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September 4th, 2007

The Fifteenth Healthy & Fit Family

Summer is over for my family here in Germany, for my relatives in Canada and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere. Make no mistake, I am not melancholy about the return to school, to routine, to grey skies. No. This time of year is full of opportunities to start fresh, to think anew, to […]

By kate baggott -- 3 comments

July 3rd, 2007

The Thirteenth Healthy & Fit Family

July and it’s already time for the thirteenth Healthy & Fit Family. There are plenty of people who still believe that 13 is unlucky, but I am feeling pretty confident about this edition. As usual, the carnival is limited to the ten submissions I thought were most family-oriented, health-oriented and fitness-oriented.
Tags: childhood-obesity, family-fitness, family-health, meals-for-families, […]

By kate baggott -- 4 comments

April 30th, 2007

The Eleventh Healthy & Fit Family Carnival

 
The First of May is Labour/Labor day in Europe. It’s a chance for unions to parade, families to relax and outdoor swimming pools to open. Not that I am going near the cold, cold water in our local park. No, I have other ideas for how our family is going to splash around in warm […]

By kate baggott -- 5 comments

April 4th, 2007

Womb Guilt

We all know the advice:
A healthy weight gain during pregnancy is usually between 25 and 35 pounds (11 to 15 kg) a little less if the mother-to-be is overweight, a little more if she is underweight, double the recommendation if you’re a fashion model whose pre-pregnancy diet included tissues. For obese pregnant mothers, there are […]

By kate baggott -- 2 comments

April 3rd, 2007

The Tenth Healthy & Fit Family

 Take one popular blog carnival, run it monthly, limit it to ten spots and you’ve got a very readable, very competitive collection of posts. Hopefully, Craig Harper is right and all of us need to learn to have our work judged and evaluated. Still, managing expectations of perfection is tough for everyone.
I do worry about […]

By kate baggott -- 1 comment