by Stefanie Plum, Gather Partner Team
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February 19, 2008

Snack Break Support Group (Transcript) – How Do Your Family and Friends Influence Your Self Image and Lifestyle?

February 12, 2009 12:38 PM EST (Updated: April 01, 2009 11:49 AM EDT)
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Do you want to get on a path to a healthier lifestyle? Could you use support from like-minded individuals to help you make better choices? Then join us for a live chat on Gather to discuss topics around healthy living!

Welcome to the Gather Snack Break Support Chat! Each week, the Living Fabulously group will host a live discussion on healthier living. Join us within the comment field of this article TODAY @ 8PM ET for the discussion. This week discuss the following questions:

  • How do your family and friends influence your exercise and eating habits?
  • From childhood to adulthood, have people in your life influenced your self image?
  • Do you think the way you treat people in your life and family (your children, significant other, close friends, etc.) has had an impact on the way they view or take care of themselves?

Chat with your other Gather members within the comment field of this article. You'll need to REFRESH your internet browser to see new comments posted. The chat will take place from 8-9PM ET. Gather will draw one member who participates during the live session to receive a 5- pack box of Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs OREO Mini Cakesters and 300 Gather Points ™!

 



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Comments: 200

Jenn P. Feb 12, 2009, 12:40pm EST
i will try and be here :)
j - Frugal Mom - r. Feb 12, 2009, 1:01pm EST
I'll see if I can make it.
tonya brown Feb 12, 2009, 1:12pm EST
i'll try to make it.
Shawnee G. Feb 12, 2009, 1:13pm EST
I almost always miss chats... will try to make it.
Barb (Gather Site Ferret) Carlson Feb 12, 2009, 1:18pm EST
I'll try to make it.
I'll be missing this one as I usually do miss the evening ones, but in this case, it's probably just as well. I tend to be the type of person who is influenced only by my husband and son, and that is in the area of possibly an opinion or what to make for dinner. I'm not influenced in the areas you mention by anyone.
Ashley M. Feb 12, 2009, 2:00pm EST
This will be a fun conversation...I'll be excited to join in.
Ginny W. Feb 12, 2009, 2:16pm EST
I will try to be here.

