corn (that I made for a church activity), I still didn’t eat any bread. A recap of yesterday:

Breakfast: oatmeal, applesauce, apples, and cinnamon

Lunch: Taco soup

Snack: Caramel corn

Dinner: Hummus, carrots, string cheese. (I know it isn’t much, but I was in a big hurry. As soon as dinner was finished, I had to leave for church.) This is what my family had though:

Todays plan: We will get up into the mountains for some pictures!! I’m dying to get there. Plus, in about 30 minutes, I’m headed up into the canyon anyway for a long run with a friend. We are planning between 8-13 miles I think!

I’m Back!!

Amy — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:10:00 +0000

Really, I’m going to start blogging on this site again. I know I’ve said it before, but I mean it this time.

Let’s start with the fact that I lost three pounds this week just by cutting out flour products! I really do not think wheat is bad for you. I’ve been tested for celiac and don’t have it. I don’t get sick eating whole wheat. I think it’s an amazing whole grain and I can’t get enough of it. Which is exactly the problem… I can’t get enough of it!! Anytime I have a slice of bread, I want 3 more. Every time I have a bowl of noodles, I want a plate full of noodles. So the very fact that I am deciding I just can’t control myself around whole wheat/ or white flour, it’s just easier not to eat it at all.

So, today I was 123lbs. I feel like as long as I stay under 125 my jeans will fit. At five feet tall, three pounds is the difference between tight jeans, and lose ones! I promise.

So, here was my breakfast I’ve been having most days:

Oatmeal
applesauce
chopped apples
cinnamon
raisins

Lighting is bad, cause I eat when it’s dark, but it’s soooo Good! I also read the paper every morning. I can’t start my day until I do.

Later today we are going to pick more apples!

Top Dentists

Amy — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:46:19 +0000

One of the aspects of childcare that tends to sneak up on parents is dental care. Much of the childcare process comes naturally… parents can generally get to know their children, and learn how to effectively teach them how to do things, and take care of them adequately. However, you also have to teach your children some of the basics, like how to take good care of their teeth. You should start teaching your children proper dental habits when they are still very young, so that they learn to brush and floss effectively. And, for more advanced dental care for your children, you may want to check out Top Dentist.

The top dentists website is designed to help you with each and every aspect of dental care, and can make the process of setting up your child with a dentist extremely simple. To begin with, there is a very simple and easy to use “dentist finder” on the website, that allows you to search your area of the country to find dentist listings and recommendations (which can be especially helpful if you are not as familiar with your area, or if you are not taking your child to the same dentist that you use). Once you locate a dentist in a convenient area, you can begin to conduct research, and maybe speak to the dentist, to see if you want to give him or her your business.

Topdentists.com also has information on just about every specific aspect of dental care that you might want to learn about on behalf of your children. For example, you can contact a dentist to find out how to better care for young children’s teeth (when to start brushing, when to start flossing ,etc.). Additionally, you can research specific aspects of dental care such as orthodontics, or repairing chipped teeth, or other elements that might appeal to your individual child at a given time.

Figuring out the details and methods of dental care at an early age is very important for your children. Children who do not adequately take care of their teeth at a young age will face problems in a number of ways. To begin with, the teeth and gums can get off on the wrong foot, and be more prone to health problems as the child develops. Additionally, the child may develop yellow teeth and/or bad breath as side effects of poor dental care. Most importantly, however, the child will form poor habits if he or she is not taught how to care for his or her teeth – this can lead to further health problems later in life.

Back on the mountain

Amy — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:55:23 +0000

This was the second time for Wade and I, and the third time for the kids. We went back to Park City for their special deal of getting a lesson or lift ticket for $25 (including equipment rental) if you are first time skiiers… which we are!

Wade is really good at snowboarding. Erica is fast! TJ is daring! and Nate is skilled. Seriously, these kids had no trouble getting down the mountain. And in a race, Erica won!

A photo of my colon…

Amy — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:48:22 +0000

If you thought you didn’t know me well enough, you are about to get to know me a lot better. Here is a picture of my colon for you:

Every few years I schedule a colonoscopy. I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at the age of 12. I’ll be 38 this year, and they say the longer you have the disease, the more risk you are in for colon cancer. For the most part, I don’t medicate and have very few symptoms. I get the colonoscopy because if I do get cancer, I want to catch it early. The LAST thing I want to do is lose my colon. I mean I really, really, really would like to keep that thing.

I think however after this last one, I ‘m going to start taking the medication. Dr. Wynn Hemmert (Central Utah Clinic) is great! Nice, but serious about the risks of not taking the meds. He lectured me and made my husband attend (who already lectures me anyway).

And PS, the prep was way easier this year. Magnesium citrate was awesome!!!

TJ Turns 8

Amy — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:38:50 +0000

That’s right, my baby is 8 years old! Turning 8 is a big milestone for our family. He first had a party with 6 friends of Lasertag at Trafalga.

This was followed by Cake and presents. I love cake decorating! And this oreo cake was super fun to make! We gave him a scooter for his birthday. Generally we wouldn’t spend that much on our kids birthday gifts ($40 is usually the limit), but we had bought the scooter for Christmas and then changed our mind and got him a Nintendo DS instead. So, we saved the scooter for his birthday. It’s super fun! I even like to ride it.

And then the most important event of all, TJ got baptized! We had a wonderful baptism with family and friends. We had everyone over for lunch after the baptism! It was a wonderful day!

Snowboarding!!

Amy — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:37:45 +0000

When all your kids are school age, and your husband works an un-traditional schedule, you can do fun things, like go snowboarding on a weekday!

We signed up for a snowboarding lesson through Park City. It was a gorgeous day, probably 40 degrees and blue skies. We had 5 people in our class. We learned some turns and how to get up when we fall (which was often). We did well, but my tail-bone is so bruised I can hardly sit!

What a workout! We can’t wait to go back with the kids. They are excited to return, but we figured we better learn before we go with them, because of course..we’re going to want to give them advice on the mountain. But most likely, they will be the ones giving us advice!