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Is this the scenario in your home during the week for dinner? You go through the drive thu of any fast food restaurant and then have this twinge of guilt… You know this is not a healthy meal, so to compromise in your mind, instead of purchasing a soda for them, you purchase milk instead. That’ll pass for tonight… Sound familiar?
Well, in this week, we learn some valuable information regarding how important proper nutrition is for your kids and for ourselves as mothers. Our friend and author, Cindy Heroux from the Mesos Center in Winter Park discusses with us how to properly shop at a grocery store such as Publix and within 20 minutes you immediately have a healthy, well balanced meal in less time than it would take you to order take out. Cindy also gives us moms the title of being “the gatekeepers of nutrition” for the family. We are the ones who are in charge of their health and we are also the examples for our children. You won’t want to miss this!
In keeping in line with a healthy lifestyle, we meet meet Tami Ward, owner of a local Curves. We learn that if time is your excuse, you can learn how to incorporate resistance training and the importance of this exercise to keep your bones strong as you age. Tami and I have a great conversation about these benefits and the advantage of “working out only with women”. You really can get healthy in just 30 minutes!
If you exercise with an MP3 player or an iPod and just don’t know how to carry it or don’t know where to put little things while you walk or run, we have the solution for you! The Power Pouch is the invention of our guest this week, Lauren Grace Updyke from Gracie’s Gear will inspire you to be a fit and active mom! I met her last January 2007 at the Walt Disney World Marathon Health and Fitness Expo and bought a couple of her Power Pouch tank tops to run in. I was so impressed by the tank as well as Gracie, I knew right away that I wanted to share her with all of you. She also has a great walk/run online fitness program that any mom can follow and reach the fitness goals you want. I just love her! You’ll hear her dedication and her commitment to having other moms be fit. She’s so easy to talk to!
Also, you’ll meet local mom Christina Cowherd, the owner of one of our favorite local places, Infusion Tea. I go there all the time for my business meetings and just feel like I’m being pampered when I have my tea and all the organic goodies she has to offer. Anyone who hasn’t’ been there, will absolutely love their wraps and their wide variety of teas. I met Christina and her husband, Brad first at Baby Loves Disco. They are a spectacular couple who really know how to take care of the people who enter their restaurant. You feel so welcomed and so healthy when you go to Infusion Tea. It’s on Edgewater Dr. here in Orlando. They also have some pretty cool things such as poetry reading in the evenings as well. Please go check them out. Tell them Suzette sent you! My favorite is their hummus/veggie wrap and the veggie chips. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed!
Have you ever had that problem of when you wear a sleeveless top you’re your bra strap hangs out? Well, that’s a problem that we all have had at one time or another. The difference between you and our next guest is that she decided to SOLVE our problem. Meet local mompreneur Noel Goldman, the inventor of the fabulous Straptamers. You may have seen her on Oprah and on the great show, Big Ideas with Donny Deutsch! She tells us how challenging it is to start a product based business, but how the wonderful support of her family and friends helped with her success. She also shares with us some savvy business advice when seeking the opinion of our loved ones.
Michelle and I were able to meet her for the first time at this past summer’s Ya-Ya Network Conference. She is such a cool woman and so friendly! We could have chatted with her for hours!!!
We also share with you a mother/daughter team, Debra Wingo and Angela Wingo whom I met at an East Orlando Chamber of Commerce meeting. They share with us important real estate information if you are buying or selling a home in Central Florida. I talk with tell us how it is working with as a mother/daughter team as well as some great tips for those in the housing market. Their real estate business is here in East Orlando, but you can contact them at www.neighborhoodsateastorlando.com .
We are beginning to hear just about everywhere that there is a growing epidemic among our children and that is the very important subject of childhood obesity. We welcome local pediatrician Dr. Lisa Ramey whose practice, Integrative Pediatrics is located in Oveido, Florida. She and I have a very candid discussion regarding the sad fact that this generation of children will be the first generation ever to not live as long as the previous generation. I was shocked!!!! Dr. Ramey continues to tell us even more shocking statistics that will be a reality check for everyone who listens. We talk about the problem and also about some very easy and practical ways to help our children avoid being a part of the statistics. Did you know that our children are now beginning to suffer from once adult only related diseases such as hypertension and cardiac disease?!? Listen to find out how you can save your children.
We also introduce you to a local mom Erin Vertolli from One Lucky Baby, a fabulous online resource for handmade baby and toddler items! Michelle and I met her at a Baby Loves Disco event and we were totally impressed at her special handmade items. I immediately saw so many things that I loved and saw gifts for all those special children in my life! I also found out after our interview that Erin and I have something really cool in common. She used to also work at the University of Central Florida and we had a fantastic post-interview discussion about wellness and female related issues with our young women of today! She has health education as another of her passions as well. So, listen and log onto her site. Get that special little one something unique and cool.
