Eating a Colorful Rainbow Roundup

I'd like to stop feeling like a

complete failure

at dinnertime when a certain plate remains untouched

by a certain someone who will remain nameless,

so I am gathering ideas to teach and reinforce the idea of

healthy eating

and the importance of a variety of food. 

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Today I Ate a Rainbow - This looks like a cute site with great products which include the "Today I Ate a Rainbow" kit using colored magnets to help visualize what children have eaten, and a book titled, "The Rainbow Bunch."   These products are available through their website or through Amazon: Rainbow Innovations Today I Ate A Rainbow Kit

Their site also has free resources: coloring pages and games, a "Today I Tried" chart to aim for the 10 exposures to new foods that it takes before we get used to it, and several videos including Today I Ate A Rainbow song.

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Here is a link to a printable game called : Eat a Rainbow

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Wegmans has an awesome printable "Eat a Rainbow Everyday" chart that I think I'll laminate for the kids to put stickers on as they "eat their colors" throughout the week.

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These Healthy Kids Plates are an excellent idea.  Here is printable place mat with the plate on it.  The creator also has a book that looks great: 201 Healthy Smoothies and Juices for Kids: Fresh, Wholesome, No-Sugar-Added Drinks Your Child Will Love.
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What about you?  Any other suggestions out there?



Hollow Days

No weight loss to report, and really, I wasn't surprised so I was prepared with some other encouragement this morning.  Since August I have lost a total of 8 inches from all over.  My sister-in-law kindly commented that my face is looking thinner so I guess it's showing somewhere. 

But really my problem is that I seem to be extremely hungry all the time.  Real hunger.  Could it be from reading The Hunger Games trilogy again?  I'm on something like my 5th reading of them.  I keep thinking in District 12 terms like how I'm having a "hollow day."

Maybe it's time to move on to a different book...

At any rate, it's definitely time to kick it into high gear!