Product Description
Nourished Kids 2019
If you have children in your care and you are ready to *get serious* about their long-term health and nutrition, I’ll be forming an online support group beginning January 1. Posts will be minimal but packed with relevant content. I will offer real-life resources, daily challenges, and thought-provoking information to help you shift, expand, or overhaul your paradigm about what it means to feed your children well. Plus you will benefit from the ideas and experiences of a like-minded community desiring to make progress in this area, just as you do.
Cost per person is $31 – one dollar for each day of the month. If you recruit a friend to join with you, the cost for both of you is $31. Two friends, $31. Three friends, $31. Recruit a bunch of friends and you could be paying pennies a piece. Do you get it?
I am determined to build an army of parents and caregivers who will change the tide of unwellness for our children, and I invite you to join this important effort.
To be added to the Facebook group, complete the purchase on this page or email amy@goodlifearchitect.com or contribute a comment under the pinned post on the Good Life Architect Facebook page. I’ll add you to the group and provide information for payment. Grab a friend to join you. Heck, grab a bunch of friends! Our kids need us to take this seriously, and I believe every small step of progress brings them and all of us closer to better nutrition and better health.
Weekly Themes & Downloads
Recognize the Need
- Day 1
- Read “A Healthy Child” from The Dirt Cure and complete bottom portion.
- Day 2
- Think COLORS, not food groups. Print Colorful Foods Chart and use it to (partially) complete the Daily Wellness Checklist. Pencil in additional items as the week progresses.
- Day 3
- Evaluate your pantry using Pantry Checklist – keep highlighted items in mind
- Day 4
- Evaluate your refrigerator using Refrigerator/Freezer Checklist – keep highlighted items in mind
- Day 5
- Print a copy of the Bristol Stool Chart. Post in at least one bathroom and discuss it with kids.
- Day 6
- Pencil In Parts I and II of your Goal Setting Plan and then complete your Mealtime Challenge Grid as appropriate to begin to address at least one of your goals for the week or month.
Gain New Perspective
- Day 7
- Complete the Mealtime Challenge Grid at breakfast. Complete (or have your child complete) Bristol Stool Chart for today. Download and read Understanding Fat
- Day 8
- Complete the Mealtime Challenge Grid at lunch. Complete (or have your child complete) the Bristol Stool Chart Tracker for today. Download and read Understanding Protein.
- Day 9
- Complete the Mealtime Challenge Grid at dinner. Complete (or have your child complete) the Bristol Stool Chart Tracker for today. Download and read Understanding Carbohydrates.
- Day 10
- Complete the Mealtime Challenge Grid at breakfast. Complete (or have your child complete) the Bristol Stool Chart Tracker for today. Download and read Gut Health
- Day 11
- Complete the Mealtime Challenge Grid at lunch. Complete (or have your child complete) the Bristol Stool Chart Tracker for today. Watch video tutorial on Blood Sugar Regulation, which will be posted on the Nourished Kids Facebook page sometime today. If you haven’t yet, print the sample Daily Wellness Checklist OR use the blank template to personalize one for your child. Tomorrow you will use it to evaluate your child and use for comparison in the weeks to come.
- Day 12
- Complete the Mealtime Challenge Grid at dinner. Complete (or have your child complete) the Bristol Stool Chart Tracker for today. Download and print several front-to-back copies of the Whole30 Shopping List for use in the coming weeks. Evaluate your child’s Daily Wellness Checklist for today, noting any changes or progress from last week.
- Day 13
- Complete the Mealtime Challenge Grid at meal of your choice. Complete (or have your child complete) the Bristol Stool Chart Tracker for today. Using the Goal Setting Plan, record your specific goal for Week 3.
- NOTES
- Notes: If the Mealtime Challenge Grid proves helpful to you, feel free to make any adjustments and use it again as often as you would like during Week 3. (I will officially schedule it for only one day next week). I’ve alternated here between breakfast, lunch, and dinner – simply so you can see if there is an ideal time of day when your child is more open to trying new things. If you find a particular meal works best for them (for instance, they are fresh and happy in the morning at breakfast), there is no need to force the Challenge at lunch or dinner.
