January Challenge: Where my Kids Begin to Hate Me

My children love junk food, fast food, essentially anything not homemade. There are a handful of foods that I make that my kids will eat. So this month is about ditching restaurant food. When you buy your kids McDonald's and the 7 and 11 year old are screaming that they are hungry an hour later, the word frustrated doesn't even begin to cover it.

January will be the month of eating at home. We will only go to a restaurant once a week at most. We will not be hitting any fast food places AT ALL. Any restaurant meals we have will be at sit down places and will be limited to the weekends. Eating at home also eliminates ordering pizza to be delivered.

Another change is that I will only allow milk at meals and they have to drink a glass of water everyday. Or at least try. All but one of my kids hates water. Yes, hates it. So I am filling water bottles(the refillable kind) and they can drink from those.

I would love to be the mom that is able to throw out all of the junk food and only buy fresh fruits and veggies and only do healthy meals. But for those of you that are addicted to junk food and have children that can't even identify most fruits or veg, you know that concept is a sure fire way to have your kids stage a hunger strike or worse yet, go to a friend's house and binge until they are sick.

This is a process, not an instant fix. I'll keep you updated on how it works out.