Healthy school lunches for kids

Packing my girls' lunches is very important for me, especially since I have a child with a gluten/wheat allergy. Unfortunately, the lunches provided by the school are not in Becca's diet. Most everything in school lunches has now gone to wheat! I know that public schools are trying to make the food more healthy but it doesn't work for my gluten free child. I also know that my kids do not like most of the foods served at school. When my oldest, Maddy, used to eat at school last year she would always come home starving because she didn't like her lunch and therefore didn't eat her lunch. SO, I have figured out some very easy lunches for my kids and they LOVE them and EAT ALL OF THEIR LUNCH!

It's important to remember that kids will eat what they are giving as long as it peaks their interest. Kids love sandwiches but don't want a boring sandwich everyday. I talk to my girls and ask them what kinds of things they'd like to eat for lunch and I try to make it fun for them everyday. I use cookie cutters for sandwiches and roll and wrap foods together. I use a lot of color in their lunches , 1. for FUN, 2. so I know they are getting the right nutrition from all food groups.

So here are some of the lunches I have been packing for my girls everyday for lunch.

      Ham, turkey roll ups, hard boiled egg white, gluten free granola bar and gluten free veggie straws (this was at the beginning of this year when I was still learning the right ways to eat and was teaching my girls. I do not recommend using a lot, if any prepackaged foods because of the preservatives and sodium contained in these foods. I was learning and this was what we had.)

Whole wheat ham (we get fresh sandwich meats from the deli, not the prepackaged meats) and cheese quesadilla ( part skin mozzarella cheese and I simply just heated it to melt the cheese on the frying pan with NO butter), veggie straws, natural, organic, gluten free granola bar and organic

 apple juice 

                         Gluten Free peanut butter and jelly sandwich, gogurt, grapes, gluten free
                                                            granola bar and bottled water

                          Ham, turkey, pepperoni roll ups, fruit bowl with watermelon and grapes,
                                           gogurt, Pure granola bar with organic apple juice

    Tuna mixed with mustard and natural relish, whole wheat crackers (for my non gluten free child),                                      Organic, gluten free rice roll, raisins and organic apple juice

                    All natural, homemade, gluten free turkey meatballs (loaded with protein),
                                                         rice roll, raisins and bottled water

                     Gluten Free corn pasta noodles with gluten free natural tomato sauce,  part skim
                      mozzarella cheese stick, tangerine (fresh, not canned) with organic grape juice

                  Ham, turkey pepperoni roll ups, part skim mozzarella string cheese, greek yogurt
                   with blueberries, organic chocolate milk (this is a once a week treat for my girls)

         Pepperoni pizza quesadilla on whole wheat tortilla (my version of a healthier pizza for my                              gluten free kid) made with a little bit of cheddar cheese, Greek yogurt with
                                                     strawberries and organic chocolate milk

These are just a few of the lunches. I am still learning a lot about healthy, cleaning eating. I want my kids to understand the importance and the benefits of healthy eating so I am doing my best to provide them with clean, healthy lunches. I will continue to add more and more as I go.

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Why is it so hard to exercise? Do you have trouble GETTING and STAYING motivated? Do you need more support and accountability?

You KNOW need to exercise and you know WHY but why does it seem so hard to get motivated to get yourself moving?

Exercising is critical for safeguarding your health and setting a good example for your kids.

You CAN do it! You need to develop a good mindset and stay motivated. Change is hard and we think of all the excuses for why we think we can't exercise. Things get in the way and life is stressful. The kids misbehave or just want your attention. The pets need to be bathed, fed and walked. You work day was stressful and you just want to relax. You have a headache. You and your spouse are spatting. You are not getting a long with your family. The house is a mess, laundry is pile up and dishes are in the sink. These are ALL excuses we let get in our way of taking care of ourselves. We have to know WHEN it's time to take care of us and we have to STOP letting the excuses take over our lives.

Having a support system is crucial to your success. Having someone to keep you accountable will keep you motivated to keep going.
Here are 5 tips to get you moving in the right direction and keep you going:
1. Find personal motivation to exercise.
2. Set realistic small goals that will help you get to your final goals.
3. Stop thinking of exercise as something you HAVE to do but something you WANT to do.
4. Plan out your day and schedule time to exercise and MAKE IT HAPPEN.
5. Bounce back from set backs and get back up when you fall.

Join a challenge group! What's a challenge group? A challenge group is a group of people who have committed to getting healthy. Through fitness, nutrition, peer support and accountability a challenge group plays a key role in helping you achieve your goals. Being a part of a group with like-minded people will help keep you motivated and keep going! Let's talk about how I can help you find the program that's perfect for your goals and needs. I'll then get you set up in a challenge group and TOGETHER we will SUCCEED!

We've had some really rainy days lately. My girls and I dig into our science, arts, play board games or we make a movie and living room picnic day. We love what we do on rainy day but I'd like some new ideas. What do you do with your kids on

 rainy/stormy days?

I got my new workout swag in today! I love tanks that have a message on them. I am some what of a collector of fitness tank. I got these from http://www.blogilates.com! They have some really cute ones! 

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