Switch This For That
- Day 14
- Download and carefully review Know Your Cooking Fats. Find a box or bag where you can begin collecting cooking fat/oil items you wish to purge. Relocate fats/oils you plan to use most often so they are within easy reach. Add to your grocery list for the week for health-promoting alternatives.
- Day 15
- Download and carefully review Snack Switch. Add old options to your Discard Box/Bag, as well as new healthier alternatives to your grocery list.
- Day 16
- Watch Dr. Ken Berry’s YouTube video: Drinking Dairy: The Good, Bad, and Delicious. Add to your Discard Box/Bag, as well as your grocery list.
- Day 17
- Download and review Baking Staples. Add to your Discard Box/Bag, as well as your grocery list.
- Day 18
- Evaluate your child’s Daily Wellness Checklist for today, noting any progress from last week. Post a comment, question, and/or picture from this week’s efforts in the Nourished Kids Facebook Group.
- Day 19
- Evaluate your child’s Daily Wellness Checklist for today, noting any progress from last week. Post a comment, question, and/or picture from this week’s efforts on the Nourished Kids Facebook Group.
- Day 20
- Using the Goal-Setting Plan, record your goal for Week 4.
Expand Your Horizons
- Day 21
- Smarter Breakfast – watch the video which will be posted on the Nourished Kids Facebook Group sometime today and make a list of at least 3 protein/fat-based breakfast options that you can try this week. Formal recipes might be helpful – I’ll post a few and encourage others to do the same – but really it can be as simple as scrambled eggs and bacon and a small side of fresh fruit.
- Your only job is to select those that best suit your family and ensure you have all the necessary ingredients for the week.
- Extra Challenge: Play relaxing or kid-friendly music during one meal today and see what, if any, effect it has on mealtime atmosphere.
- Day 22
- Smarter Breakfast: Prepare Option 1.
- Extra Challenge: Your kids have only water only to drink all day. You can add wedges of fresh fruit for fun if you’d like (lemons, limes, oranges…)
- Day 23
- Smarter Breakfast: Prepare Option 2.
- Extra Challenge: Attempt to “Go Free” today…free of dairy, grains, or sugar. Pick one or more. See how far in the day you get before there’s a slip. Or maybe there won’t be one!
- Day 24
- Smarter Breakfast: Prepare Option 3.
- Extra Challenge: Order, purchase, or borrow from the library a new paleo cookbook. Refer to my List of Recommended Cookbooks, or find another one that grabs your attention.
- Day 25
- Smarter Breakfast: Prepare another new option, or repeat a favorite from previous days.
- Post in the group about the most successful new recipe you tried this week – include a picture if you’d like.
- Extra Challenge: Serve vegetables (cooked or raw, doesn’t matter) at every meal today. It’s okay if you’re kids don’t eat them – don’t fuss or fight with them about it. Only encourage and let them see YOU eating and enjoying them at each meal.
- Day 26
- Smarter Breakfast: Prepare another new option, or repeat a favorite from previous days.
- Evaluate your child’s Daily Wellness Checklist for today, noting any progress from last week.
- Post a comment, question, and/or picture from this week’s efforts.
- Extra Challenge: Ask your kids to pick a color and see if you can serve it at every meal today (example: red grapes with breakfast, red tomatoes at lunch, red bell pepper in your stir fry). If kids eat it, AWESOME! If not, no worries – just be sure you are having fun talking about food!
- Day 27
- Smarter Breakfast: Prepare another new option, or repeat a favorite from previous days.
- Complete the Mealtime Challenge Grid.
- Using the Goal-Setting Plan, record your goal for Week 5.
Establishing Mealtime Expectations
- Day 28
- Download, Read and Complete the Mealtime Establishing Mealtime Expectations PDF.
