Living natural and healthy

There are many benefits from a full night’s rest.  Getting enough sleep not only helps you feel more alert and happy, it can also help you fight illness and lose weight.   If you’re tossing and turning  at night, here are some tips that might help you.

Stay on your sleep schedule.  Go to bed and wake up at the same time every day.  This will help you fall asleep faster and you’ll be getting good quality sleep.

Avoid coffee and soda if you can they are stimlulants and can stay with you all day .  Once you start getting a good rest you won’t need that morning pick-me-up.

Try natural remedies. Lavender is a great natural way to soothe yourself to sleep.  You can put some fresh lavender in your pillow, or even buy a pillow filled with it  The scent will lull you to sleep. There are also herbal teas that can help relax you for bedtime.

Use a body pillow and curl up into the fetal position on your side with the pillow between your legs.  This supports your body and  keeps you from rolling on your stomach.

Don’t watch TV in your bed. Your bedroom should only be used for sleeping. Your body will associates that as time for rest.

Exercise regularly it will tire your body more and prepared  it for rest.  Plus, exercise will help you lose weight which can help with snoring and disorders like sleep apnea.

Try to unwind. Listen to music or do something calming like  yoga or meditation  Many of us just can’t switch off our thoughts of the day.

Drink warm milk a  good source of tryptophan, an amino acid that your body converts to melatonin and serotonin — both of which induce sleep

See your doctor to make sure that your sleeping issues are not a symptom of a bigger problem.

by Holly Rigsby, Author Fit Yummy Mummy

“Wow you don’t care what the kids eat, huh?”

“You know what they say about it”……Silence for this mom is STUMPED

Come back:

“There’s no artificial ingredients and like sugar it is okay in moderation”

In Moderation……….That is the KEY, right?

When it comes to a sound health and fitness plan, anything is okay on moderation.

And my son Tyler will be the first to tell you that it is okay to have ice cream and go to McDonald’s…..Once in awhile.

He even asks if it is “once in awhile yet”, especially if McDonald’s is advertising a movie related toy that he is “into”.

So what IS the problem?

Well the commercial is right in the fact that, in moderation, the consumption is okay, just like regular sugar.

However, HFCS is found in almost every type of processed food.

“In Moderation” does not mean “consume 5 to 6 times a day” – when in fact, our children are!

Surprised?

Wait until you Take a Look in your pantry, your fridge, your snack drawer.

You will find it in

~ flavored milk

~ juices

~ juice boxes

~ granola snack bars

~ cereals

~ peanut butter

~ fruit chews

~ dried fruit

~ fruit cups

~ yogurt

~ whole wheat bread

~ whole wheat crackers

~ and many other “healthy” sounding food items.

HFCS can even be innocently consumed while dining on spaghetti, seasoning with Worcester sauce, topping a salad, or dipping something into catsup.

As a Busy Moms it seems to be so much easier to choose a more convenient form of “health” foods for their children. When in fact, the foods chosen are processed and contain HFCS.

Based on the list above, it is highly likely your child is consuming these empty
calories 5 to 6 times a day!

Hardly what anyone would consider “In Moderation”.

The impact?

The USDA suggests most of us limit our intake of added sugar — that’s everything from the high fructose corn to plain old teaspoons of sugar — to about 10 to 12 teaspoons a day.

This is not exactly a campaign that encourages us to do so. On average it is easy to take in over 30 teaspoons of sugar a day, which was more than 15 percent of our caloric intake.

These empty calorie foods are simply taking the place of more nutritious, satisfying, health promoting foods our children should be eating.

The Solution?

You can choose to….

~ Check the Labels of the convenience foods you are buying and seek out a HFCS-Free item

or even better

~ Replace all the highly processed foods with whole, natural foods - foods that actually promote health, wellness and a lifetime of fitness when it comes to the future of our children.

~

Need help?

Try this…

Replace the juice with water

Replace the granola bars with apple slices and almonds

Replace the flavored milk with organic milk - Tyler’s favorite, “Horizon”

Next…..Refer to your very own lifestyle system - Fit Yummy Mummy.

Live the life you want your children to live.

Fit Yummy Mummy.com