Hope and Healing for Moms

Okay, so last nights dinner of gluten-free penne pasta, turkey meatballs, and no sugar added marinara sauce spiced up with caramelized onions and fresh basil over a bed of sautéed Italian spice green beans was amazing. Yes, I recognize that the previous sentence contained awful grammar; please don't post the YouTube video of weird Al Jankovich's  "I hate these word crimes" :-) (must plug for the video that we cracked up at while we ate dinner) It's so interesting, because I put what seemed like a reasonable portion in front of us without actually measuring. At the end of the meal, I had a quarter of my food left and wished I had only eaten half; Robert ate his entire plate and regretted it. We are's changing so well! Little by little, we are becoming a healthy family. It was amazing to have all of that food in the refrigerator as well, because when I came to packing for lunches today it was so simple! We were actually able to leave the house by 7:30 AM so that...

Happy Wednesday! I'm glad that I started this blog out calling it the nutrition reset. That was apropos for the first couple of weeks. However, for the duration when I talk about nutrition lifestyle or exercise will just call it the healthy habit :-) As I post, I am with the kids getting ready to go to the beach. I went to Zumba this morning, did housework, and wasn't afraid to make plans to do another activity! This may not sound phenomenal to some, but for me it is an enormous change. Even before I went through my recent physical difficulties following my two pregnancies, I have long suffered from exhaustion and fatigue. I never was diagnosed but probably had chronic fatigue syndrome. Most likely in my case, it is due to my poor nutrition and lack of exercise. I have a few things working against me, including a slow metabolism and a genetic predisposition toward a larger and heavier body, but those are not the reason for my challenges. In truth, I actually have always strugg...