Raven

Thanks...and I wish everyone could do this....my sister in law has cholesterol problems and high blood pressure. She works hard and has two kids.....and she goes up and down on the scale like crazy.

The one common denominator that I am finding is that women have a tendency, especially after motherhood...to put their needs last in line.

The old saying 'if momma ain't happy, nobody's happy' plays inside my head and it's true. We women are notorious for being last in line when it comes to pampering and care taking for ourselves. There is always someone else to take care of, something else to do before we go to sleep....and, unfortunately, we suffer as a result...with weight gain and ill health...for which we bandaid, rather than fix.

I don't know what the answer is and I am certainly in no position to judge others, having been there.....but there better be an answer soon, because we are dying as a result of our eating habits.....sooner than necessary.

Cholesterol research has shown that the problems that finally show up in our forties and fifties actually begin when we're babies....that's frightening.

Diabetes, that is diet induced, can be treated....but that predisposition also starts in childhood.

Our schools are woeful in what they provide children for food.

And, if we don't start educating our kids when it comes to healthy eating, we will continue to increase weight and morbidity.

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