Eat healthy live healthy


Think Healthy When Trying to Adopt!

In my work as an adoption professional, I getjunk food in your life and then add or
emails from people sharing with me that theyreplace  it  with  healthy  food.
are trying to cut back and save money during
their adoption. While this is good, there areNext time you are at the grocery store, just
some areas that are just too valuable toadd up what it costs for chips, cookies and
skimp on. Your nutrition is one of thosesodas. Now compare to nutritious foods like
areas.fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats and
grains. You will see just how much farther
Good nutritious food and a healthy diet canyour dollars go when you invest in real and
keep you going during the ups and downs ofnutritious food. You will also feel better
adoption. The process of adoption can beand live longer. What's really unaffordable
stressful and you need to be in top shape tois a rotten diet. Garbage in, garbage out and
perform and respond well. Often women whoyou'll reap what you sow. Consider your
have experienced infertility have hormonalhealth as an asset in your adoption that
problems (I speak from experience here) anddeserves  care  and  attention.
if we don't eat properly we can get cranky to
say  the  least.In my adoption, I was very healthy and
active, but my husband and I were overweight.
Many birth mothers call in a panic and stateI had one young prospective birth mother tell
that their lives feel out of control. Ime that she wanted to place her unborn baby
often ask them if they have eaten and 99% ofwith a healthy and thin couple only. While
the time they have not eaten or they havenot all birth mothers share this view, they
only eaten junk food. Healthy food is gooddo want someone who will be around long
fuel and is a must have when you areenough to parent their child and be a good
stressed. I am not speaking of chocolate-role  model  in  a  healthy  environment.
though quality chocolate can help after
having  a  healthy  meal.  (Smile)You'd never put low-grade fuel in your car,
so how can you justify low-grade fuel for
Some couples share that they can onlyyour family? Healthy is wealthy. Start now by
"afford" cheap foods like boxed macaroni andmaking these changes, so your child will have
cheese and on sale hot dogs. They feel thata healthy parent and you will have healthy
buying fresh nutritious produce and healthierchildren with a long life to live it
foods are too expensive. Yet healthy food IStogether.
affordable when you cut out or cut down the



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