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Thanks, Nutrisystem! Guest post by Emily's Mom

**Welcome my mom to my blog! She’s reviewing Nutrisystem to help her meet her weight loss goals. Every week she’ll be guest posting on my blog with her progress and how she likes the program. I hope you follow her journey and show her some encouragement!**

I am so excited! I am lucky enough to try out the Nutrisystem program for 4 WHOLE MONTHS! Obviously Emily does not need to lose weight because she has

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want my advice for raising a healthy kid?

Gotta love unsolicited advice, right?! (ha. ha. ha.) It’s time once again for my monthly post featured on ABC for the Million Moms Challenge. This time I wrote about raising a healthy kid… here’s an excerpt:

Raising your kid is hard enough without all the unsolicited advice you get from others. My favorite is the advice from people that don’t even have kids. “Should you be doing that?” or “You’re still breastfeeding?!” or even “Do you think that’s

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Vitamin D deficiency

Vitamin D is really important for your health and most people are deficient. You might know that you get Vitamin D naturally from some foods, but mainly from sunlight. The problem is if you don’t get enough time in the sunlight every day or if you’re always wearing sunscreen… now that it’s winter and getting really cold out, there are some days I don’t go outside at all!

They” all push how important calcium is for strong bones – drink

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Probiotics and pregnancy

About a week ago I posted about taking probiotics while pregnant–I’d heard a lot about probiotics and how good they are for you, but wondered if it was okay to take during pregnancy. The consensus was YES, they’re GREAT for pregnancy! Probiotics are good for you all the time, but there can especially be some benefits to taking them during pregnancy.

So, I’ve been taking them for awhile now. I bought the

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taking probiotics while pregnant

Thanks to twitter, I’ve heard lots about probiotics and how good they are for your overall health. I’ve never gone out and bought any though, but have always been curious. If you aren’t familiar, probiotics are live microorganisms. Before you get grossed out by that, you probably already consume some probiotics… they’re part of fermented foods with added live cultures, like in yogurt!

You already have “good” bacteria in your system. Taking probiotics just

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