Well they say it takes 21 days to make a new or break and old habit. Giving myself the benefit of extra time I am saying 30 days (hey, I know me... ) and to make it work I am assigning myself Weekly Challenges! This weeks challenge, a fruit or veggie with lunch AND dinner every day for a week!
Today is DAY ONE and we had MYOS (Make Your Own Salad) for lunch. James had lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, green peppers, carrots and cheese. Melonie had lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, green peppers, carrots, celery, turkey, and cheese. Devin had lettuce, cucumbers, green peppers, carrots, celery, ham and cheese. I had lettuce, cucumbers, green peppers, carrots, celery, onions, turkey and cheese. We all ate really well and were pretty darn full! The kids and I got the munchies around 2:30pm and had the Pringles that were left in the can (1/2 a can split 3 ways) and that was the end of the Pringles for THE WEEK, yup, I am point blank refusing to buy any chips this week, we will eat what ever is in the house and THAT IS IT! (Why? Because I said so kids, that is why! LOL) It is NOT a popular decision with the under 10 crowd but I don't really care... no really, I don't! I need to lose weight and their snacking wants become my snacking habits... not gonna fly anymore! My snacking ideas are gonna become THEIR snacking habits, SO THERE!
(sorry for that shout.... and the foot stomp.... and the dirty look.... forgot I was typing and NOT talking to my kids....LOL)
Tonight we are having chicken for dinner so we are going to have mashed potatoes and either green beans or corn to go with it. I would love to have fresh, but going along with the if it is in the house right NOW we will get it eaten rule, we are going either canned or frozen. (need to make a trip to the basement to see what we have in the pantry and freezer) BTW I should REALLY make a list of what is down there and keep it UPSTAIRS, so I don't have to wander down there all the time LOL.
Today was also the kids first day of Summer Camp At Home, we call it Camp Cars and Stars because I let the kids choose a subject each summer to learn about, and this year Devin wants to learn about Car Engines and Melly wants to learn about Planets and Stars! Today is Wednesday, Cabin Cleaning Day (aka clean your room day) and our goal was to get both kids rooms done before supper and we did it! It took around an hour for each room and both kids helped clean each others rooms! Tonight during bath time we will work on my room which current has 2 laundry baskets full of THEIR clothes in there, so while one kid is in the bath the other will help me! We also got in our walk today, we walked to the grocery store to see James and to get freezer pops (already frozen) for 15cents each to eat on the way home as a treat. The kids have had 2 hours of TV time today (rather than leave it on all day) and played outside for an hour. Wednesdays are going to be our short on play time day if the rooms are messy like they were today!
We did get done MOST of the things on our list so we are pretty happy with our first day! The kids each earned a few awards for their hard work too!
Well it is time to go make supper and get ready to hand out those awards!
Today is DAY ONE and we had MYOS (Make Your Own Salad) for lunch. James had lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, green peppers, carrots and cheese. Melonie had lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, green peppers, carrots, celery, turkey, and cheese. Devin had lettuce, cucumbers, green peppers, carrots, celery, ham and cheese. I had lettuce, cucumbers, green peppers, carrots, celery, onions, turkey and cheese. We all ate really well and were pretty darn full! The kids and I got the munchies around 2:30pm and had the Pringles that were left in the can (1/2 a can split 3 ways) and that was the end of the Pringles for THE WEEK, yup, I am point blank refusing to buy any chips this week, we will eat what ever is in the house and THAT IS IT! (Why? Because I said so kids, that is why! LOL) It is NOT a popular decision with the under 10 crowd but I don't really care... no really, I don't! I need to lose weight and their snacking wants become my snacking habits... not gonna fly anymore! My snacking ideas are gonna become THEIR snacking habits, SO THERE!
(sorry for that shout.... and the foot stomp.... and the dirty look.... forgot I was typing and NOT talking to my kids....LOL)
Tonight we are having chicken for dinner so we are going to have mashed potatoes and either green beans or corn to go with it. I would love to have fresh, but going along with the if it is in the house right NOW we will get it eaten rule, we are going either canned or frozen. (need to make a trip to the basement to see what we have in the pantry and freezer) BTW I should REALLY make a list of what is down there and keep it UPSTAIRS, so I don't have to wander down there all the time LOL.
Today was also the kids first day of Summer Camp At Home, we call it Camp Cars and Stars because I let the kids choose a subject each summer to learn about, and this year Devin wants to learn about Car Engines and Melly wants to learn about Planets and Stars! Today is Wednesday, Cabin Cleaning Day (aka clean your room day) and our goal was to get both kids rooms done before supper and we did it! It took around an hour for each room and both kids helped clean each others rooms! Tonight during bath time we will work on my room which current has 2 laundry baskets full of THEIR clothes in there, so while one kid is in the bath the other will help me! We also got in our walk today, we walked to the grocery store to see James and to get freezer pops (already frozen) for 15cents each to eat on the way home as a treat. The kids have had 2 hours of TV time today (rather than leave it on all day) and played outside for an hour. Wednesdays are going to be our short on play time day if the rooms are messy like they were today!
We did get done MOST of the things on our list so we are pretty happy with our first day! The kids each earned a few awards for their hard work too!
Well it is time to go make supper and get ready to hand out those awards!