Need lots of help and support!!

kgasser

Just a couple more tidbits to consider...fruit is great, but be careful, not all fruit is created the same...as a nurse if a diabetic has a low blood sugar we give them orange juice to quickly bring it up...but what goes up, must come down...again, fruit is great, just don't think that just because it is healthy you can use it to substutute the other sweets you want...don't forget, 2 large bananas are more calories than a bag of M&M's!

Point 2 - really make an effort to increase your protien each meal...the more protien, the less hunger later

Point 3 - Throw away all of your plates! Yep, that's what I said. My entire family eat off of children's plates and it really does help control portion size. I am getting tired of plastic, though, so I have been looking for some of the smaller ceramic plates.:bigsmile:

Just some thoughts!

Crunchytxmama

Just a couple more tidbits to consider...fruit is great, but be careful, not all fruit is created the same...as a nurse if a diabetic has a low blood sugar we give them orange juice to quickly bring it up...but what goes up, must come down...again, fruit is great, just don't think that just because it is healthy you can use it to substutute the other sweets you want...don't forget, 2 large bananas are more calories than a bag of M&M's!

Point 2 - really make an effort to increase your protien each meal...the more protien, the less hunger later

Point 3 - Throw away all of your plates! Yep, that's what I said. My entire family eat off of children's plates and it really does help control portion size. I am getting tired of plastic, though, so I have been looking for some of the smaller ceramic plates.:bigsmile:

Just some thoughts!

I also eat off of a salad plate every night. We bought a set of pretty, square china plates at Walmart and they come with a HUGE dinner plate, and a salad plate that is smaller than a regular dinner plate, but bigger than a normal salad plate. It's worked great for keeping portions down. We only eat off the big dinner plates on holidays, lol.

Crunchytxmama

when you make your casseroles add spinach, zucchini and opther veggie into them, you proabbly wont even know that they are in there!

I can vouch for this.

As a teenager, I worked in the kitchen for a summer camp. We put saurkraut in chocolate cake as a filler. The kids never knew the difference.

You know where carrot cake gets its name, right???

My dad claims to be able to tell when he is eating mushrooms. But not if they are chopped finely.

Moral of the story... get creative with veggies.

Gosh ...really?? This isn't the first time I've read these sorts of things here .. it just amazes me that families have to go to such lengths to get their loved ones to eat vegetables. Good stuff! Where on earth do people get the idea that veggies are yuckie? My kids (7 & 10 next month) will go through POUNDS of raw carrots in a week if I let them. Can't keep apples around to save my life - or pears. Broccoli.. gone. My younger loves frozen peas for a snack - right out of the bag...as in still frozen! lol.. give him a whole bowlfull and its better than any chip you could offer! They even eat brussel sprouts and raw spinach - they love salad! Like everyone, they have the things they genuinely don't like. Neither cares for tomatoes much and my younger doesn't dig potatoes. You know - I think I can be okay with that. LOL!!! I'm not a big zucchini fan. Big whoop. On top of that, we don't do anything special or crazy to hide the vegetables on their plates or in their bowls. So... I ask again - where does this notion come from to the point that hiding produce in a meatloaf is the solution to get them down the fam's throat? :-( I'm genuinely curious about this. Or do I somehow misunderstand what is going on with this phenomena? Thanks all for sharing your insights!!! :-)

I add extra veggies to casseroles, soups, and sauces to stretch the recipe and get a little extra veggies in, but we always have a large side of veggies with dinner. My kids love and ask for collard and turnip greens, broccoli, salad, etc. We go through an insane amount of fruit each week, and my son's lunchbox always has a veggie and a fruit with whatever his main thing is. I'm actually the one who struggles to eat enough produce, because I just didn't grow up on it! I think I sneak them in more for me than for them.

kgasser

We bought a set of pretty, square china plates at Walmart and they come with a HUGE dinner plate, and a salad plate that is smaller than a regular dinner plate, but bigger than a normal salad plate. It's worked great for keeping portions down. We only eat off the big dinner plates on holidays, lol.

I will look for those! Thanks!

tnewcom

i am gonna have to check into those! thanks