Guest Blog: Fit Family Fun by Crafty

Just a quick note from Mom:  Crafty has been working SO hard on this project! I promised to give her the opportunity to blog on it when she was finished. It was a ton of work including a presentation board and a binder with 59 pages (not even 1 more allowed!) of data and reflections. We were up late and she has to be at the high school at 5:45 AM. As a side note, these menus may or may not be attributed to a mom of 12...

Up too late, working too hard...

Crafty's cute board

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Recently I have been working on a project called, "Fit Family Fun" for FCCLA's STAR Event competition. It has been a lot of work, but I know it's a good experience for me. The focus of the project is on improving our lifestyles. For the project, I had to track each member of my family's eating habits for one week. At the end of the week, I made a four-week meal plan and a four-week wellness plan. Here is an example of one of the summary reports from the week.

Meals from 01/29/17 - 02/04/17 Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snacks 1 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) Banana, raw 2 tablespoon Green Tomato chile sauce, cooked (salsa verde) 1 medium (2-5/8" across) Oranges, raw EMPTY 2 pouch (0.9 oz) Fruit snacks, high vitamin C (Welch's Fruit Snacks, Brach's Hi-C Fruit Snacks) ½ cup Guacamole 1 slice (1/8 of 12" pizza) Pizza, with meat and vegetables, thick crust 2 ounce (about 11 chips) Tortilla chips, lowfat (Baked Tostitos) 1 package (1.89 oz, 2 bars) TWIX Peanut Butter Cookie Bars EMPTY 1 sandwich Cheese sandwich, grilled ½ medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) Banana, raw 2 pouch (0.9 oz) Fruit snacks, high vitamin C (Welch's Fruit Snacks, Brach's Hi-C Fruit Snacks) 5 berry Blackberries, raw 1 package (1.89 oz, 2 bars) TWIX Peanut Butter Cookie Bars 1 medium (2-5/8" across) Orange, raw 1 slice (1/8 of 12" pizza) Pizza, with meat and vegetables, thick crust 1 cup Spinach, raw 1 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) Banana, raw 4 miniature bar Chocolate bar, milk, plain (Hershey Bar, Kiss, Nestle Bar) 2 tablespoon Almonds, unroasted ½ cup Chocolate mousse 1 sandwich Grilled cheese sandwich 1 cup Cream of chicken soup, canned, low fat 2 pouch (0.9 oz) Fruit snacks, high vitamin C (Welch's Fruit Snacks, Brach's Hi-C Fruit Snacks) ½ cup, crushed, sliced, or chunks Pineapple, cooked or canned, in light syrup 1 cup, cooked Rice, white, cooked (with salt and butter) 1 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) Banana, raw 5 small Cookies, chocolate chip (Chips Ahoy, Pepperidge Farms, Little Debbie, Subway) 1 cup Green beans, fresh, cooked (no salt or fat added) 2 fritter (2-1/2" long x 1-5/8" wide) Fritter, apple 1 single serving bag (1 oz) Corn puffs and twists (Cheetos, Cheez Doodles, Cheese Balls, Funyuns, Bugles) 1 medium slice Ham, fresh, cooked, lean and fat eaten ½ cup Fruit smoothie, made with fat free (skim) milk 1 sandwich Peanut butter and jelly sandwich 2 packet Mustard 3 pouch (0.9 oz) Fruit snacks, high vitamin C (Welch's Fruit Snacks, Brach's Hi-C Fruit Snacks) 1 small Roll, white, hard EMPTY 1 sandwich Cheese sandwich, American cheese 1 cup Cream of chicken soup, canned, condensed 3 pouch (0.9 oz) Fruit snacks, high vitamin C (Welch's Fruit Snacks, Brach's Hi-C Fruit Snacks) 1 Wheat Thin Cracker, wheat (Wheatables, Wheat Thins) ½ cup Oranges, mandarin, canned or frozen, drained ½ cup Peas, green, fresh, cooked (no salt or fat added) ¼ cup, crushed, sliced, or chunks Pineapple, cooked or canned, in light syrup 1 cup, cooked Rice, white, cooked (with salt and vegetable oil) EMPTY 1 sandwich Cheese sandwich, American cheese 2 tablespoon Almonds, unroasted 2 pouch (0.9 oz) Fruit snacks, high vitamin C (Welch's Fruit Snacks, Brach's Hi-C Fruit Snacks) 2 pouch (0.9 oz) Fruit snacks, high vitamin C (Welch's Fruit Snacks, Brach's Hi-C Fruit Snacks) 6 berry Blackberries, raw 1 bar (1 oz) Granola bar, high fiber, coated with non-chocolate yogurt coating (Fi-bar) 1 bar (1 oz) Granola bar, high fiber, coated with non-chocolate yogurt coating (Fi-bar) 1 slice (1 oz) Cheese, American, reduced fat 1 medium (2-5/8" across) Orange, raw 1 hamburger Hamburger, plain, on bun ¼ cup Raspberries, red, raw 1 cup Spinach, raw 1 large slice Bread, white whole wheat 8 baby carrot(s) Carrots, raw 1 small stick or slice Bread stick, soft, prepared with garlic and parmesan cheese 5 midgee roll or piece Chocolate-flavored roll (Tootsie Roll) ½ tablespoon Butter, stick, salted 1 sandwich Peanut butter and jelly sandwich 2 slice (1/8 of 12" pizza) Pizza, with pepperoni, thin crust ¼ cup Cookie dough, raw ½ cup Tomato sauce 2 pouch (0.9 oz) Fruit snacks, high vitamin C (Welch's Fruit Snacks, Brach's Hi-C Fruit Snacks) 1 medium (2-5/8" across) Orange, raw