Meal Planning

A stylized photo of younger me in the freezer at the grocery store with the glass door craked open. The whole shelf next to me is filled with lean cuisine frozen meals.

In my social media feeds, I often see ideas for meal planning.  That’s likely because I’m a middle-aged woman with some weight to lose, but it got me thinking. Meal planning is touted for weight loss because you spend one day prepping healthy meals and then you can easily stick to your plan throughout the week.…

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Whole Foods

stylized photo of the Whole Foods logo and stylized photo of the fruit department

As Mikey got older and he was able to exercise more autonomy in choosing foods off the shelf, it helped me to take him to Whole Foods where lots of the choices are a bit healthier. For a list of skills you could tackle on a trip to the grocery store, click the link below.

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Food Shopping List

Photo of mikey picking his snap peas off the shelf and his grocery list all crossed off.

It’s been a while since we talked about grocery shopping.  Mikey loved to bring his own list and cross off each item as we put it in the cart. I wrote the list for him. At home, when he was asking for a food we didn’t currently have in the house, I’d show him that I…

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Lobsters

mikey looking at the lobsters, cartoon lobster stickers and the word lobsters in little kid handwriting.

Mikey didn’t eat the lobsters. He just liked to watch them in the tank. The lobsters were friends, not food. I probably stood there with the cart and Mikey while Will ran around the store grabbing all the stuff he wanted. Hey, it worked for us. Will was in 5th grade at this point and he…

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