Gave you a 10
golds g. Feb 12, 2009, 4:17pm EST
How do your family and friends influence your exercise and eating habits? they constantly tell me to loose weight can get annoying it my parents .....
From childhood to adulthood, have people in your life influenced your self image? somehwat but I have my own unique self image
Do you think the way you treat people in your life and family (your children, significant other, close friends, etc.) has had an impact on the way they view or take care of themselves? I would hope so and I would hope its for the better
Trish A. Feb 12, 2009, 6:09pm EST
This sounds like a great chat. I'm not sure I'll be able to be here tonight.
Renee (Pres of Baby James Foundation) ~. Feb 12, 2009, 7:34pm EST
I will try to be here.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 7:56pm EST
Im here
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:00pm EST
Is anyone else here? What is the first topic?
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:01pm EST
Hi Iris. Who has had the biggest influence on your eating habits, family or friends?
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:02pm EST
Both, I love to cook and I always make sure that there are healthy foods serve im my home
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:03pm EST
How about you sade??
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:03pm EST
I don't do a lot of cooking for myself but when I do I try to use healthy choices. I have always had to cook on a tight budget.
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:04pm EST
I don't use a lot of prepared things. Still think you can do better with fresh foods and from scratch.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:04pm EST
Well being a single parent of 5 I know what it is tobe on a tight budget but always manage to find good fruits and vegetables on sale.
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:05pm EST
I like vegetables raw, like carrots, cabbage, green pepper, lettuce. I also really like raw potato. That goes back to childhood.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:05pm EST
Definitely and they are healthier too. When you cook from scratch you know what ingredients are in your food
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:06pm EST
Iris, I also have 5 children, now all grown of course. I always had a big garden and canned and froze a lots of things.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:06pm EST
well I dont know about the raw potatos lol but my children love raw veggies. I have to be on the look out so that i will have veggies to cook with
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:07pm EST
I find the older I get the more things don't agree with me. I have problems with MSG and aspertame and stay away from anything containing them.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:07pm EST
some of mines are grown, but they keep coming back (smile).
Ginny W. Feb 12, 2009, 8:07pm EST
Hi, Is anyone leading the discussion?
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:08pm EST
I freeze many things also
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:08pm EST
no sade and I have just started conversating
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:09pm EST
I used to have to hide things I didn't want my children to eat but they usually found them.
We went through a loaf of sandwich bread every day after school.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:09pm EST
And Hello Ginny
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:09pm EST
Hi Ginny, Just jump in. We have been talking about feeding 5 kids on a budget.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:10pm EST
I know the feeling Sade
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:11pm EST
I thought Stefanie would be here. Ginny what are your favorite healthy snacks?
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:12pm EST
Sade?? Are we the only ones here
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:12pm EST
I thought so too
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:13pm EST
Iris, I had my 5 kids in 8 years so they were also close together in school. They came home hungry and had to have snacks before going out to do their chores. We lived on a farm.
Shawnee G. Feb 12, 2009, 8:13pm EST
Hi all.
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:13pm EST
Well I don't think Ginny hung around. Do you still have children in school?
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:14pm EST
oh that must have been fun. I live in the city and my children would come home raid the fridge.
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:14pm EST
Hi Shawnee. Do you have any good suggestions for healthy snacks?
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:14pm EST
Yes i have 2 in school and hello shawnee
Dagmara H. Feb 12, 2009, 8:15pm EST
Hey guys , Am I late?
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:15pm EST
Well my kids are now 43,44,45,49 and 51 so they can raid their own fridges now. My girls all learned to put a meal on the table by age 12 and both boys can also do basic cooking.
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:16pm EST
Dagmara, we are just getting started.
Mary G. Feb 12, 2009, 8:16pm EST
Hello everyone
Ginny W. Feb 12, 2009, 8:16pm EST
ok
Shawnee G. Feb 12, 2009, 8:16pm EST
My family keeps me moving. With 3 who are 6 and under, I have to stay on my toes! :)
Ryan M. Feb 12, 2009, 8:16pm EST
We have 6 kids and eating healthy is sometimes hard for thew family.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:16pm EST
Hi Dagmara
kimberly g. Feb 12, 2009, 8:16pm EST
I am here for a few moments.
I live a tight budget but I only have me my husband and one daughter. Veggies and fruits are the snack of choice. Popcorn isn;t bad either.
Mary G. Feb 12, 2009, 8:16pm EST
I have been struggling with this subject of snacks.
Ginny W. Feb 12, 2009, 8:17pm EST
I have lately been giving my kids fruits and veggies for snacks
anthony f. Feb 12, 2009, 8:17pm EST
I always cooked for myself, but now I'm watching the sodium and am constantly amazed at how much salt is in just about anything prepared.
Ginny W. Feb 12, 2009, 8:17pm EST
I have four kids between 7-12
Dagmara H. Feb 12, 2009, 8:17pm EST
I am trying to eat healthy, but sometimes it is hard with cost of the vegetables and fruits. I guess I will have to plant my own stuff
Ryan M. Feb 12, 2009, 8:17pm EST
We need to start staying away from the cookies for snack.
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:17pm EST
Welcome Mary. Ginny where did you go?

I want to hear what you all like for snack time. I have to confess I have a weakness for ice cream, lots of it.
Mary G. Feb 12, 2009, 8:18pm EST
I joined the Shedding Light Group and they all seem to eat very little to me.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:18pm EST
well with kids its hard because of course they would rather have a choclate cake lol but i started mine off young with the fruits and veggies so they like them very much
kimberly g. Feb 12, 2009, 8:18pm EST
what do you mean struggling about snacks.
Dagmara H. Feb 12, 2009, 8:18pm EST
Ginny, that is great. That's what my mom used to give us as a snack and that's why I love the fruits so much now
Ryan M. Feb 12, 2009, 8:18pm EST
My 3 year old is actually helping with us getting away from cookies.He has been loving Bananas and oranges.
Dagmara H. Feb 12, 2009, 8:18pm EST
Mary I have never heard of this group. Is it here on gather?
kimberly g. Feb 12, 2009, 8:19pm EST
heck they have sugar free and fat free ice cream a little bit of that don't hurt.
Ginny W. Feb 12, 2009, 8:19pm EST
I am bad about good habits,but am trying to instill them in my kids before it's too late.
Mary G. Feb 12, 2009, 8:19pm EST
I love to eat the foods that aren't good for me like cookies; however, haven't been eating them. I had been eating fruit at snack time.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:19pm EST
thats a start ryan
Dagmara H. Feb 12, 2009, 8:20pm EST
Ryab stay away from cookies can be hard :)
kimberly g. Feb 12, 2009, 8:20pm EST
100 calorie snack packs of choc. cookies or muffins.
Ginny W. Feb 12, 2009, 8:20pm EST
I would buy more fresh produce of all kinds, but they don't seem to keep real well in my fridge.
Ryan M. Feb 12, 2009, 8:20pm EST
We usually do pretty good at meal time but lunches and snacks are pretty bad.
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:20pm EST
Hi Kimberly and Ryan. I agree the cookies aer not the best snack. I always baked my own when my kids were home so there wern't any preservatives in them. They never lasted long enough to have to be preserved.

