Tuesday, October 13, 2009

I think Derek has officially caught the racing bug!

Yesterday he was googling upcoming races in his area and today he sent me this text:

Signed up for a 5k this weekend.

I read it with a burst of pride. I told him racing was addicting!

Who knows? Maybe one day I can talk him into doing a marathon with me. One step at a time though.

Reading that also made me realize my next race isn’t until the end of November. *Sniff *Sniff

My mi-morning Honeycrisp Apple helped cheer me up.

In times of sadness its best to stay away from the sweets and have an apple instead. Especially a naturally sweet, refreshing Honeycrisp apple!

I couldn’t wait to have more of my homemade Black Bean Salsa for lunch today.

I made a semi-healthy version of nachos by piling a lot goodies on top of the last of a bag of Blue Corn Tortilla Chips.

Topping included:

• Black Bean Salsa
• Mozzarella Cheese
• Jalapenos
• Snap Peas
• Plain Oikos

The chips were mostly crumbs so I are the meal with a fork.

Delicious!

Infant deemed ‘too fat’…

Have you heard about the 17 pound baby in Colorado that was deemed ‘too fat’ to receive insurance coverage?

Apparently the 4 month old – who has been fed nothing but a diet of breast milk from birth – ranks in the 99th percent tile for height and weight of his age and the insurance company refuses to cover any baby above the 95th percent tile stating ‘obesity’ as a pre-existing condition.

The parents are pretty angry about the situation and I think I would be too. Their child eats when he is hungry and is a healthy thriving baby boy. The pediatrician had never shown any concern about the baby’s weight and both parents are far from being obese themselves.

Now, I can understand if the baby was being fed excess amounts of ‘junk’ or if the parents were obese themselves, but neither is true in this case.  It’s just one of those situations where an insurance company is looking for any loop hole possible to deny a family coverage.

What’s your take on the situation?

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