Eating right conversation #3
I’ve often shared my struggles with eating right. I really just love junk food. I do my best to pack my kiddos healthy lunches for school. But my 2 oldest don’t ever bring their lunches. I know there are unhealthy snacks to choose from and most likely vending machines. I guess I’m a mean mom- I don’t give them extra money to take to school. I pay for their lunches online and monitor what they purchase online as well. I also send healthy snacks- like granola bars or fruit- for them since they have early morning football practice and are usually starving afterwards.
This is the 3rd conversation in the Looney Tunes Eating Right program. This week’s question is:
How do you ensure your kids are eating healthy at school. What are some of your kids favorite snacks?
Do you have any great tricks up your sleeve? I’d love to hear them!! Don’t forget that if you participate in this conversation or any of the past or future posts, you are entered to win the great Looney Tunes Gift Basket. Also, stop by Momlogic.com for healthy recipes and tips. Momlogic’s nutrition expert, Haylie Pomroy will be answering reader questions about nutrition. You can submit your questions to her and she will post answers starting the week of September 14th. You can submit questions to eatingright@wb.com.
Disclaimer: Although I think teaching our kids to eat healthy is super important, I have been hired by Warner Brothers to help pass along the info. as part of their WB Word of Mouth Program. Everything I’m writing is my own honest opinion.
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I don’t think you are a mean mom for not sending money with them. How are you to know they would use that money and make the right choices. I know back in school I would have bought cokes for lunch and that would have been it.
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Since I only have 2 in school and they are in elementary, I think it is easier to make sure they eat a healthy lunch because I am usually the one packing it. They do buy school lunch once or twice a week, but our school has unlimited veggie/fruit bar with each lunch and I know they take advantage of it. When I pack their lunches I always use whole wheat bread for sandwiches, always include a fruit or carrot sticks or something like that, and limit any pre-packaged foods. If they get a treat like a cookie or something in it, it is just that – an occasional treat.
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My son likes applesauce and granola bars. He likes bananas but that is pretty much the only fruit he likes.
I’m a horrible eater so I am a bad example. I like a lot of fruits but hate almost all veggies. I like my junk food.
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Sassy is pretty conscious of healthy eating. Tree Monkey just loves junk. I usually send the snacks with them or have them for when they get home. I do have a bag of snacks for L’il Red and have told the teachers NO sugar. He goes wild on it. It’s pretty weird to watch.
I keep my words focused on health (sugar lowers your immune system, refined sugar turns to fat faster than fatty foods, refined sugar speeds up tooth decay) – I don’t know if they are all true, but I was told to eat carrots for good eye sight and that was a lie. I’d be orange from all the keratin before my eye sight would improve. I always keep carrots on hand. Why? Because they are healthy snacks and they taste good with peanut butter.
I do not send my kids to school with money either. I ate too many candy bars and drank too much soda in high school, so my kids don’t get the choice- unless it’s their own money.
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This is such a great thing, tori. I think having healthy snacks around the house is the key–there are so many things we as mom’s can make/bake that can be healthy.
I think it’s great that you can buy lunches on line and monitor what they purchase–however, remember they may purchase and not always EAT.
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My daughter has just started half-day pre-school, so I don’t have direct experience on her eating at school yet. So far I’ve been very fortunate though – she loves fruit and veggies. At McDonald’s, she chooses the apple dippers over the fries! Wow, I can’t take credit for it, but I’m thankful. At Applebee’s she chooses the broccoli as her side dish on the kids menu. I love fruits and veggies myself, so I am a good example, but more than that, I think I’m just lucky.
When she goes to school, I hope she’ll continue to make healthy choices. Setting a good example and constantly reinforcing the benefits of healthy eating is the best thing I can think of to have her choose well.
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