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Meeting Ronaldinho and Marta: two of the best soccer players in the world! Part 2 from our CA trip. (Find out what Marta’s favorite junk food is!)

July 27, 2009 8 Comments

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Our Trip to California:

  • Part 1 – Our son’s dream come true
  • Part 2 – Meeting Ronaldinho & Marta – soccer superstars!
  • Part 3 (coming soon) – My fitness evaluation and a 10-minute workout (Hint: I was not happy with my results.  Also, a way to lose 10 pounds instantly – sounds hokey but it’s true!)
  • Part 4 (coming soon) – Do you take supplements as an “insurance policy”?

NOTE: As I mentioned last time, part 1 & Part 2 don’t relate directly to Health & Nutrition, but they do relate to this blog and they also give you the back-story for parts 3 & 4, so I hope you don’t mind me sharing it all with you!

In part 1 I promised to tell you more about meeting Marta during our morning visit at the Nutrilite facility – Kal tells me she’s the best women’s soccer player in the world, and she plays on the team, L.A. Sol.  (Nutrilite sponsors her along with AC Milan.) The bloggers each had a chance to sit down with her for a short time and through a translator I asked a few quick questions:

  • What was your favorite food growing up as a child? Rice and beans.
  • What is your favorite *healthy* food now? I like to cook for myself when at home and I make traditional Brazilian foods like beans, salad and chicken.
  • What is your favorite “junk food”? French Fries. (I asked her if she liked chocolate and she said she doesn’t like sweets, but “a little is OK”!  She’s so tiny, I guess I’ll eat a little less chocolate and a few more beans…)

Read what Jordan, a 15 year old blogger who we met that day, had to say about meeting Marta:

“Marta, the world’s best women’s soccer player, came and spoke about Nutrilite. I actually got to sit down with her, one on one, and ask her a question. I asked her, “what she does physically, mentally, or emotionally before or after a game that separates her from all of the other players?” She started to tear up a bit and said that “she prays and that she thinks about how far she has come as a soccer player and that she has been doing her best all of her life and she wants to keep doing her best.” She seemed like a great and emotional person.” (Jordan’s entire post is here.)

Kal was pinching himself!

Get this:  next they took us to the Ritz Carlton hotel in Marina Del Ray to meet the players of the AC Milan soccer team!  Yes, this includes Ronaldinho!!!

First we waited in a room across the hall from where they were finishing their lunch.  I was so excited and caught up in the moment, even though a few days prior I had never heard of Ronaldinho or AC Milan!  Kal had, though, that’s for sure, he’s been a huge soccer fan for years.  He’s had the soccer jerseys and soccer screen savers, and all the stuff kids love, so he couldn’t even believe where he was.  They gave us jerseys and a ball to have signed – so fun!  Here’s a picture of Ronaldinho signing Kal’s jersey.

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More pics with a couple of the players (the lighting was not so good):

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Later we went to the Home Depot Center to watch the game between AC Milan and L.A. Galaxy in Nutrilite’s suite where they continued to treat us very well.  This was the game that they were talking about on the news all last week – the one when the L.A. fans were booing their own player, David Beckham, whenever he’d go near the ball.  Not a little, either, they were booing very loudly, it was quite a scene.  I thought it was a bit harsh, but Kal & others nearby thought that he just might have deserved it.

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What an amazing day, and a birthday gift that Kal will never forget.

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  1. KitchenKop says

    July 29, 2009 at 11:48 PM

    Hi Ben,

    Yes, I love that about Nutrilite, too, and plan to talk more about it in part 4.

    We haven’t had a chance to try sushi yet here in GR, but we’re both looking forward to it!

    Kelly p.s. Glad you like “Unagi”, you can have mine. 🙂

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  2. Ben says

    July 29, 2009 at 11:44 PM

    Kelly,

    Thanks for sharing your experience! I’ve been taking Nutrilite for years now and many people tell me that I look much younger than my years (48). Of course, I also try 🙂 to eat right and exercise. I like Nutrilite’s approach to Optimal health by looking at your total lifestyle and not just taking a bunch of supplements.

    I live in Hawaii and am of asian background so I enjoyed reading your first post and your description of sushi! Thought that was fun, hope you’ll be able to try more when you get home. By the way, Unagi (eel) is one of my favorites, lol.

    Thanks again!

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  3. KitchenKop says

    July 29, 2009 at 12:09 AM

    Hi Bryan,

    Geesh, you give the term “soccer Dad” a whole new meaning when you keep following the team even after your daughter is no longer playing! 🙂

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  4. Bryan - oz4caster says

    July 28, 2009 at 11:40 PM

    What fun !!! Looks like a great time. My daughter played soccer for four seasons and quit, but I enjoyed watching her team play so I kept following them the last two seasons. This last season they won their age bracket playoff tournament ! It was an exciting finish.

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  5. Audrey says

    July 28, 2009 at 9:02 PM

    I wish soccer had a bigger following here inthe US. I remember watching Baggio as a child. To think that women have come as far as they have in soccer is truly amazing.

    What an amazing birthday memory for your son!

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  6. Kelly says

    July 27, 2009 at 7:01 PM

    Nancy, isn’t it funny that the kid who complains the most about the lack of junk around here is the one who benefited the most from my blog?! God is funny. 🙂

    Vin, I’m going to email you with a question…

    Kelly

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  7. NancyO says

    July 27, 2009 at 10:57 AM

    I’ve got some boys who are pretty impressed! I’m thankful for Kal that he could see your efforts at sharing information reap benefits that even he could appreciate! 😉 But even more than that, I’m thankful that Kal has a mom who first took him to praise the God who made this possible for him…framing something like this is the key to training our children to see God in everything we do. What a blessing for you two to get to make these memories! Looking forward to the rest of the story!

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  8. Vin - NaturalBias says

    July 27, 2009 at 10:28 AM

    Sounds like a great trip and the fact that it was made possible through your blogging must have made it even better!

    Although most athletes unfortunately don’t take good care of themselves, I think a true (healthy) athlete is the ultimate expression of good health. I’m always fascinated by learning about how pro athletes live … including both the good and the bad.

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