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Let’s face it, it’s tricky to keep the family healthy ALL the time. We are constantly trying to stay on top of good health whether it’s running around outside, riding bikes or walking through Disneyland…often 🙂 There’s no secret, it’s a challenge, but we try to have fresh fruit and vegetables on hand so we can eat as much as possible. It’s nice when there is so much goodness packed into orange juice like Tropicana, I know my kids are getting their fruit serving just by drinking a big glass of juice!
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We get exercise, try to get enough sleep & eat our fruits & veggies.
Keep us active and add whole grains to our diet whenever possible.
The main thing I do to help keep our family healthy is buy lots of fruits and veggies from Sam’s – if we have a large quantity in the house we work harder to incorporate them into every meal so nothing goes bad! Fruit and veggies are ALWAYS provided as snack options, and always included in my son’s packed lunches for school every day (and usually in mine too!) I work on meal planning each week to try to help ensure a balanced diet and we focus on trying to get out and play together and take walks together when we can!
I make sure to always have everyone’s favorite fruits and veggies around to snack on, and we go on lots of walks.
By making sure everyone stays active and gets enough exercise, from the kids to myself, not too much time in front of the TV, and lots of healthy home-cooked meals.
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We try a “new fruit or veggie” every week (I let the kids pick it) and try to incorporate as much colour as possible into our food! Multi vitamins are a daily thing too!
We only eat out once a week so we have greater control over how our meals are prepared. Plus, it saves us money!
I try not to be a germ freak! That way they are exposed to things, and can build immunity.
Get enough sleep, drink enough water, and eat healthy food…
I pack my kids a fruit or vegetable for their school snack every day!
I try to buy low fat or sugar free varieties of our favorite treats!
WE play ALOT outside… bike ride to the park alot in the summer!!!
I subscribe to a CSA – having a box of pre-paid vegetables every single week forces me to up the amount of veggies we consume by leaps and bounds!
My two babies and I walk where we can. The doctor’s, the park, the post office, the pharmacy, friends’ houses.
I limit my kids’ video game time and make sure they spend time outside playing as much as possible. If they want a treat, or something sugary, I try to make sure they eat something healthy first, like a fruit/veggie.
trying to buy as many organic fruits and veggies as i can!
I have picky eater in my house so I do sneaky things like hide shredded zucchini in meatloaf or cook with half ground meat half ground turkey, same with pasta I hide whole wheat pasta mixed with regular pasta. Sometimes you just have to be sneaky.
Well I don’t have a family YET, but I monitor my caloric intake and be sure to take my vitamins every day 🙂
i make lots of smoothies with spinach and orange juice!!
We try to get out and play in the yard most evenings!
I have very picky eaters, but we do a lot of natural peanut butter on homemade whole wheat bread.
We try to eat a healthy balanced diet and exercise!
We try to eat “whole” as much as possible; exercise as much as we can; drink in moderation; always wear our seatbelts.
We take lots of walks and bike rides!
A few vegetarian meals each week and milk with dinner.
Everynight when I am making dinner I place a plate of fresh cute veggies on the table for the kids to snack on! That way if they do fill up it’s at least on healthy things!
I make sure to cook for my parents. I like to use “faux” recipes like baked chicken instead of fried. They don’t even realize it most of the time!!
For my family, I read food labels and try to buy organic/pesticide free when I can.
My favorite trick is to add spinach to everything I can think of – soups, pastas, scrambled eggs, stuffed chicken, and so much more!
I always make sure to include a vegetable with each meal. Favorite: broccoli!
We try to exercise. We like to eat, so we exercise to avoid having to diet too much!
We take multivitamins, lots of handwashing and fruits and veggies.
I try to feed them salads at least 5 times a week and sneak some kale into it!
I keep fresh fruits and veggies in the house at all times for the GO TO snack items! We try to go to the gym 6 times a week, sometimes it is only 4-5 but that’s ok!
To stay healthy, we prepare healthy homemade meals and snacks, or in other words, we eat REAL food! It’s not always convenient, but we definitely feel like it is worth the effort!
We try to walk the 1.5 miles each way to school, unless the weather is snowy.