Healthy Eats-Along 2013

[sweets4ever]

Ahh, those tacos look delish, too!

That's definitely a huge focus of healthy eating with me -- portion control.  If I find myself getting too carried away with portions, I spend a week of measuring everrrrything to get me back in line.  I hate measuring, so I try behave.

[Juliettesjules]

I don't know about you guys, but a huge issue with my healthy eating plan is my child.  So we purchased Crunch a Color.  It's a card game that helps us all get our veggies in daily.  You can change it up to fit your lifestyle and food needs.  Meal times are no longer a battle and my husband and I are eating healthier.  If you've got kids I recommend (you can get it at amazon).

[LimeRiot]

That sounds like a great way to get the kids to eat their veggies! I don't have kids but I still love the idea of making healthy eating fun. Most things are better when they are fun .

[MareMare]

My nephs all love broccoli...when they were little I said broccoli was little trees and they love eating little trees now!

One of them threw a full-on fit in Applebee's one day because he saw another little kid had broccoli and he didn't!

[alteredmommy]

that's awesome Mare

I'm definitely way off track on healthy eating and need to get back to more fruit and veggies as well as drinking more water during the day...some days I go without eating a single piece of fruit and no water at all (I drink many cups of green/white tea but still..)  I also need to do a cleanse and pinpoint what is giving me stomach aches every time I eat a full meal    kinda putting that off, even though a couple of weeks of extreme clean eating makes me feel fantastic I CAN'T give up coffee and cheese and continue to function in this world.

[LimeRiot]

I'm with you, AM. There is no way I could ever give up cheese. I would happily live off of cheese, bread and salt .

Mare, that is so great that the boys already have healthy eating habits.

We had breakfast for dinner last night and I made these whole wheat oatmeal pancakes...
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Whole-Wheat-Oatmeal-Pancakes-241530

They were so yummy that we made another batch for breakfast this morning!

[sweets4ever]

Skipped lunch at a toddler birthday party (pizza and cake) and came home to make a deeeelicious BLT and avocado salad over rice.  Yummy in my tummy.

[MareMare]

Good job, sweets!

[craftylittlemonkey]

Ugh. Bloat. I think I've got to cut out grains entirely. No more bread, pasta, rice, corn chips etc. This is going to be a challenge .

[sweets4ever]

Ooh no   That's no fun.