![\"Running](\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/marathon.jpg\" "\\"Running")
\nTwo of my running buddies who encouraged me to complete another marathon.<\/h6>\n
<\/strong><\/strong>As daughters… As wives… As mothers… Our children learn eating and activity habits from us.\u00a0 We are the ones that provide the food options in the home.\u00a0 Young children will eat and drink what is available to them.\u00a0 A child who complains they are bored will likely jump at the opportunity to run outside in the sprinkler with mom or shoot a few hoops together.<\/p>\n So as you make healthy choices, know you are inspiring someone else to do the same.<\/p>\n This post is part of the Women’s Health Blogfest.\u00a0\u00a0 Check out these other RD bloggers and their great articles:<\/p>\n Angela White at Blisstree’s Breastfeeding 1-2-3 – Helpful Skills of Breastfeeding Counselors<\/a><\/p>\n Angie Tillman, RD, LDN, CDE – You Are Beautiful Today<\/a><\/p>\n Anthony J. Sepe – Women’s Health and Migraines<\/a><\/p>\n Ashley Colpaart – Women’s health through women<\/a><\/p>\n Charisse McElwaine – Spending too much time on the “throne?”<\/a><\/p>\n Danielle Omar – Yoga, Mindful Eating and Food Confidence<\/a><\/p>\n Diane Preves M.S.,R.D – Balance for Health<\/a><\/p>\n Joan Sather – A Woman’s Healthy Choices Affect More Than Herself<\/a><\/p>\n Laura Wittke – Fibro Study Recruits Participants<\/a><\/p>\n Liz Marr, MS, RD – Reflecting on Family Food Ways and Women’s Work<\/a><\/p>\n Marjorie Geiser, MBA, RD, NSCA-CPT – Healthy Women, Healthy Business: How Your Health Impacts a Powerful Business<\/a><\/p>\n Marsha Hudnall – Breakfast Protein Helps Light Eaters Feel Full<\/a><\/p>\n Michelle Loy, MPH, MS, RD – A Nutritionista’s Super Foods for Super Skin<\/a><\/p>\n Monika Woolsey, MS, RD – To effectively work with PCOS is to understand a woman’s health issues throughout her life<\/a><\/p>\n Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog – How breastfeeding helps you, too<\/a><\/p>\n Rebecca Scritchfield, MA, RD, LD – Four Keys to Wellness, Just for Women<\/a><\/p>\n Renata Mangrum, MPH, RD – The busy busy woman<\/a><\/p>\n Robin Plotkin, RD, LD – Feeding the Appetites of the Culinary, Epicurious and Nutrition Worlds-One Bite at a Time<\/a><\/p>\n Sharon Solomon – Calories, longevity and do I care<\/a><\/p>\n Terri L Mozingo, RD, CDN & D. Milton Stokes, MPH, RD, CDN of One Source Nutrition, LLC – Crossing the Line: From Health to Hurt<\/a><\/p>\n Wendy Jo Peterson, RD – Watch Your Garden Grow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" And that’s a wonderful thing!\u00a0 Think of those around you when you need some extra motivation to eat nutritiously and be physically active.\u00a0 As friends, daughters, wives, and mothers, our healthy behaviors can positively influence those around us. As friends… After graduating from college, I worked long hours at a consulting firm and often didn’t know what time I’d Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,780,45],"tags":[236,237,238],"class_list":["post-1177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e","category-nutrition-2","category-g","tag-activity","tag-diet","tag-health","cat-42-id","cat-780-id","cat-45-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Runner-65x100.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8716,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions\/8716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhen life is super busy, our daughter helps my husband and I slow down and take time for our family.\u00a0 When we don’t think we have any time to play, Ashley makes us realize that taking 15 minutes to kick or toss a ball outside can fit into the day’s “to do” list.\u00a0 A little running around combined with some good laughs puts us all in a better mood, relieves stress, and energizes us to keep working away at the things we need to do.\u00a0 Ashley shows us that activity doesn’t have to be a solid 45 minute run – it can be multiple bursts of fun activity throughout the day.<\/p>\n
\nBecoming husband and wife also means sharing most meals together.\u00a0 This can sometimes be an interesting process of combining different eating styles.\u00a0 My husband tends to eat what’s easiest and on hand.\u00a0 If his choices are a bag of chips in the cupboard or a whole watermelon on the counter, he undoubtedly will grab the chips.\u00a0 But, if there are watermelon slices in the fridge, he’s likely to choose a slice as a snack over chips.\u00a0 To quote him today as he was laughing, “I’m just not into food prep.”\u00a0 It really doesn’t take me any extra time to wash some extra cherries or make a larger salad.\u00a0 Since being married, my husband will tell you that his fruit and vegetable consumption has more than doubled.<\/p>\n
\nA few years ago, I attended a great lecture by an endocrinologist who was treating overweight children with Type 2 diabetes.\u00a0 Afterwards, I asked the\u00a0doctor\u00a0what he thought was the main reason some children were successful at losing weight.\u00a0 He said that without a doubt, when parents start to lose weight and develop healthy habits, you see the children lose weight and become healthier.<\/p>\n![\"Playing\"](\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/parents.jpg\" "\\"Playing\\"")
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