Sunday, January 17, 2010

Working Moms Work Life Balance Tip: Develop Healthy Eating Habits as a Family

With overweight and obesity rates being about 30% for kids and adults, it is time to re-evaluate our diets. Sure I know you are saying that I am too busy to cook dinner every night, fast-food is much easier and convenient. Even Michelle Obama professes the same dilemma while balancing the work life challenges, but she encourages us to do better by feeding out families more fruits and vegetables.

Thanks to the internet we have choices our moms could never dream of such as online grocery shopping and delivery. You can actually order your groceries on the internet from the comfort of your home, and then have the groceries delivered. With this type of convenience you are saving time, stress and money. It can be difficult navigating the grocery store isle with kids who want everything in sight and let’s not mention the long lines to checkout. All of this will be null and void if you simply make your grocery list and sit down by the computer to order. You can even use grocery store or manufacturer coupons. Click here to sign up for online grocery shopping and receive $10 in free groceries.

The convenience of online grocery shopping can help you get your family on track to healthy eating because the time you save by not going to the grocery store can be used to plan meals. By planning your meals you will know exactly what your family is eating. This is not something you can control by going to a fast-food restaurant.

To make meal planning easier, use a cookbook with a quick, easy and healthy meal theme. Why? It takes the guesswork out of meal planning by giving your recipes that are healthy and easy to make. This also makes putting a grocery list together much easier.

Here is a list of some of the quick, easy and healthy themed cookbooks that I like:

1. Rachel Ray’s 30-minute meals cookbook – Rachel Ray has mastered the art of 30-minute meals. She has several 30 minute meals themed cookbooks. They are designed to make cooking at home fun. Click here to learn more about Rachel Ray’s 30-minute meals cookbooks.

2. Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Cooking – Sandra Lee’s cookbooks help you get quick and healthy meals on the table by using the 70/30 rule. The 70/ 30 rule is 70% of the meal is homecooked while the other 30% is store-prepared. The meals are tasty healthy and light. My favorite is Semi-Homemade Cooking Made Light. Click here to learn more about Sandra Lee’s Semi-Homemade Cooking.

3. Biggest Loser Cookbooks – The biggest loser cookbooks are based on the strategies to eat healthy as told to the contestants of the popular NBC show the Biggest Loser. My favorite is the Biggest Loser Family Cookbook: Budget Friendly Meals Your Whole Family Will Love because it shows you how to save money while eating healthy and makes everything convenient. Click here to learn more about the Biggest Loser Cookbook series.

By combining the convenience of online grocery shopping and using meal planning tips to promote a healthy lifestyle, you will help your family develop healthy eating habits.

What do I do next?
If you like the tips I outlined here, click here to learn about my self-help book for mothers.

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Check out these resources for working moms. They are designed to help you as a working moms with time management and stress so that you can have more me-time.


Free Online Tutoring at the Public Library
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Learn more time management tips for working moms

If you like these resources, please click here to learn about my self-help book that helps working moms get organized so that they can have more me-time and quality time with their family.


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