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Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today's video, I'll share the rules that I developed to determine what information I can tell other parents while being careful not to break the expectation of confidence with my kids. I have teenagers -- and they are great kids.  But they ARE teenagers, which means, by definition, that they push the boundaries of what is allowed -- as do their friends.  Our code word for this is "risky behavior."  This is an umbrella term that covers everything from breaking major rules, to use of elicit substances, to pushing sexual boundaries, to straight up criminal behavior.  As much as I would like to just shut down all of this talk with a "never do that!", I know this isn't really realistic -- and would totally end any meaningful conversations that I might have with them about decision making and peer pressure.   I'd like to stay engaged with them so that I can contribute to the con...

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar Channel and in today's video, I'll show you how I record my weight every day using my Apple watch and then export that data to a spreadsheet. I'm a big fan of recording your weight daily as a way to provide yourself with good data to figure out when you need to cinch in a bit and when you can let a little loose.  I have a video on regulating your weight with MyfitnessPal if you are interested in that.   When I was much younger, I didn't have the healthiest relationships with my weight, but after many years I've come to the conclusion that weighing yourself daily (in a non-obsessive way) helps to desensitize you to the fluctuations in your weight that are totally normal AND makes you more accepting of the weight range that you fall into.  So that means weighing yourself the night after eating Chinese food when your body is retaining 4lbs of water from salt intake AND weighing yourself when you ha...