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Chalene Johnson’s 10 Tips for Getting Your Kids to Eat Healthy

As hard as it is to fight your junk food urges, if you have kids, you probably know that getting Junior to make smart food choices is triple the challenge. It’d be excellent if you could just yell, “Hey, you! Eat your spinach!” But you can’t. As is the case when dealing with most aspects of a child’s life, it takes commitment, patience, and some serious cunning to steer them down the right path. If you’ve watched the “Healthy Eats” disc of the ChaLEAN Extreme program, you know that Chalene and her husband Brett made a commitment to teach their son Brock and daughter Sierra the benefits of a solid diet. Here, in Chalene’s words, is a little insight on how they did it. 1. Portion control. Digging into the entire box of goldfish crackers, or any other kid’s snack, is a bad idea. So it’s a good idea to empty out that box into smaller ziplock bags, for better portion control. Do this the moment the treats are pulled from the grocery store bags! This helps children unders...

THEY ATE IT ALL!!

I love meal prep! It comes in so handy. Although the food does seem to go faster then expected, what I have found is because the food is ready to go everyone makes better choices including the kids. We all make less lazy choices, which saves us money because we are no longer having to go buy fast food for lack of preparation (forgetting to defrost food, which I was nutoreous for doing). And everyone feels better and behaves more pleasant because their body isn't having to deal with toxic, chemically junk from poor food choices. What are your favorite snack/meals to prepare ahead of time? Anything specific your kids like? Mine obviously like berries! Lol!

Cute Kid Snack Ideas

http://www.halfhourmeals.com/food-for-thought/fun-food-for-kids-10-cool-and-healthy-snacks/