Eat This!

Have you seen this book? I LOVE it! I'm not a real healthy person, I wish I was. I mean I do serve whole grains and a fruit and veggie at most meals. I make my kids eat fish- that's good, right? Do I know if they are getting their 1.4 Cups of veggies or their 4t. of oil? Who knows? What I do know- is this book is going to help me. It tells me things I shouldn't buy. Then it goes a step forward and tells we what things I SHOULD buy. That's HUGE! It's small, it fits in my purse, it's cute- the pages are color coded AND it has bright colorful pictures for us visual learners!!

It has a restaurant section that will tell you what you shouldn't eat AND what you should eat instead. So if you buy these for your kids, you might want to push the chicken nuggets vs. the cheeseburger. Nuggets- 375 Cal, 13 g fat, 610 sodium

Cheeseburger is 575 Cal, 16 g fat, 935 sodium- Ouch!

It even tells you what to buy for Easter, Valentine's Day, Halloween, etc. My neighborhood kids will not be getting fun Starbursts this year for Halloween- 170 Cal, 3.5 g fat, 24 sugars Instead, they get Skittles, 80 Cal, 1 g fat, 15 g sugars. I'm sure their Mom's will thank me!
Okay, I love these as much as my kids do- but for 160 cal, 10 g fat, 370 sodium? I would much rather have these- 120 cal, 3.5 g fat, 220 sodium
Pepperoni is a stple at our house- 140 cal, 13 g fat
Who knew there was turkey? For 70 cal, 4 g fat I'm SURE it tastes the same!

Bye Bye Capri Sun at 100 Cal and 26 Sugars

Hello Minute Maid Fruit Falls 5 Cal, 1 Sugar- Are you kidding me? My kids will never know!!
Ranch Dressing is more like a beverage at my house. 140 cal, 14 g fat
We are heading back to the "South Beach Diet Days" 70 Cal, 7 g fat

Those are just a "few" things I learned- fun stuff huh?