Comments on: WFMW - Backwards Day

By: Kristine/SHS

Kristine/SHS — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:40:45 +0000

And I thought we were doing so well. Does this mean a Supreme Pizza isn’t enough? With a glass of milk? How about for breakfast?

By: De'Etta

De'Etta — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:12:22 +0000

Wow - can’t wait to have the time to come back and read all the comments. LOL

By: Karen@FamilyBriefs

Karen@FamilyBriefs — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:50:18 +0000

Come check out my site on Mondays - I participate in Menu Plan Monday, and I believe MOST of what I serve is healthy. I try to offer a meat, starch, 2-3 vegetables for dinner most nights. We have a 2-bite rule in the family that you must eat 2 bites of everything on your plate. By offering several veggies and fruits, I feel like we do pretty well even if the kids only like 1 or 2.

For our snacks, we completely cut out the packaged fruit-shape snacks. Instead, we offer a variety of crackers, popcorn, nuts, dried fruits, grape tomatoes (this is one of our favorites), and keep carrots, celery, and apples cut up in the fridge.

Good luck!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:32:21 +0000

Forgot to say that I also have the 1:00 a.m. blogging down pretty good (LOL)!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:27:48 +0000

One thing I do to help us get more veggies is to double or triple the amount called for in a recipe. The other night we had stir fry and I added one entire extra bag of snap peas and a couple of extra handfuls of mushrooms to the recipe! Only ONE person in our family noticed that there were a LOT more veggies this time but he still ate everything just fine.

By: Aunt Kate

Aunt Kate — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:24:59 +0000

WOW. These hints are wonderful. GO GO- on to healthy living. AK

By: An Ordinary Mom

An Ordinary Mom — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:41:28 +0000

One thing that helps us a lot is to menu plan. That way you have healthy choices on hand when you are hungry. Also, the more you cook your own food as opposed to going out, the healthier the meals will be.

My husband is still in graduate school so our budget is VERY tight. However, since we hardly eat out, we do have some more money to always have fruit and veggies around. I also stock up on frozen veggies when they are on sale.

One last thing. When feeding my kids (who are EXTREMELY picky eaters) I use this rule of thumb when serving them: water, protein, grain, fruit and veggie.

Good luck!

By: Rachel B

Rachel B — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:28:12 +0000

Wow. Zillions of good answers. I have none. This is one area that–should I say “we really need to work on” or “I just don’t seem to care as much about but I probably should”. One of those. We definitely need to work on the veggies thing. I find it hard because I ate the minimum amount of required veggies as a child, as did all my siblings, and yet we eventually decided at some point they were edible. So, I have a hard time believing that forcing my kids to consume them will work. But maybe I need to figure out a good bribery system. Your chip idea seemed really good, and I think Abby could probably get excited about it. My husband only ever eats the minimum requirement still–so I have no idea how to motivate him. I keep telling him, once the kids are grown, it’s gonna be salads and pistachios and long, long walks for us. I think he’s planning to get a senior card at the local all-you-can-eat buffet.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:18:08 +0000

I have two words for you: Sneaky Chef. I just bought this cookbook, it talks about how you can sneak veggies and healthy fruits into regular kids food. I have to admit, I haven’t tried it yet.

I have been pureeing vegetables into my pasta sauce for a while now. I like the taste of all the different veggies in my sauce, but don’t like the texture, the added nutrition is just gravy.

I do bake our breads (mostly) and cook from scratch. My girls love fruit and are happy to snack on it.

I have also eliminated box dinners and I’m working on getting rid of cold cereal with all the sugar.

We have a long way to go but I feel good about the changes were making. I encourage you to listen to these wise people and do what you can to change your family’s eating habits for the better!

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:14:47 +0000

OK, I thought of another thing, I asked them to help with meal plans, they told me their favorite main dish and veggie, and once every two weeks they will get that as a meal. ARC