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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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Moved out all the white and replaced with whole wheat. Working on getting all the processed out and just use whole foods as much as possible. Veggies and or fruit with every meal.
I add wheat germ to things I bake. They don’t even notice but it adds a boost of nutrition.
We take our daily vitamins, exercise in some form everyday, and try to eat healthy (make the best choices) at every meal.
We do yoga together!
We keep fresh fruits and veggies out and try to stay away from processed food.
To keep our place healthy, I only keep healthy foods in our house. Most of our cupboards are empty, but the fridge is packed full of fresh foods.
I have a 6 month old and I love making his baby food! Its so healhty and I love knowing exactly what I’m feeding him! 🙂
I try to make sure we eat a variety of foods and minimize the junk. I’ve always tried to teach my daughter about moderation when it comes to sweets and even at 6 years old, she knows if she has too much sugar she just feels “icky.”
One of the ways we try to stay healthy is to eat healthy–lots of fruits and veggies whenever possible.
Exercise often and I bump up the vitamin C and Zinc around the cold & flu season time!
We play Just Dance 2 on the wii, take walks, play outside, and try to eat healthy foods… oj is always present in the house
I do the majority of the cooking since my husband and I have different ideas of “healthy” foods.
try not to even bring junk-type food into the house. If it isn’t here- we won’t eat it. If it IS here – we will
I tell my kids to try and “eat all the colors of the rainbow” (and skittles don’t count). We drink mostly water and all exercise/participate in sports regularly. No couch potatoes around here!
Keep veggies and fruits on hand…and try to cook from scratch often.
We plant a garden and eat fresh vegetables from June through November. I also can and freeze vegetables to use year round. Last year I made spaghetti sauce, salsa, chili tomatoes, green beans and applesauce. I plan on canning more this year.
they love peanut butter and banana smoothies – and I always throw in some spinach – in any smoothie.. makes ’em green – but they don’t taste a thing 😉
All ways have banana’s and oranges on the counter. The strawberry farm is now open so their will be fresh strawberries in the fridge along with other fruit. No soda in the house unless it is to celebrate a bday, thanksgiving or Christmas. The kids play outside when every day when the sun is out – riding bikes or just running around enjoy the day no sitting and watching TV all day when it is nice outside. The kids are pretty good about eating dinner that I make.
I try to cook mostly healthy dinners throughout the week, and we will exercise often. My husband and I are both involved in sports teams to make it more fun!
We ear or attempt to eat healthy limiting red meat and we all paricipate in various forms of exercise.
I sneak veggies into everything I possibly can (carrots in spaghetti sauce!) and walk as much as possible. When I can’t walk outside I ride my bike inside while watching the news.
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My very active tribe of 11 children always play outdoors either in our backyard, swim or football teams, and we never let them drink soda! Tropicana is a big treat as they usually have milk or water, so we love OJ!
We get lots of Vitamin C from our daily glass of orange juice and we started eating smaller portions and have incorporated more vegetables, less meat.
Eat lots of fruit and veges
We eat a lot of whole wheat pasta and brown rice, and I cook a lot of fresh vegetables. I always have fruit with our meals too!
An apple a day…it really seems to work!
I take the kids for walks and bike rides, send them outside to play a lot, show them that exercise is good for you and can be fun also, and we make good decisions with our food choices.
We drink lots of water so we aren’t drinking our calories! I don’t have unhealthy foods in the house, so we are not tempted. We spend lots of time outside 🙂
We get outside in the sun as often as possible & I make my 9-month old daughter homemade food as much as I can.
To keep my family healthy, I make sure that we incorporate a variety of fresh fruits and veggies into our daily meals.
I also try not to keep junk food around.
My 13 month son loves to be on the go, so we play outside a lot and he loves him some plain old water and amazingly he eats his fruits and VEGGIES with NO hesitation. He hasn’t turned away any veggie I have given him and that includes asparagus, peas, and broccoli.
I try to cook healthy on top of exercising.
We love to play outside together. We do cartwheels, play t-ball and walk together.
I try to make as many healthy and wholesome home cooked meals as possible with as little “fake” food as possible.
I try my hardest to avoid having any “junk food” in the house and when I cook, I’m always finding creative ways to sneak in veggies! God love my husband, but he’s like an overgrown child and doesn’t have an ounce of self-discipline when it comes to sweet/salty foods!
First and foremost, I make sure we all get plenty of sleep. When we start going to bed too late, and not getting the rest our bodies need, that’s when we start to get sick. My kids need at least 12 hours a night. I know that sounds like a lot, but if they don’t get those 12 hours, they are cranky, and tend to get the sniffles more often.