As a mother who does marketing, I can buy whatever I like for the family. After joining lose to win, I am now more cautious of what I am putting into my loved ones' stomachs.
Starting from breakfast, I now switch to reduced sugar soybean milk instead of cow's milk. Less animal fats and equally good in protein and other minerals. Do you know that in order to get some calcium from milk, we have to lose some calcium first in order to get the amount? Furthermore we need a daily dose of vitamin D and C so as to receive the necessary calcium. As for cereal, they now eat YOG Active -rice grains cereal with probiotic yogurt and real strawberries/blueberries or post selects - whole grain cereals cranberries almond crunch/ crunchy pecans. Still occasionally buy coco crunch cereal as kids grow up eating that so cannot totally take it out yet. A s for bread, now we eat the Gardenia Low GI Nutrigrain bread. At first I had lots of complaints but now the kids are used to the taste and texture. Low GI bread means they actually feel full as glucose is released slowly into our blood stream so they feel energetic for a longer period of time.
Lunch and dinner needs more creativity and patience. I will try to have a balanced meal of carbohydrates, protein and vegetables. However, many a times kids do not fancy rice in afternoon so it's usually noodles for them. Tried having bee hoon for kids but they still prefer yellow mee. Will need to find out where do they sell brown rice noodles. Simple fare for afternoon and kids sometimes prefer to eat bread even though we cook.
For evening, we have brown rice for dinner, either chicken, toufu or fish for protein, mixed vegetables- preferably 5 types of colour. Boiled Soup is usually served also as kids love having something on the rice. Now I have a special scoop to scoop up all the oil that floats on top of the soup before I dish out the soup to my family. Lots of fun preparing food with my domestic helper. However, I must confess that my kids still prefer their fish fry in pan than bake or steam. Little oil is used as the special pan is able to fry well with little oil. Finding good cooking utensils also is good for health. Oil for cooking is now Ntuc home brand olive oil. Tasted quite the same as other brands so sticking to the cheaper version.
As for fruits, my kids are able to get as many variety of fruits as they like in the fridge. No sweet treats for them nowadays so they will get fresh fruits instead. Lots of apples, oranges, plums, bananas for them and good to see they enjoy their fruit daily. I do buy Marigold power veggies and fruits twice a week to satisfy their cravings for sweet drinks. Think these two are the better options available.
What else? Well! My kids love mushroom soup so now I will buy low fat carnation milk to replace full cream. Taste quite the same and kids still enjoy having that for lunch. Coffee and tea now I go for Kosong - meaning no more sugar or milk added and so far still enjoying the unique taste and every cup is like a little achievement for myself.
Exercise for the whole family. Yes, we sign up for courses together, swim together and play together more. My 5 yr old can climb 12 storeys staircase non-stop from basement up. I still take a breath somewhere but she is good. My 3 older kids always beat me in the swimming competition. Lots of fun now when we exercise together. Hubby and I make time to go gym if we did not exercise during the daytime. Lots of time set for exercise rather than sleep as we realized our bodies feel better after a swim or a workout.
Anyway, these are the little changes I do for my family. Can't control what they eat outside the house but at least I am proud to say that they are eating right at home :>
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