Today we celebrated Boomer's 7th birthday with a surprise party. I stayed up too late, (several nights) skipped breakfast and ended up sampling the cupcakes and frosting. It seems like every birthday party is filled with sugar, which is part of what makes a birthday party so fun. However, I was thinking today about how I could have done better.
1) Eat a good breakfast
2) Serve more healthy treats including fruits,(fruit skewers) veggies and air popped popcorn.
3) Serve water instead of sugary drinks.
4) Grab a 1/8 of a teaspoon for sampling things like cake or frosting.
5)Put candy in the gift bags but not out in the open...(otherwise I will be eating it too.)
6) Skip the pinata..I love pinatas but more candy means more chances for me to snack while filling it.
Here were some other good ideas for filling treat bags from
eatright.org
1)94% fat-free microwave popcorn bags
2)Single serving bags of corn nuts
3)Sugar-free gum
4)Fruit cups in their own juice or unsweetened applesauce
5)Tangerines
6)Single serving boxes of lightly sweetened whole-grain cereal
7)100% fruit leathers
Additionally, you can put non-edible things like books etc.
We were successful with 50% of those things... We'll try harder on the next birthday! What are your favorite healthy birthday treats.
Weigh in today and you are finished! How do you feel about your success on the challenge?
