Patience truly knows the trick to being healthy.  Patience would you like a sandwich for lunch or salad? Well Momma I think I would like both. Half a sandwich and a salad. (That was her bread for the day) So that's fine. You never go wrong with veggies.

Sample photo of Patience's Dinner

 

 

 

Turkey Burger with salad. Grilled Pineapple and natural cheddar.  No bread was needed. She chopped the salad herself.

Just another photo of sample breakfast for Miss Patience

That's Turkey Bacon in the photo.

Not Pizza or Lasagna instead Cabbage...Still Patience approved

Doesn't sound very fun does it? For Patience's bread for the day- I made unstuffed cabbage roll soup.

The whole recipe had 1 cup of brown rice. And it was enough to feed 4 people.

I cooked the brown rice, browned the turkey meat along with a chopped onion.

After I cooked those two I added a egg to them. (draining the meat of course)


I chopped up a half of cabbage and sprayed a casserole dish. and just layered cabbage, (uncooked) rice/meat mixture , cabbage.


Then I put a can of tomato on top with half a can of water and 1/4 can of tomato sauce. Mix the whole dish.

Seasoned to taste. Salt/pepper. Baked for 1 hour with lid on and 30 minutes with lid off.


The main reason I serve something like this is Patience nor I need all that pasta/rice. The cabbage

was a fill in. You may think I will never get my kids to eat cabbage- Maybe they won't but there

are many veggies you can use a replacement instead of lot's of pasta. Just season it like your

children's favorite thing to eat.

The photo looks sloppy. But its a nice soup. And not to much to feel guilty about.

Calorie Counting and kids....

 

 

 

Hey that looks like a whole lot of food... Well yea It is a good amount but let me say this it's fine.

The meal is primarily protein and veggies. The meat loaf looks big but it is really thin. The ketchup has no high fructose syrup. And the dressing is home made. That's compare this meal to a Mcdonalds happy meal or a school lunch. - Patience would be starving afterwards if we gave her that!! We just look at the food and think- Is this mostly veggies and good for her. No counting calories. Kids run, play and things do not have to be that hard. I always say '' Patience if I gave you to much, sweetie you don't have to eat it.- Most of the time Happily enough she eats the veggies first.  No bread or dinner roll was included nor potato's. The meat loaf  is Turkey.

How does a parent handle Halloween?

In the beginning of our healthy journey we went trick or treating...However did we just did not  say here is your candy you earned eat all you want...NO Way.

Patience was only 5 years old. I was terrified of her getting diabetes. What we did was say get out five of your favorite pieces of candy. Keep them. And trade the rest  in for a toy.

She was on board. Every since then it's all about the excitement of dressing up not the candy.

Last year we made a Halloween gingerbread house and rented movies. She doesn't feel left out.

She sees recipes for  healthy treat's and says hey momma let's try this it's much more healthy!!

Patience Today

 5 years later Patience has kept her weight off.  Her Halloween outfit is size 12/14. I'm so proud of this little girl. She tries so hard.