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Words to Live By
Eat healthy. Maintain a heart healthy weight. Avoid junk food and empty calories.
Easier said than done, right? How are you supposed to avoid the chocolate bars calling to you from the kitchen cabinet or the ice cream crying your name from the freezer?
How am I supposed to avoid the bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs tempting me from beside the couch? They’re saying “Tara? Oh, Tara! You know we’re your favorite! We only come ’round once a yearrrrrr. You’d better eat some eggs before we’re all gone!”
Avoid empty calories? Come on. I could eat the bag until it’s empty. That’s the only empty I have the will power for.
But what if there was no junk food in the house?
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What then?
Then I would really think about whether I was hungry before I got a snack. It would take some time and effort to actually make a snack, so I would have to really need it.
Think about what it would look like at your house. The kids would reach for carrot sticks or apple slices instead of chips or cookies. Or they wouldn’t snack at all.
You can (and should) set yourselves up for success. If there’s no junk in your house, there’s no junk to tempt you. Stop hiding the junk from your kids; it’s no better for you to eat than for them.
Just leave it at the store.
Instead, stock up on healthy snacks. Fresh fruits and vegetables, an assortment of healthy dips and spreads, low fat crackers and breads, and many other foods will make wonderful – and healthy – snacks for you and your children.
Stop back tomorrow for Grace’s Kitchen when I’ll talk about good meals and snacks to satisfy a toddler’s appetite.
Don’t forget to stop back on Thursday for Grace’s Kitchen!
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This is great advice and what we practice in our own home. On the occasion that I do buy a treat, it’s a single-serving. My kids have absolutely NO willpowers against sweets, and I’m not much better. And my husband is trying to lose weight. Why sabotage our efforts to be healthy??
This is great advice and what we practice in our own home. On the occasion that I do buy a treat, it’s a single-serving. My kids have absolutely NO willpowers against sweets, and I’m not much better. And my husband is trying to lose weight. Why sabotage our efforts to be healthy??
So easy and yet profound! I try to leave them at the store, because they seem to call my name, too.
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I am so with you on this one. I seriously **think** I could eat an entire pizza. To clarify I have never eaten an entire pizza…but I know could. That in a nutshell is my problem…overeating…
I’ve been working on losing weight, which is an uphill struggle. Now I am exercising twice a week. I feel good doing it and should go more often.
Now to figure out what to purge from the junk closet — uh, I mean, pantry…
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I am so with you on this one. I seriously **think** I could eat an entire pizza. To clarify I have never eaten an entire pizza…but I know could. That in a nutshell is my problem…overeating…
I’ve been working on losing weight, which is an uphill struggle. Now I am exercising twice a week. I feel good doing it and should go more often.
Now to figure out what to purge from the junk closet — uh, I mean, pantry…
Musings from Me’s last blog post..Twitter Leads to Missing Ring?
This is great advice!! Something I’ve been trying to implement in our home as well.
I found something that has really changed our home.. if you’re interested check it out on my blog for today’s WFMW post.
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This is great advice!! Something I’ve been trying to implement in our home as well.
I found something that has really changed our home.. if you’re interested check it out on my blog for today’s WFMW post.
Amanda’s last blog post..Feeding Our Families NATURAL FOODS – THE EASY WAY!
So easy and yet profound! I try to leave them at the store, because they seem to call my name, too.
Sherry’s last blog post..Works for Me – Finding tried and true recipes online!
This was so funny to me because I just finished up a bag of Cadbury mini-eggs right before reading!
But really, we hardly ever have junk food in the house (promise!)
Jamie
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This was so funny to me because I just finished up a bag of Cadbury mini-eggs right before reading!
But really, we hardly ever have junk food in the house (promise!)
Jamie
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I also leave the junk food at the store (with the exception of an occasional carton of ice cream). If I want something sweet I have to bake it myself.
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I also leave the junk food at the store (with the exception of an occasional carton of ice cream). If I want something sweet I have to bake it myself.
It’s Frugal Being Green’s last blog post..Pasta Carbonara
Boy did I need to read this. I was just about to get the box of Milk Duds out and dig in! So, instead, I filled my cup of ice water to the brim and started chugging.
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Boy did I need to read this. I was just about to get the box of Milk Duds out and dig in! So, instead, I filled my cup of ice water to the brim and started chugging.
Lisa@Blessedwithgrace’s last blog post..My heart, today…
When I was growing up, my mother would never buy junk food, and I think that it really did us a world of good. The temptation is just so strong otherwise!
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When I was growing up, my mother would never buy junk food, and I think that it really did us a world of good. The temptation is just so strong otherwise!
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