This week’s featured Food-“e”-Friend puts the spotlight on an issue important to many women: losing pregnancy weight after that bundle of joy makes his/her appearance into our lives! Here is what Erin of Eating My Way Back wanted to share with us to help us learn more about her and her blog:
1) I saw from your first blog post about the “birth” of your blog coming from a goal to get back to your pre-pregnancy weight by eating healthy, and in doing so, setting a good example for your children. Love that, and as a mother to two young children, one still nursing as well, I can completely relate! Please share with us how long you’ve been blogging and anything else you’d like to add to the story of why you started blogging.
I started this blog in March of 2011. I originally started this blog as motivation to eat healthy and set a good example for my two girls. My second daughter was born in January of 2011 and after a few months I noticed the weight was not coming off as easily as it had with my first daughter, three years earlier. I didn’t want to go on a strict diet because my three year old copies EVERYTHING I do. I decided to start the search for healthier meals and blog about it as I go.
2) Give us an update on how it’s going with your plan! What would you say has been your children’s favorite recipe so far?
So far, my plan of eating healthy and exercising when I can has worked out pretty well. I have lost some of the weight, not all, but some and joined a zumba class two nights a week to help shed the rest. My family has enjoyed each recipe and they are getting used to the whole wheat and low fat! Even my husband has lost some weight!I think the recipe that has been the best for my daughter is the Chinese Style Meatballs. She can not get enough of them and asks for them at least once a week!
3) What feature of your blog would you like most for us to know about?
Check out the Recipe Box at the top of the page. I try to keep an ongoing list of all recipes on the blog to make it easier to locate favorites.
The recipe that she recommends as the first to try from her blog is the Low Calorie Pina Colada Cupcakes:
Check out her blog’s most popular recipe, Mini Chocolate Chip Pancake Muffins, also part of our Star Recipes Collection! We’d love for you to add your “star recipe” there if you have not already.
For more information about losing pregnancy weight, check out WebMD’s 8 Tips for Losing Weight After Pregnancy. I love the first tip: Don’t Diet.
Now, on to our party! Check out our Make a Food-“e”-Friend (MaFF) Monday page for more information on what this party is all about, specifics about how to link from your blog, and for more on how you can be a Featured Food-“e”-Friend).
For our regular guests, just a few reminders before linking:
1) You can link a recipe or any type of food-related blog post (including giveaways or free food coupon offers). Make sure you use the URL for the actual post and not your blog (or those interested in what you are sharing may not be able to find it if it’s not your most recent post and will miss out on what you wanted to share!).
2) Don’t forget to link back to this potluck party, using either a text link or the button image. This is important to help spread the word about the party and so all the great recipes that people are sharing can be found and enjoyed. To make it easier:
A text link:
Make a Food-“e”-Friend Monday
OR
Button linking back to this week’s party (highlight, copy and paste into your post):
3) Most of all, have fun and be sure to check out any recipes that interest you that others have brought to the party. (How else will you make new Food-“e”-Friends?!) Some weeks I am not able to make it around to all of the recipes shared, but I always enjoy seeing the different things that are linked at these parties and check back when looking for new ideas.
(Link-up open through Wednesday):
About the Author
Adopted at age 2, grew up in the Charlotte, NC area. Obtained Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Appalachian State University. Loves being a Mom of two and taste-testing Chef John's culinary creations and sharing them with readers.
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