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Are We Really Feeding Our Families Healthy Food? – A Challenging Rant

July 2, 2009 at 9:11 am Leave a comment

Many of us believe we are feeding our families good and healthy food most of the time.  We take great pride in using low fat this and that.  The problem is that we are not looking at the whole picture.  When taken as a whole, chances are we are really leaving a huge hole in their nutritional needs while most likely overdoing it on the fat and sugar.  I hear you, even through the Internet you are screaming, NOT ME.”  It’s time to put up or shut up.

I propose a challenge; I challenge you to record all the meals and snacks you prepare for your family for a two week period.  I strongly feel that when you go over your meals you will find that there may be a large area you can improve on.  I have a cheat sheet for you to enter the meals and snacks, just click here to see it.

The ideal test would be for you to fill this sheet out without knowing you will evaluate it after two weeks.  There is a chance knowing you are going to be accountable for the nutrition of your family may influence what you prepare.  The good side of this is that if you are more careful then it is a lesson learned and hopefully you will be more diligent in the future.  This exercise is geared to help you become more cognizant of how to feed your family better and learn to plan your meals better.  No one will be looking over your shoulder to compare notes, although having a coffee session with a few of your friends who also take the challenge may help all of you develop better habits.

I am interested in how this works for you.  Please feel free to add your comments after you give it a try.

Entry filed under: Rants, Semi-Rants and Non-Rants. Tags: meal planning challenge, Weekly meal planner.