I read a great article today in NY Daily News about getting kids to eat more vegetables by serving water at mealtime instead of sugary beverages and juices. Kids and adults associate sweet drinks with salty foods like french fries. FACT! When I have a soda urge a few times a year, I want a cheeseburger.
I've always served my girls water with meals and they love vegetables however, I'm not sure if it is because of the water or because I've always served veggies to them starting from the time they were infants. I believe that if you give your babies a variety of vegetables, they'll grow up loving them. Hey, it's up to us to make them acquire tastes so they might as well be stuff that's good for them. I have a cousin who refused to give her kids vegetables because she herself hates them. Her kids are sick all the time. If the wind blows too hard, they catch a cold, if someone 7 houses down has the flu, they all get it. Their diet consists of fast food mostly, no vegetables and hardly any fruit unless it's soaked in sugar. Anyway, I digress.
The article explained how their research study showed that serving water with every meal could be a super effective and easy dietary change that combats childhood obesity as well as reduces dehydration. Also, drinking 16 oz. of water before meals reduced the study participants caloric intake by 75 to 90 calories. I can vouch for this. I do this before most meals.
Great article and I just wanted to share my thoughts on it! Comments, questions or suggestions are always welcomed.
Do you stink at getting yourself in shape?
I did and the sad part was that I was actually working out! I worked out in the gym 5 days a week….and I don’t mean going to the gym with a girlfriend and chatting half the time. No, I was going alone and doing workouts like kickboxing, spin, body pump, free weights, etc.
I Get Asked This Question All The Time...
"Michelle, In Your Opinion, What Really Is The Best Time To Workout?"
Kill your sugar craving with this Shakeology pie recipe.
I started another P90X workout challenge on April 9th. In addition, I drink Shakeology everyday and love it! It's a must-do because it helps me get through the workouts plus I get the fabulous physical results that I have. But sometimes I want chocolate in another form other than a shake.
