Healthy Food Chart

We had such a great Father’s Day weekend! There was a lot of time spent with family and some great food & fun to go along with it. The weather was not the best but we made the best of it. Saturday we went to my cousin’s high school graduation party and Mike got to take Will swimming in a (heated) pool. He finally got to see for himself what I get to see each week at swim class – a happy little water baby!

Sunday we spoiled Mike with all his favorite things. He got to make the choices but we all enjoyed the day!
It should be a good week too — my birthday is on Thursday! I am looking forward to a cookout, swim class, and sewing all before my special night (which Mike told me is on Friday). I hope that I get a couple of days of sun this week otherwise me and the rest of the residents of Boston are going to have to go on vitamin D supplements. It’s officially summer now so let’s see it Mother Nature!

One of the best gifts you can give your dad this Father’s Day is some quiet time with just you. I’ve found one of the best ways to do this is to hit the golf course. Neither one of us…

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Forum Post: I’m almost 25 and a mom of two young kids (aged 7 and 3). I am 5′8” and 160lbs. Wow, just typing that makes me cringe! I understand that in order to lose weight, you have to burn more calories…

Flickr: me and the sysop We all know the guy who goes to McDonald’s, orders a number seven with Diet Coke, plus a Big Mac and hot apple pie on the side. Now, maybe he’d rethink that order if he knew the INSANE amount of calories he was stuffing down his throat. That’s the idea at least. Last week, major…