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July 20, 2011 12:24 PM
ABC News? Mary Bruce (@marykbruce) Reports:
In a new cover story, First Lady Michelle Obama opens up about her family?s struggle to lead a healthier lifestyle and even jokes that she?s now in better shape than the president.
After a trip to the pediatrician?s office encouraged her to change her family?s diet, the First Lady explains how she quickly learned that she could make a big difference by paying attention to the small stuff. ?I started thinking ?I?ve done some really minor things ? not a wholesale change that my kids would even notice,?? she tells Better Homes and Gardens.
Photo courtesy of Meredith Corporation.
?Children?s habits can be changed so much easier than adults,? says the First Lady, who has made fighting childhood obesity her personal cause. ?They don?t have control over their diets ? we do.?
Mrs. Obama admits that life at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. took some getting used to and that she?s upped her workouts to make up for her more sedentary lifestyle. Now, however, she says she?s in better shape than her husband.
?I always tease him I?m in better shape than he is,? she says. ?I can do long workouts. He?s the president,? she says.
The First Lady - who today is announcing new partnerships to bring more fruits and vegetables to ?food deserts? - stresses that the home front is crucial to changing children?s eating habits.
She admits that it wasn?t always easy to put healthy meals on the dinner table. ?I had two little kids; I was busy? We had take-out at least three times a week. I didn?t realize that these habits were affecting my kids? health. It was just what I felt I had to do to survive and keep the household going,? she explains to Better Homes and Gardens.
The First Lady also reveals she didn?t always love eating her veggies. ?My brother Greg [sic] and I, we have our stories about scooping the lima beans onto the floor and then coming back later and cleaning them up,? she says.
The August issue of the magazine marks the first time in more than four decades that a public figure has graced the cover. The nine-page spread on the First Lady comes complete with glossy photos of the First Lady hosting a White House picnic with local school kids using foods from her White House garden.
While her vegetable patch has been embraced by the public, Mrs. Obama says First Daughter Malia was not pleased with all of her mother?s plans for the garden. Malia ?was not happy about the fact that we were going to have a beehive ? she?s terrified of bees,? the First Lady says, although it?s not clear if Malia has come around to the bees or not.
July 20, 2011 in Mary Bruce, Michelle Obama, Political Punch, President Obama | Permalink | Share | User Comments (21)
Being in shape does not necessarily mean being thin; and even those who eat a mostly strict diet have the right to splurge every once in a while. It is called self control.
Posted by: Cynthia | Jul 20, 2011 3:01:14 PM
Being in shape does not necessarily mean being thin; and even those who eat a mostly strict diet have the right to splurge every once in a while. It is called self control.
Posted by: Cynthia | Jul 20, 2011 3:01:13 PM
Perhaps you need to reexamine your hip line, madam.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | Jul 20, 2011 2:48:30 PM
Her 'hip line' is not fat and is probably hereditary. Same for your ignorance perhaps.
Posted by: Straff | Jul 20, 2011 2:59:32 PM
Perhaps you need to reexamine your hip line, madam.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | Jul 20, 2011 2:48:30 PM
I have an idea on fighting childhood obesity: pass a law that only produce, dairy, lean meats, and whole grains may be purchased with food stamps.
Posted by: okiegal | Jul 20, 2011 2:46:34 PM
You mean like the 1700 calorie meal she ordered at Shake Shake? This lady has some serious problems with the truth. The pictures of her gardening in $700 blue jeans for one.
Posted by: credit man
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ABC has a real credibility problem posting crap like this....She is the poster child for Hips&Thighs mag
OBAMA______VS______AMERICA
Posted by: Yep I said that | Jul 20, 2011 2:39:00 PM
Does this mean all the chefs at the White House were let go and she is planning/preparing the meals?
Posted by: Give me a Break | Jul 20, 2011 2:32:46 PM
Is the garden she refers to the same one
that provided the "fake" produce for the food network program "Iron Chef"? Doesnt all of this feel a little staged?
Posted by: shawn | Jul 20, 2011 2:05:43 PM
Glad someone brought up her fast food meal of Fries and hamburger, after she told us how "healthy" she eats! HAHAHA. Just like her hubby who lied about his mother's health insurance not paying.
Posted by: Ann | Jul 20, 2011 1:59:07 PM
What does she do all day. she has her mother taking care of her two kids. By the way, I don't really give a rat's behind what shape this woman is in, after all the money her husband spent that we and our children and grandchildren have to pay back. Go away and take him with you.
Posted by: Ann | Jul 20, 2011 1:57:10 PM
I would bet she could pin him too.
Posted by: LongT | Jul 20, 2011 1:56:18 PM
You mean like the 1700 calorie meal she ordered at Shake Shake? This lady has some serious problems with the truth. The pictures of her gardening in $700 blue jeans for one.
Posted by: credit man | Jul 20, 2011 1:40:05 PM
It took Michelle Obama to enable some to discover home gardens?
Posted by: LongT | Jul 20, 2011 1:39:54 PM
Bravo to our First Lady. So real, so family orientated, so smart and beautiful. There are plenty of "food deserts" in our country and no one has ever addressed this. She has inspired a country, especially with bringing the garden back. I have a potted one and daily supply of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. Next year, I will branch out even more. Thank you, Michelle Obama for being the wife of our president!
Posted by: raven | Jul 20, 2011 1:34:11 PM
"Food desserts?" I believe it probably is desserts for Michelle, but I think you meant deserts for the rest of us. Freudian slip there, ABC??
Posted by: Jane | Jul 20, 2011 1:33:20 PM
Michelle is in better shape than skinny 3 packs a day Barack. Supposedly he quit, but that's questionable. He seems to be wasting away as time goes on.
Michelle is quite muscular and could probably take on someone like Serena Williams in a cat fight and definately smack Barry around if he gives her any lip!
She also has lot's of Junk in her trunk as well.
Posted by: RevTech | Jul 20, 2011 1:32:24 PM
It's obvious that she is more of a man than she is ! Look how wimpy he looks !
Posted by: B.B | Jul 20, 2011 1:26:40 PM
She is in 'shape'? Baby has serious back and we are to believe her?
HANDS OFF MY FRIES LADY!!
Posted by: Repubtallygirl | Jul 20, 2011 1:15:30 PM
If she is in better shape than Barry, than that means that Barry is in horrible shape. Michelle Obama looks like Dennis Rodman in drag, after he's been retired from the NBA for 10 years. When will she blame President Bush for her big butt?
Posted by: Peter King | Jul 20, 2011 1:04:17 PM
Nice....Why dont you go comment on the Faux News site. You will fit right in!
Posted by: Jim | Jul 20, 2011 1:12:03 PM
She's smarter then him too, and doesn't tell near as many lies.
Posted by: dean | Jul 20, 2011 1:07:14 PM
good for her.
Posted by: catman | Jul 20, 2011 1:00:23 PM
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