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NUTRITION BINGO
Started Sunday, February 26
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Incorporating fruit & veggies into your diet
The American Heart Association recommends filling up half of your plate with fruits and vegetables in order to get at least 4 1/2 cups of each per day.
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Breakfast
- Eat some melon, grapefruit, or other fruit
- Add bananas, raisins, or berries to your cereal
- Add in some chopped up vegetables to your eggs or potatoes
- Some of my favorites include onions, green or red bell peppers, mushrooms, or spinach!
Lunch
- Have a fruit or vegetable salad with lunch
- Add veggies onto your sandwich
- Cucumber, sprouts, tomato, lettuce, or avocado
- Have some vegetable soup
- Compare food labels and choose the soup woth the lowest amount of sodium
- OR make from scratch
- Have a piece of fruit or raw veggie sticks instead of a side of chips
Dinner
- Add a fruit or vegetable salad on the side
- Add a side of steamed or microwaved vegetables - frozen veggies are a great option!
- Add chopped vegetables like onion, garlic, and celery when cooking soup, stews, beans, rice, spaghetti sauce and other sauces
Snacks
- Keep raw veggie sticks handy for a quick grab and go snack
- Bell peppers, carrots, celery, broccoli, etc.
- Keep dried fruit such as raisins, banana chips, dates, or dried apricots in your pantry
- Have fresh fruit on hand
- Kiwi, grapes, bananas, apples, oranges, berries, etc.
- Try freezing some fruit for a hot day
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Don't forget- we have prizes! At the 2 week mark, there is a chance to win one of five- $20 gift cards (if you have 2 BINGOS). There are also freebies for everyone who has at least 2 BINGOs.
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At the end of the challenge, TWO GRAND PRIZES will be drawn if the participant has completed all 4 weeks (two - $100 Target gift cards).
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What IS Nutrition BINGO?
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Nutrition BINGO is a Work Well sponsored program geared to build your awareness around healthy food and how to personalize your lifelong eating style.
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Nutrition BINGO runs from February 26 - March 25
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