Fruit was always a big item on the grocery bill. We raised a lot of our vegetables.
Ginny W. Feb 12, 2009, 8:21pm EST
I like bars, like South Beach or something for me. My kids are always stealing them though, lol!
kimberly g. Feb 12, 2009, 8:21pm EST
celery with peanut butter and a few raisins, you get the sweet taste without all the calories.
Ryan M. Feb 12, 2009, 8:21pm EST
Fresh produce goes bad fast in our fridge. Good thing I have 6 boys to eat most of it.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:21pm EST
Yes keeping fruits and vegetables in the fridge is difficult but i investied in a vaccum sealer and some produce can be frozen
Ginny W. Feb 12, 2009, 8:21pm EST
My kids are actually starting to realize how fake things like donuts and junk food taste now.
Ginny W. Feb 12, 2009, 8:22pm EST
aka yucky
Mary G. Feb 12, 2009, 8:22pm EST
Yes, its on Gather and I am ready to leave. Today I feel so out of energy, as they want me to eat all of the fruit I'm going to eat before 12.
Ginny W. Feb 12, 2009, 8:22pm EST
How much longer do they last for you Iris?
kimberly g. Feb 12, 2009, 8:22pm EST
being a diabetic, I cut half the sugar when I do make cookies. I am not a fan of the fake sweeteners they have out. nasty after taste.
Ryan M. Feb 12, 2009, 8:23pm EST
My personal worst food thing is Pepsi. I love the flavor and carbonation. I tried diet bu8t that just doesn't work. I know if I could cut out the Pepsi I would be doing a lot better.
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:23pm EST
Thanks Kimberly, now I won't feel so bad about all the ice cream I eat. Some of it is the "light" version.
My kids used to love to make their own jam in the summer when fresh rhubarb was in the garden. They made the kind with rhubarb, a package of Jello, usually strawberry or raspberry and of course sugar. It tasted good on bread or toast.
Ginny W. Feb 12, 2009, 8:23pm EST
Really Mary?
kimberly g. Feb 12, 2009, 8:24pm EST
you always can enjoy one of your favorite desserts, just cut down on how much you eat.
Janet Somewhere Up On The Mount Feb 12, 2009, 8:24pm EST
Hi everyone. Sorry I'm late.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:24pm EST
Well when i seal them they could last weeks in the fridge and months i the freezer
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:25pm EST
Kimberly sugar can be cut down in so many recipes. I use less sugar on oatmeal for instance because I add a half teaspoon of vanilla.
kimberly g. Feb 12, 2009, 8:25pm EST
homemade jam is good, tyr putting less sugar in it or use the sugar free jello mix.
Ryan M. Feb 12, 2009, 8:26pm EST
It is time for me to go cook dinner for the family.
We are having Tuna Casserole.
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:26pm EST
Hey Janet. Glad you made it. Does anyone know how long this chat lasts?

Iris, I alwys wondered if the vacumn sealers worked. Thanks for the input.
kimberly g. Feb 12, 2009, 8:26pm EST
Sadie, there is so many recipes that you can use sugar free applesauce instead too.
~~ Sarina ~~ Feb 12, 2009, 8:27pm EST
I have a lot of fresh produce in my fridge and found those green bags to be very helpful in extending the freshness of them.
Mary G. Feb 12, 2009, 8:27pm EST
I am really having a hard day, as think the sugar in fruits must have been giving me energy. I don't drink soda work out 30 minutes a day and gained 2 pounds this week.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:27pm EST
till 9 sade
kimberly g. Feb 12, 2009, 8:27pm EST
not sure how long the chat session is, probably until everyone stops?
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:27pm EST
Sound good Ryan. I used to make that often. really stretches the food dollar.

They didn't have sugar free jello when my kids were young, but I use it now.
Iris D. Feb 12, 2009, 8:28pm EST
I have heard of the green bags but never tried them. will soon
Mary G. Feb 12, 2009, 8:28pm EST
Its an hour chat.
Mary G. Feb 12, 2009, 8:28pm EST
I have to work right after its over.
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 12, 2009, 8:29pm EST
I never use sweetend applesauce. I like to keep a jar onf the unsweetened in the fridge for an evening snack. It is so much more natural tasting than the sweetened kind.
kimberly g. Feb 12, 2009, 8:29pm EST
til 9? not sure if I am going to make it that long. need to share the computer with my daughter, she hasn't been on in a couple days