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Kanndice from Get Healthy Momma is a mother who is passionate about creating a green living environment for her kids that is both healthy and safe.
Your blog title makes it clear what the focus of your blog is. What inspired you to focus the content of your site on healthy living?
I started my blog when I was at my heaviest weight, about two years after I had my daughter. I was hoping that by putting my “stuff” out there, I’d have the motivation to really work on me. I wanted my audience to keep me accountable and encourage me along the way.
When my blog goals changed, to more of a healthy living blog, I just wanted to start spreading the word about things I loved- my children, the environment and taking care of our world.
How have your goals for your blog changed since you first started blogging?
Just shortly after I started my blog, I got pregnant. This obviously meant I couldn’t focus on my weight loss goals so I turned to more of a total, all around healthy living blog, which focuses a lot on my kiddos. My blog is now more of a place that I can express who I am and what I love – my kids, family, cloth diapering, living green, knitting, etc.
What tips can you offer people who want to get real with themselves and start living healthy?
Keep it simple, make it fun and take is slowly. Don’t make big plans and set goals to change everything all at once (this goes for weight loss, greening your home, eating healthy, etc.). Setting big goals is cause for failure. It’s true. I’ve done it MANY times. By setting smaller, more attainable goals, it’s much more exciting when you’re able to reach it.
A few examples –
Don’t take up running and plan to run a marathon in a month if you’ve never run before. Start with walking in the evening with your family. Each evening walk a little bit further. This is a great time to get out, explore your neighborhood, spend time with family and get exercise. TIP: Bring a camera for some great candid shots of you and your wee ones! 🙂
Rather than throwing away all cleaning supplies that are unhealthy to you and your family at once and changing everything to vinegar and water, start with laundry detergent. See how this affects your family, then move to cleaning your floors, use baking soda and vinegar. Slowly introduce safe alternatives into your lifestyle. Get used to the ideas first so it doesn’t ruin the whole process.
Other than healthy living, what is something you’re passionate about?
I am passionate about my family. They mean the world to me and I couldn’t be happier being a mom and a wife. I tell them every day how happy I am to be their mommy and how I feel like the luckiest person in the world to help raise them and teach them to be the best people they can be.
The best thing about being a mother is I can influence my children at such a young age to grow up green by recycling, composting, hanging clothes on the line instead of using the dryer, using cloth diapers, etc. I know we are making the right decisions for our children now and in the future!
In what way have you benefited most from blogging?
The community of people I’ve met online from blogging has been incredible! Everyday I am inspired by the knowledge, kindness, and awesomeness of other bloggers. I love being part of all of it!
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nice…that’s all I can say^^
I can’t wait to check her out! I am always looking for new ideas to live a little “greener,” healthier and better.
I totally agree about taking things slowly. I’ve sunk myself many times by biting off more than I could chew.
Happy Monday! Time to write a paper. But I’d much rather be blog surfing!
Great ideas, cute family! I’m going to go over and check it out.
Thank you to everyone that left me a comment!
I am so excited to be the featured blogger and hope that I’m able to inspire at least one of you to look a little more closely at the world and see what you and your families can do to help protect it! 🙂
Thank you to everyone that stopped by my site and left me a comment. If you left links to your blogs, I will be checking them out. I promise!
Thanks SITS for doing featured blogger and for the write up about my blog as well! It’s very much appreciated!
Monday
I am glad you are over.
Looks like you have some great tips for staying healthy!
Thank you! I hope you enjoyed your stay! 🙂
Late to the party, but wanted to say hi. I’d love to “Get Healthy”, great blog!
Thanks!~
Wow! Those socks she knitted for her kids are amazing! Quite impressive:)
Thank you! I love to knit and reallly enjoyed making the socks for both of them! 🙂
Roll Call! Sounds like an another awesome blogger – I’m on my way to pay her a visit! 🙂
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂 I hope you found something you liked while you were there!
I loved her blog! It is quite informative and I found out some interesting stuff that I never knew about foods we eat.
Thanks for stopping by! I’m glad I was able to give you a little information you weren’t aware of, it makes me happy knowing I was able to do that!
Love how you have been able to shift your blogging focus so easily while still benefiting the reader!
Thank you, it really did just kind of flow in that direction when I got pregnant the second time around so I figured I would just go with it! I think so far it’s been a great decision! Thanks for stopping by!
Love that this blog focuses on all-around healthy living! Can’t wait to dive in! 🙂
~Melissa
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I hope you find something helpful, useful or just enjoyable to read on my blog! Thanks for stopping by!
Sounds like an interesting blog journey.
Sure is! Thanks for the comment!
My kids are grown, but if I had it to do over, making my own baby food would be at the top of the list.
It’s so easy to do, and so much fun I’m sure you would have really enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by!
Oooh, I love the post on making your own baby food. I can’t wait to try it when it comes that time for my hubby & me. Also, thanks for posting the link to the Clean 15/Dirty 12. Love it!! Good luck on all your health and mommying adventures!!! Positive vibes….
I’m glad you liked the information regarding the Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen. I hope you are able to use it when you can! Thanks for stopping by!
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Thank you!~
Love writers who tackle healthy living for families! It sure isn’t easy to keep things natural, sometimes!
Today’s been busy, and I hope to get out from under this workload SOON!
