Just this last month our neighborhood received a makeover at one of the little parks. I thought, "Oh, fun some new playground equipment!" Well, the other day I drove by and found lots of kids playing enjoying all of the new equipment and out of the corner of my eye I spotted something that slightly confused me. It was an elliptical machine. I kid you not, an elliptical machine. Right smack in the middle of it all. I think I even asked my husband, "WTF, is that what I think it is?!?"
I wanted to find a photo online to share and wow, there are lots of companies who make playground equipment that looks oddly like the inside of a gym mom and dad would join. So, what are we saying? "Hey, kids fitness is fun!!" Or do the makers (and buyers) think, "Darn there are some really fat kids at the park." I would love for it to really be more about teaching kids that fitness is fun. Today P.E. classes are nothing like they were when I was a kid. I think my kids had less P.E. classes than I did. I'm pretty sure I took it every semester from grade school until I graduated high school. I would love to see kids learn to enjoy being physically fit and learn about health and living a healthy lifestyle.
As I am getting older I have learned that the body I have TODAY is the body I will have when I am say, SEVENTY. What do I want my life to look like then? Am I killing it off slowly now that I will have a low quality of life at 70? I have become a believer that my body is a temple and I need to treat it as such. There comes a day you have to look further down the road of your life and decide how you want that trip to look.
Overall I am just glad to know that I now no longer need to join the gym. I'm sneaking down to the park when the kids are sleeping and getting in my workout!!
Staying on the whole "kid" theme here I have an
EASY and
HEALTHY snack that not only will your kids love, but you'll love as well! I LOVE my dehydrator my husband bought me and found that making fruit roll ups are SO easy to make!! This past weekend I whipped up a batch of Peach-Banana-Blueberry Swirl Fruit Roll Ups. You can use ANY fruit which makes this so fun to make.
Peach-Banana-Blueberry Swirl Fruit Roll Ups
Ingredients
1 Banana
3 Cups of Peaches (fresh or frozen, thawed)
1 Cup of Blueberries (fresh or frozen, thawed)