Study Shows Exercise in Youth Can Help Protect Girls From Breast Cancer

A study just released by Harvard University and Washington University shows that girls ages 12-22 that exercise will lower their risk of premenopausal breast cancer by 23%. Studies show that just moderate walking 3 times a week is enough to gain this important benefit. If we didn't have enough motivation before to get our daughters exercising, this is certainly an imperative reason! This study supports previous research touting the benefits of exercise and breast cancer prevention.

Monday's recipe: Vegetarian Tamale Pie

My recipe this week is a family friendly, nutritionally healthy vegetarian Tamale Pie. It is from the website www.hungry-girl.com. Great recipes on there. I made this one for my own kids and they loved it and I thought it was delicious also.
Hope you like it!

Hungry Girl Hot Tamale Pie
PER SERVING (1/6th of pie): 220 calories, 2.75g fat, 630mg sodium, 37g carbs, 3.5g fiber, 8g sugars, 16g protein --

Ingredients:
For Topping 1 pouch Betty Crocker Authentic Cornbread & Muffin Mix 1/4 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters) 3 tbsp. no-sugar-added applesauce
For Pie One 12-oz. package frozen ground-beef-style soy crumbles (like Morningstar Farms Meal Starters Grillers Recipe Crumbles or Boca Meatless Ground Burger) 1/2 cup canned sweet corn kernels, drained 1/2 cup canned black beans 1/3 cup chopped onion 2 tbsp. taco sauce 1 tbsp. taco seasoning 1/2 tsp. ground cumin Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together cornbread mix, egg substitute and applesauce. Set aside. In a large pan sprayed lightly with nonstick spray, begin to cook onions and soy crumbles over medium heat. Once crumbles have thawed, add in taco seasoning, cumin, and 1/4 cup of water. Stirring occasionally, continue to cook until the water has absorbed. Then add the taco sauce, corn, and black beans, and mix well. Pour mixture into a large round casserole dish sprayed lightly with nonstick spray, and then evenly cover with the cornbread topping mixture. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, or until top is golden brown and firm. MAKES 6 SERVINGS

Last weekend to see the Dallas Children's Theater play "EAT"

If you have a chance this weekend you should not miss the Dallas Children's Theater play, EAT!-It's not about food. It is a tremendously powerful play about eating disorders and the effects of everyone's lives surrounding them. It also addresses media and body image issues. While it is a tough play, it is also very funny. I would recommend it for all parents and teens 13 and up. You can go to http://www.dct.org/ for tickets. Show times this weekend are: Friday at 7:30, Saturday at 1:30 and Sunday at 1:30 and 4:30. The reviews have been terrific. If you want to read them click on the following links:
https://webmail.smu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.peoplenewspapers.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=%26nm=%26type=Publishing%26mod=Publications%253A%253AArticle%26mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791%26tier=4%26id=71D8768B238C4FA7AC5A4BEF550A50BB%26AudID=DA7D68F24889442D98449D08560D8327

https://webmail.smu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.guidelive.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/performingarts/stories/DN-eat_0414gl.ART.State.Edition2.46241cb.html

Mandy

Summer is almost upon us!

While all this focus in the media has been about making food in the schools healthier, taking out vending machines, etc-did you know that studies show that the majority of kids gain the most weight in the summer? This summer, let's try and reverse that trend. How to keep kids from playing playstation and watching tv all day? Try coming up with a new sport as a hobby that the family can do together, or the child can practice alone in the yard.

For example, buy some inexpensive lacrosse sticks ($10.00 for two) and practice throwing, catching, running together. Make a makeshift goal between two trees. Kids love to play this fun and challenging game-even if they've never even seen lacrosse before.

Welcome to the Girls in Motion Blog

Hi, my name is Mandy Golman and I started Girls in Motion in 2004. You can visit my website at girlsinmotion.org. Girls in motion trains college age women to mentor preadolescent girls with the goal of promoting positive body image and preventing obesity and eating disorders. Girls in motion strives to empower young girls to appreciate their bodies regardless of their shape or size! Through this blog I hope to create a community dedicated to our cause of empowering young women. I will be commenting on recent studies, providing helpful hints on nutrition, fitness and body image for families, book reviews, and recipes, just to name a few! Please provide feedback, questions you have, etc. That's why I'm here!

I'm so excited you could stop by!

Don't forget, we have a healthy and delicious recipe coming up on Monday so be sure to check it all out right here on my blog!