Have a great night everyone 🙂
It’s not always easy but we do what we can! Thanks for the comments! 🙂
I look forward to reading more from you in your blog. I agree with you completely about making small changes. I have been focusing on eating well for the last six months, and getting exercise for the last three. I couldn’t have done it all at once, and now that I am down 32 pounds and am heading to my weekly kickboxing class tonight.
Thanks for sharing.
Congrats on loosing 32lbs! You should be so proud! Way to go! I wish you continued success with your goals! Thanks for stopping by!
Happy SITS day! I love finding new ways to clean and live simpler and safer. I’m not a mom yet, but I certainly intend on going even further once I do. Going to check the blog out now!
I plan to have a few posts up within a week or so about different ways we clean around the house. Be sure to stop by for some more tips and ideas! 🙂 Good luck!
What a great blog! I am heading over now to say hi!
I hope you found something interesting to read while you were there! Thanks for stopping by!
Such a fabulous, admirable blog. Happy SITS Day to you! Hugs from Boston.
Thanks for stopping by!
So nice that she keeps her family healthy for reals!!!
Such beautiful babies!
Thank you for the comment!
So happy to have found you via SITS. Love your goal setting and positive attitude.
Thanks! Be sure to stop by often!
I used to make baby food and freeze it in ice cube trays. I thought it tasted great…but my babies didn’t always agree…hehe
We do the same thing, I freeze them in the trays then pop them out into a freezer bag when they are frozen so I can make more. I really should include pictures of that in my post…thanks for the idea! 🙂
Just visited your blog, liked it very much!
Thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you around again!
Great advice to start out with small steps first! Sounds like a positive, encouraging blog!
I hope you stopped by and found something you enjoyed! 🙂 Thanks for the comment
awesome focus! mamas tend to neglect our health taking care of others
It’s so true, once we become moms – we are totally last in line….that’s why I wrote this post about this year and what I am going to do for me! 🙂
You can read it here – It’s a year for me
What a beautiful little girl! 🙂
Thank you! She is pretty adorable (and she knows it!) 🙂
Love her ideas! And such a cute family 😉
Thanks!
Can’t wait to read your blog!
I hope you enjoyed your visit! 🙂 Thanks!
Never enough talk about sensible ways to be green a healthy.. hats off to you mama!
maddie
Thanks! 🙂
Love green living!! Can’t wait to read more!
Living green is great! Thanks for stopping by!
Wish I could have cloth diapered my boys!!
I am off to see what I can learn!!
I hope you were able to learn something over at my blog! Thanks for stopping by!
Looks like a great blog!
I hope you enjoyed your visit! Thanks for stopping by!
Baby steps are key!!! Green living is easier than most would believe too – we only use about 1 trash bag a week after recycling and composting!
So ture, it’s just a few little things that you may already do i.e recycling that make a difference! Good for you for doing both recycling and composting! 🙂 We too, do both!
Thanks so much for sharing. So inspirational. I love making the healthiest choice possible most of the time, but sometimes I need a little inspiration to do it. I think I’ve found it!
I hope I can be the little inspiration you need every once in a while! Thanks for stopping by!
I love how you focus on the baby steps— SO important for real changes that last!
Baby steps for everything in life are important! I use to be someone to jump in and go overboard and I was never able to accomplish anything. Since I’ve starting taking one thing at a time I’ve been able to accomplish SO much more! I never feel like I can’t do it…I know I can!
Looking forward to reading more. 🙂
I hope you find something interesting on the blog!
What great timing for this post! I just made laundry detergent for the first time at a moms’ group this morning. I’m looking to slowly made product change-outs at home, so it looks like I’ve found the right blog. Looking forward to heading over. Thanks for some great pointers in this post!
I hope you find something helpful! Thanks for stopping by!
Good luck with the laundry detergent too! I haven’t made my own yet but we do use an all natural detergent as well as soap nuts!
my kind of blog – can’t wait to read it!
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you found something interesting!
Wow, I give her credit for starting her blog as a way to help keep her motivated and accountable for losing weight. I too need to lose quite a bit, but I’m too afraid to put it out there for the whole wide world. It’s more of a private journey for me. Maybe someday. Off to go check her out and see what she does to live a green life. I’m always looking for tips and ideas!
It wasn’t easy to decide to put it out there for everyone to see but I figured it might help so I took the leap and so far it’s been fantastic! Good luck with your journey and thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Gorgeous family and great advice for a lifestyle to aspire towards.
Thanks for stopping by and the comment! I appreciate it!
love the focus of her blog!! i feel like the older my kids get, the more i slack on giving them healthy stuff… bad mom! but we need to continue to give the best stuff no matter what age
It is hard, trust me! My three year old challanges me almost every day with food I feed her, but I don’t care, in the end it’ll be worth it! 🙂 I hope you found something intersting on my blog! Thanks for stopping by!
I used cloth diapers on my kids, too, but that was long ago! Her focus is great, and she writes well! I’m madly in love with that baby– that face belongs on a magazine cover!
I love cloth diapers! It’s true, I have a bit of an addiction! 🙂 It’s so fun now a-days! I hope you took a look around and found something interesting! Thanks for the comments on the boy! I think he’s pretty darn adorable too!
Her lifestyle sounds admirable. I’m off to see!
I hope you found something interesting while looking around! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by
What an inspiration! I made homemade food with my first, but with the second two I got a little lazy. I love her focus!
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Thanks for the comments! 🙂 I hope you enjoyed your look around!
Looks like another great story…
I hope you found something interesting on my site! Be sure to stop by again!
Thanks for sharing yoru journey for a healthier lifestyle!
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