Womens Health Tips ~ Smarter Eating With @EatSmartScales Give Away

No matter which point you consider the onset of middle years, one truth is consistent.  The middle years are sneaky.  One day you are enjoying your young adult life, full of plans and dreams and the next, you are finding you need to do a bit of simple math to remember just which birthday is upcoming this new year.  The sneakiness is not limited to the fleetingness of years, the average middle years Mom, even as she maintains the same healthy diet and exercise routine, gains an average of 1.5lbs a year and potentially loses 2.5lbs of muscle mass in the same.  A viscous cycle to be certain as muscle is the, well, muscle your body uses to burn calories.  Of course, if your commitment to eating healthy or to your physical activity routine slacks off over the years, the impact of each additional year can lead to even greater concern.

Gravity and time - 

not friends of the middle years Mom

In fact, doing a bit of research into the fun of what is to come, the laundry list of possible symptoms of pre-menopausal and menopausal women are all things I'd rather avoid.  Slowing metabolism, weight gain, muscle and bone loss, shrinking, deteriorating eyesight, increased moodiness and irritability, gray hair - where is the silver lining?  Never having been one to easily accept a lack of easy options as a stopping block, I must conclude that if one does not want to give into the impending joys of middle years, a Mom must be prepared and fight back.

Rather than allowing yourself to take a lax approach to your diet and even maintaining your eating habits, becoming more diligent in your daily diet and exercise routine can help to boost your metabolism and prevent the natural process of weight gain, as well as help to improve your mood and energy level.  Arming oneself with the right information and healthy tools for success are key in fighting the good fight.  Having an opportunity to test the Eat Smart Precision Elite Digital Kitchen Scale, I would certainly place it on my recommended short list.

Focuses on the inclusion of more of the right foods in a middle years Mom diet and calorie control works hand in hand with an increase of productive physical activity to best the aging process.  Drinking more water, consuming more lean proteins and fiber as well as boosting the variety of your diet, including plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables can make a tremendous difference.  I appreciated the my Eat Smart scale came with a comprehensive guide, outlining all the important food groups I need to be focusing on.

As with any health effort or maintenance program, the ease of using a system helps to ensure you will stick with it.  The Eat Smart Precision Elite features a large, easy to read display and function buttons.  I loved that I can easily switch from weights by pound, to ounces and grams.

As is likely the case in any busy household, keeping my kitchen counters free of clutter can make an important difference in sticking with my family's busy schedule.  The Eat Smart Precision Elite scale is sleek, trim and lightweight.   The weight tray generous enough to accommodate whichever dish whose contents I might desire to weigh, yet unobtrusive on my kitchen counter.  While a solid and well-constructed unit, its light weight makes it easy to store away in a cupboard or move about the kitchen for convenient use.

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***GIVEAWAY***

Eat Smart is generously offering That's What She Said readers an opportunity to win an Eat Smart Precision Elite Digital Kitchen Scale, ARV $59.95!

This giveaway is open to residents of the US, 18+ and will end on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 11:59pm EST.   Winner will be selected randomly from all eligible entries.  Winner will be notified by email and must respond within 48 hours or an alternative winner will be chosen.  If you email address is not available through your comment name, please leave it in your entry comment in anti spam format.

***MANDATORY ENTRY***

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GOOD LUCK!

I received an EatSmart scale to explore for the purposes of creating this feature.  The opinions above are both honest and of my own experiences.  Sponsor is responsible for supplying and shipping prize.  Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+ are not involved in nor responsible for this giveaway in any fashion.