Tell your kids they are perfect the way they are, but they shouldn't stay where they are forever because growing, testing the limits, and evolving make life better and more fulfilling.

I didn't grow up eating meat - I was a vegetarian until I was 18.

Developing a diet that is healthful, balanced, and appropriate for your particular caloric needs is easy enough and is absolutely critical to establishing a healthful lifestyle that incorporates proper nutrition, adequate fitness, and mental resilience.

Growing up in my family, it wasn't important that we always be the best; it was important that we were going to try to be our best and give it our all.

Anyone who knows our family knows this: we eat ALL the time!

Fun for me is to take what I learn and teach others in a way that is accessible and applicable in their own lives.

The only reason I write at all is because I am going through, and growing through, something in my life I want to share with others through my personal experiences.