![]() ![]() Use what works for you – weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, etc. ![]() Print them out so that when you plan your meals you can have a quick reference of what you already know works. Make a list of meals that you know your family loves in various categories (Breakfast, lunch, supper, snacks, sides, etc).The others help as well, but that one child has the responsibility with me for the week. Then that child is in charge of helping me with those meals. Now, I sit down with whichever child has “meals” for the week and we decide what we are going to eat. But, it is what needed to happen to ensure that we ate healthy, and on a budget. But once we worked out what everyone could snack on, eat for meals, etc. We definitely had to go through an adjustment, changing what we ate and when. At first I was exhausted, but soon got into the groove of things. I had to start baking everything at home. Soy is in EVERYTHING!!!! At least that’s what it seems like when you want to avoid it. My daughter became deathly allergic to eggs and soy. My allergies, as well as my children’s were getting worse. Not even a little chocolate here and there! What?!! It’s what I needed to break the cycle, though. She said I could introduce a little later on after I was healthy, but none for a while. ![]() Not only did she make sure my body started getting what it needed, but had me go “cold turkey”, 100%, off sugar. Finally, I went to a naturopathic doctor…and she changed my life. One reason I liked grabbing something was because of my poor health. So, this made us eat out less and less as we tried different places with no good results. We do not realize that the food we use for “comfort” or “pleasure” is totally ruining our energy and general health. I truly believe that we can become so used to bad food that we become accustomed to how bad we feel. After a few days, we tried something different….same result. It was just that our bodies were protesting the bad food after are fast from eating out. We felt horrible, and it was not from some mysterious bacteria that we had to fight off. The first time we decided to grab something at a fast food restaurant, 3 out of the 4 of us got very sick. What I did not anticipate was the fact that my body had gotten used to eating good food (besides the sweet drinks). They aren’t the ones who have to cook!! I thought they were choosing something easy for themselves and hard for me,…but I relented…though, I quickly convinced them that getting an iced tea or pepsi was not “eating out” (Wow, was I addicted!).Īfter Easter I was excited because I could get lunch out for me and the kids again occasionally and not spend my LIFE in the kitchen (that was how I saw it then). Sure, it’s easy for them to decide to stop eating out. They finally all decided that they should fast from eating out. They immediately said they wanted to do this too…until I mentioned that they could fast from playing the wii. One Easter my children asked about these things and I explained fasting. Ash Wednesday, before Easter, it is common to see a lot of people with ash on their foreheads and many restaurants start serving fish. First, we live in an area that has a high population of people who are Catholic. It took a few things to happen for me to change my ways (and thus, my family’s ways). ![]() I was definitely addicted to sugar, caffeine and salt. I told you WHY We Eat Out Less, now I want to give you the HOW We Eat out Less. ![]()
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