Being #1 is nothing to brag about. A foxnews.com headline reads, “Mississippi Ranked as Fattest State in U.S.”. Well, gee, who’d-a-thought. A full 30% of Mississippians are obese. (Check out your Body Mass Index here and get more information about weight/health.) The article made me more conscious than ever about my weight loss. It’s a slow go, but I’ve been able to drop a pound or two every month. It doesn’t sound like much, but at least the numbers are going down & not up.

A friend of mine works in the lunchroom at a county school. She says that no matter how appetizing they try to make the healthy foods, kids won’t eat them. So they offer lasagna, spaghetti and other high-carb, high-calorie foods that the kids will eat and offer very little in the way of physical activity. According to the article, schools will have to change their ways this year and next. Let’s hope it works.