Even if you only just started Mama Bootcamp, you know that one of the
cornerstones in our nutrition training is eating veggies. Lots and
lots and lots of veggies.
You'd have to have been
living under a rock to NOT know that a healthy diet must include lots
of vegetables. But let's get real - even though we all KNOW it, we
don't all DO it every day. For me, a big factor is the time - those
veggies have to be washed, dried, and cut before I can eat them!
The
small time investment is more than made up by the benefit. By eating
your veggies, you are not only loading yourself up with vitamins and
minerals that are essential to healthy living, you are giving yourself
so much more. Veggies not only help your body function better, but they
can help you lose weight, look younger and even help prevent cancer.
Sounds like a good deal to me!
Your challenge this
week looks (and sounds familiar): Eat your veggies! But this week,
let's work on making it part of your regular routine and making it EASY
(and fast, too!). You should be eating 7-9 servings of veggies every
single day. With one serving the equivalent of .5 cups, you can fit a
whole day's worth of these health-making beauties into one quart-size
plastic bag.
Your challenge: Make your Grab-n-Go
Veggie bags. By 7pm on Sunday, have your veggie bags for the week ready
to go. Pick out several different veggies, and try to be sure to cover
as many "colors" as you can. Dark green, light green and red are my
favorites, with a little white thrown in, too. Chop them up into the
size you like best, and fill up your quart-sized bags. Put them in the
fridge so they're ready to go (maybe pair them up with your favorite
dip - hummus is mine).
With just a small time
investment, the "work" is done for the whole week! On your way out door
every morning this week you can grab a bag full of yum! Snack on it
all day long, and enjoy the awesome results.
One of my
favorite quotes is: "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." Veggies
bags are a perfect example of planning to meet your goal of eating 7 to 9
servings of veggies a day.
Put together your veggie bags and eat them up! Your body will love you for it.
Friday, April 4, 2014
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