Healthy Families
Transitioning your family to a healthier lifestyle can be frustrating and challenging, but it is possible and the benefits far outweigh the short-term headache.... You can create a family that appreciates good food and understands why it's so important, you just need to be diligent!
Here are a few tips:
1. Have a conversation with them about WHY transitioning to healthier eating is important to you. Keep the focus on your needs to eat healthy and ask for their partnership in your goals. Speak from your heart. Invite them to share with you what’s really important to them. Once they’ve shared what they’re passionate about, you can link eating healthy to more pleasure or performance though healthier food choices. For example, say your daughter is really into dancing. Explain that eating healthy will increase her energy and strength so she can perform at her best.
2. Get them involved in the meal planning process. You can let each person in your family choose a meal each night of the week and then experiment with small changes you can make to make those meals healthier.
3. Have them help with the cooking. That can come as early as planting a garden or simply making cooking a fun thing the family does together. The more you do this, the more positive associations they will have with the cooking process. As you cook together, you can take the time to teach them in a fun way why certain foods are good for you!
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Copyright, 2017, Jackie Mart. For further information about this blog, or Optimum Wellness LLC, contact Jackie Mart at 712.790.5883 or Jackie@OptimumWellnessMN.com. As a holistic nutritionist and lifestyle coach, I will support you in taking steps to a healthier and happier you. My goal is to help you create an art of balance in your life. You will also learn how important balance between primary foods (relationships, physical activity, sleep, career and spirituality) and secondary foods (organic food and whole food) is.
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