Healthy Treats for your Kids

This year for Halloween give your kids the gift of health! Make them "carve" a pumpkin into healthy exercise choices. What you need: *orange sticky notes *one green sticky note for the top How: Sit down with your child or children and come up with a list of activities that are CARDIO, STRENGTH, and CORE. Write three on each sticky note. Then have your child pick three sticky notes a night and complete the exercise on the sticky they pick. For Example: CARDIO 10 jumping jacks 10 high knees 10 butt kicks STRENGTH 10 lunges 10 sit ups 10 push ups CORE 20 leg raises 20 scissor kicks 20 seconds hold in plank If you aren't going to help motivate them to get off the coach, than who will?

Ab workout and Great TV

Great Ab workout to do while watching The Blacklist tonight!!! This show is fantastic if you haven't started watching it already and you will be so into the plot of the show, you won't even know you burning your abs.

Prevent Overeating Crap

Weight Loss tip of the week; PREVENT OVER EATING 1. When you're craving an unhealthy food, tell yourself that you have to eat a healthy snack before you can have the unhealthy food. Eating the healthy food first will hopefully mean that you will eat less of the unhealthy food in the end because the healthy food will help to fill your stomach.

Real Weight Loss Tips

If your looking for the easy way out, your going to look forever. There is no easy way, and guaranteed if you find it, it wont last. For your weight loss tip of the day: Stop Eating at Least 3 Hours Before Bed! The kitchen closes 3 hours before bedtime. Schedule your dinners and eat at the table where you can be conscious of what, and how much, you’re eating. Seriously, this works! You could notice a difference in your clothes in a few weeks just by sticking to this!

Its PUMPKIN TIME!!!! Make this for an easy, fast breakfast! Skinny Pumpkin Overnight Oats in a Jar Ingredients: • 1/4 cup quick oats* • 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk • 2 tbsp pumpkin butter • 1 tsp chia seeds (can omit) • pinch cinnamon • pinch pumpkin pie spice • 1/4 sliced banana (freeze the rest for smoothies) topping: • 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk • pinch cinnamon • pinch pumpkin pie spice • 1 tbsp raw hulled pepitas (or any nut) Directions: Combine the oats and 1/2 cup of the milk in a jar. Stir in the pumpkin butter, chia seeds and spices. Add banana, cover jar, shake and refrigerate overnight. The next morning remove from the refrigerator and let it sit on the counter 30 minutes to take out the chill (or you can microwave a few seconds if you wish). Stir in the remaining milk, sprinkle with a little cinnamon and pumpkin spice and top with pepitas. Enjoy! Thanks Skinnytaste! For more great recipes and ideas on how to stay healthy, visit me at www.healthinspiredfinally.com!

I think if food looks better, your kids will be more willing to eat it. Well, that's not just kids, Adults are the same way. I made this for my BF's baby shower and it was a hit. It was gone faster than the chicken wings. REALLY! All you need is a melon baller or ice cream scoop and a good knife. Be careful though, I nearly cut the tip of my finger off because I thought I was Rachael Ray for a minute:)

Easy, Fast, Healthy Lunch for my kiddo!

 

 

If your like every mom in America, your busy. I think its helpful for moms to have ideas that are quick and simple for packing lunches everyday. So, I hope to post a new lunch idea as much as I can to help inspire some of you busy moms so you can encourage your children to eat good foods instead of the crap I have seen (I am a teacher). Here is the first lunch!

This was Eli's Lunch Today! Pineapple, cheese, turkey pepperoni, whole grain crackers, a homemade granola bar (thanks to Skinnytaste) cucumber, carrot and hummus. A juice box and a yogurt. Fast, Easy, Healthy!