a peek inside the fishbowl

The day has arrived! It’s the first day of our sugar-free week. (Which I mentioned in last week’s KMDM post.)
I’m uploading this post as a placeholder of sorts. I will be adding more to it later on today and throughout this week, so please bookmark it and check back! 
My sugar-free week is September 8 - 15. [...]

Last week’s tip was:
Prepare supper together, there’s a job for everyone.
I know I’ve written about this before, and it’s true. Establishing good eating habits happens at home when the kids are small. Kids watch their parents like hawks. They will learn our good habits, and zero in on our bad ones. This is why I don’t drink juice [...]

I’ve been travelling for work as well as with the family, and KMDM has had to take a back seat for a couple of weeks.
I think we’ve been doing okay in terms of being mindful of our habits, but I will say that the healthy eating part of things took a bit of a nosedive during [...]

This was this weeks KMDM activity:
Have a dance-off in the kitchen after dinner tonight. Increased physical fitness and active living opportunities have positive effects on academic performance.
As I mentioned last week, I have no doubt that this is true. I know from personal experience that kids (and puppies!) who are physically active sleep better, eat [...]

This one is about palm kernel oil, cooking with kids, finding time to cook, and a keeper recipe for ham and pineapple quesadillas.

The KMDM activity for this past week was:
Cook extra chicken, turkey or roast beef for dinner and use leftovers as sandwich fillings for lunch. Deli meats are highly processed and usually high in sodium.
I’ve been on High Sodium Alert lately, and I have to say, it is shocking to see how much sodium is packed [...]

…  has been taking a break this past week. But we haven’t been couch potatoes. No siree. But more on that later today.
The KMDM activity for this coming week is:
Cook extra chicken, turkey or roast beef for dinner and use leftovers as sandwich fillings for lunch. Deli meats are highly processed and usually high in [...]

The KMDM activity we drew last week was about the stuff we drink:
Stop the pop! And drink more water. Flavour it with lemon or a sprig of mint. Cola adds extra calories to our diets. Studies show that drinking large amounts of cola may contribute to obesity.
I was struck by the word “may” in this [...]

Last week I drew this activity from the KMDM tip jar:
 Make a list of physical activities you like. Pick one to do this week. 1/3 of youth indicate doing no physical activity as part of their free time.
You know what I really like to do? Ride my bike. I don’t do it to compete, [...]

Last Thursday I realized that we didn’t draw an activity from the KMDM tip jar. So I drew one (late!):
Put meat, veggies and cheese on a kabob for school lunches. The best choices are foods from the four food groups.
That was easy enough. But I didn’t have a kebob (isn’t it spelled kebab?) so I just [...]