Wii Can Be Fit with #KidsWeigh - Learn and Win!

With childhood obesity reaching an all time high across the country, many parents struggle with how to help their children maintain a healthy weight with proper nutrition.

Dr. Joanna Dolgoff, the official doctor of Camp Shane and a board certified pediatrician, has created Dr. Dolgoff's Weigh, a traffic-light system that allows kids to learn which foods are healthiest without counting calories. To spread the word about her site and program, Dr. Weigh, is sponsoring a Wii Fit contest to help you get your family up and moving this summer!


To Enter:
To enter to win the #KidsWeigh Wii Fit contest, check out client testimonials and fabulous Dr. Weigh success stories then fill out this secure contest form telling us which story was your favorite!

http://tinyurl.com/kidsweighcontest

Want a chance to speak with Dr. Dolgoff about your nutritional questions and win more prizes?

Join her @JoannaDolgoffMD with Resourceful Mommy @resourcefulmom (and me @erinjeany) Friday, July 10th at 9 p.m. ET on Twitter for her #KidsWeigh discussion.
Door prizes will be awarded.

To RSVP and for more information go to: http://resourcefulmommy.blogspot.com/2009/07/mark-your-calendars.html

One grand prize winner will receive a Wii Fit. Two runners-up will receive a free one month membership to Dr. Weigh.

This contest ends Friday, July 24th at 11:59 a.m. ET.
and is brought to you by Momfluence.

WomenHeart’s All Heart Family Cookbook {Giveaway}

Many women know that Heart disease is the number one cause of death for women in the U.S. Sadly though many women don't know how to help prevent it or the risk factors. Which of these applies to you?

• Family history of coronary artery disease or stroke
• Age 55 or older
• Post-menopausal
• Family history of premature cardiac disease (under age 60), especially in a sibling or parent
• Obesity
• Sedentary lifestyle
  
• Smoking
• Hypertension
• High over all cholesterol
• Low HDL cholesterol
• Diabetes
• Metabolic syndrome
• Increased CRP
• Use of birth control pills, especially if you smoke
• Complicated pregnancy

Wow. I can check a bunch off myself even only being 24 years old! So now that you know the risk factors what types of things do you want to change in your life? I am proud to say I have been making a change to live healthier and help my family to live healthier. I am VERY proud to say I quit smoking over 8 months ago. We also have been working hard to get more exercise. Having a 5 month old definitely helps with the exercise! But the biggest thing we have been doing is cooking healthier.

Do you want to start cooking healthier too? Then why not start with the WomenHeart’s All Heart Family Cookbook?

WomenHeart is the national coalition for women with heart disease. Their cookbook, written by Kathy Kastan, Suzanne Banfield, along with Wendy Leonard and the members of WomenHeart, features information and recipes using the 40 foods that have been proven to promote heart health the best!

The cook book covers everything from Heart Health and what you need to know to keep your heart in shape, to learning about these 40 heart healthy foods such as Dark Chocolate, Salmon and Red Wine, and then how to make wonderful recipes using those 40 ingredients for heart healthy meals!

Sara Lee Fresh Bakery offered some of their delicious heart healthy sandwich recipes in the WomenHeart's ALL HEART Family Cookbook. They have partnered with The Heart Truth Campaign to help raise awareness of heart disease among women and encourage them to make healthy choices every day. To further help the cause Sara Lee will contribute one dollar for every cookbook ordered up to $35,000 to the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease.

To Purchase your own copy of the cookbook please click here.
Or
Thanks to Momfluence, Sara Lee and Women Heart, you can enter to win your copy!

To Enter: Please fill out this form here, and then leave me a comment saying you did!

This contest is open to all U.S. Residents & ends Wednesday, April 15th. One entry per household.

Thanks for reading!

Mom Loves the (Oopdoo) hug - because sometimes the pain is in your head

Keep reading to find out how to win your own (oopdoo) hug!

When I first saw the (oopdoo) hug, I fell in love. Not only is it a completely practical idea, it's also adorable. The (oopdoo) is a large fleece wrap made to resemble a large bandage that can be used to hold ice or heating packs, or just to wrap around a little one, or hey a big "kid", for a little comfort.

From their website:

"My son started to complain about aches at bedtime. With the same intensity that he had asked for a bandage for his booboos, he was demanding medicine for his aches. Medicine, however, can do more harm than good and I did not want to give him medicine unless he really needed it. At the time I worked for the company who manufactures Polartec® fabric and had plenty of soft fleece fabric. I made him a wrap that looked like a giant bandage and wrapped it around the part that ached. It worked! He will tell you "it makes me feel better. The (oopdoo)™hug was born!"

The (oopdoo) comes in solids, prints, and designer patterns, so there is one available for every one, child or adult. I think it may be my new go-to get well gift. I was lucky enough to receive my own (oopdoo) and it's awesome! Not only is it much cuter than an ice pack, I know my son is going to love to cuddle up with it. Both of my college-age sisters went ga-ga over it as well! Talk about a fab Christmas gift!

Prices range from 19.99 to 24.99, but you can send a virtual (oopdoo) for free by clicking on this link. While you're there, check them out and get a real one for yourself.

WIN IT!

Katherine, the mommy behind the (oopdoo) hug wants one lucky reader to win their own (oopdoo). You can't pass that up. There are four ways to enter:

Congrats to Loving Heart Mommy, winner of the (oopdoo) Hug!