diet

Not Me! Monday — Blue Cupcakes and Snow

January 4, 2010

I did not bake these unhealthy cupcakes with Landon and his cousins the other day. I would never feed my child refined sugar, bleached flour, hydrogenated oil, a stick of butter, and blue #1. Just ignore the cute pictures and the video that appeared here a few days ago. That was not me who posted [...]

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Not So Wordless Wednesday

December 31, 2009

Is it Wednesday? I had to check, but yes, it apparently is. I have been so frazzled the last few days because I haven’t been getting enough sleep. I worked many long nights, but the editing project I have been working on for over a month is finally sent off. Yay! And as is usually [...]

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Breastfeeding Helps to Get Back Into Shape

November 18, 2009

My next New York City Moms Blog post is running today! I am exited — it’s about one of my favorite subjects: breastfeeding. I titled the article “Breastfeeding Helps You Get Back Into Shape. After reading a recent New York Times article about how breastfeeding helps many women to shed the pregnancy pounds, I took [...]

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I Spoke to “The Doctors” — Dr. Travis Stork & Dr. Sears

August 26, 2009

I was invited by Rolemommy.com and CBS Television to participate in a conference call with Dr. Travis Stork (remember him from “The Bachelor”?) and pediatrician Dr. James “Jim” Sears today (what an honor since his The Baby Book and his parent’s The Breastfeeding Book and The Attachment Parenting Book are some of my absolute favorite!). [...]

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Did You Gain or Lose Weight After You Stopped Breastfeeding?

July 20, 2009

I keep saying that breastfeeding is the best diet I have ever been on, yet when I mention this a lot of women tell me that they feel like their bodies are holding on to weight they can’t shed because of their breastfeeding. My friend Karen warns me that I should be very careful after [...]

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Traveling With a Toddler — Day 3: Wurst, Twins, and Butter Cake

July 4, 2009

Recounting the third day of our Germany trip: After breakfast, Landon and I drove with Nani to the local supermarket to get our usual stash of candy and chocolate we always bring back to America. I couldn’t help but take a picture of L in front of the Wurst (sausage) section and the long aisle [...]

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Health Benefits for Mothers Who Breastfeed

April 22, 2009

I am breastfeeding a 2 ½-year-old toddler, and I have no problem doing it in public. In fact, I am so proud and glad that I am still breastfeeding that I have a breastfeeding counter on the bottom of my blog page! You would expect strangers to give me looks, but I actually have to [...]

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ER Up Close and Personal

April 4, 2009

Sorry I haven’t written in a few days. A lot has happened, well, one major thing. On Tuesday I spend 10 hours of quality time with my husband—lying on a gurney in an ER room, hooked up to an IV and blood pressure machine. Oh, the fun! Years ago I rented a room from and [...]

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Finding Time for Exercising and… Taxes

March 26, 2009

Taxes, ugh… I just spend another evening compiling the necessary information for our accountant. Yes, we still haven’t sent him what he needs. I have been meaning to give him a call for weeks now, to at least let him know that we intend to use him again this year! But I have been so [...]

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