My favorite schedule for the day looks something like this:
5am: Wake up – go straight to the coffee
6am: Workout – while Brady is home. He likes the 6am workout too so we have to take turns until we can get our home gym going.
730am: Shower/get ready – only because I get so nasty from working out
8am: Eat breakfast and make dinner
9am: Do house stuff (laundry, dishes, etc.)
10am: Clean up kitchen and have dinner done.
1030 – rest of the day: Play, do errands, meet friends, etc.
I love getting things done in the morning so I am free for the rest of the day. It takes the pressure off of the rest of the day and sets the tone of getting things accomplished.
After the Twitter Party with DrPraegers #gno, I was thinking about ways to make it easier for families to eat healthy, especially now that school has started and lives are more scheduled and busy. I think the one thing you can do is:
Plan and be prepared!
If you can set a menu plan for the week, you will be so much better off! You will need one list for dinners and one for lunches so you can make sure your kids are stocked with healthy foods to keep them going through school.
If you are available to make dinner in the mornings, throw something in the crockpot before leaving for work, or even make it the night before, you should try it for a week. Having dinner done before the mad rush of after school, homework, sports, and lessons, will make everyone happier and more relaxed. You will have more time to focus on more important things than messing up the kitchen, throwing something together and having a pile of dirty dishes.
Here are a few healthy weeknight meal ideas that are simple, can be made ahead of time and will feed your hungry crowd!
