Has anyone watched Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution? I credit him for refocusing my mind on healthy eating. How about that Huntington, WV (America's unhealthiest city)? I felt sorry for the mother whose "home cooking" was literally killing her family... I was impressed with those donuts she made though. But when they stacked all the fried food she made for her family in one week, I have to say, the donuts suddenly lost their appeal.
And the elementary school? Those little kids hit so close to home - especially now that I'm on "lunch duty" at my school. Our school seems to do a decent job of making healthy lunches, but like Jamie said, the amount of food that gets tossed is sickening - poor fruits and veggies. I feel like the old school lunch duty teacher I was afraid of in elementary school, but taking Jamie's cue, I have been sending some kids back to take "just one bite" of a veggie. The thing is, most kids will do it. Of course there are stubborn ones - but the majority of them just don't eat them because in their mind, that's okay. There's no mom in the lunch room making sure they eat - until nowww. Wuh wuhhhhh.
There are times when I just don't feel like fighting with Houston about eating vegetables. But I don't want him to think when he goes to school some day that he can eliminate them altogether from his diet. Guess whose little baby plate had a heaping lump of vegetables last night?
Thank you Jamie for refocusing my brain on my mission of building a healthy family. And PS, your adorable British accent doesn't hurt either.
Check out Jamie's site and sign his petition for healthy eating:
http://www.jamieoliver.com/campaigns/jamies-food-revolution
