Healthy Meal Challenge

Week 1

lwallenstein — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:28:45 +0000

As a participant of Zisboombah’s first Pick Chow! Healthy Meal Challenge the Zisboombah team and our experts look forward to providing you with tools to eat healthier, valuable nutritional information as well as some great rewards!

In order for this to be successful, we challenge your family to create one meal a week for four weeks using Pick Chow! Then make that meal with your family and share your meal every Sunday with a picture and a few details about the experience on the community blog.

Make it easy. Make it Fun!

Week 4

lwallenstein — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:35:00 +0000

Great job to all the families who participated in our first Healthy Meal Challenge for the last three weeks! We hope that you have had fun with your family creating meals and coming together as a family to share the experience of dinnertime.

In week 4 we would like to connect the dots between the importance of the dinnertime experience in living a healthy,active lifestyle. When parents and kids have a long, tiring, and stressful day sometimes the last thing that everyone wants to do is sit down and have dinner. Making time for dinner is critical in setting consistency, creating good eating habits and raising healthy successful kids.

This week we want to give families some tips and tools on how to get past the power struggles and arguments that may arrive at dinner and make dinner an experience the whole family can enjoy.

We would love to know how you made dinnertime an experience with your family this week. Did you make a themed dish or did you just have great conversation with the whole family at the table?

Have fun this week and we look forward to sharing your dinnertime stories.

Happy Eating!
The Team at ZisBoomBah

Week 3

lwallenstein — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:02:07 +0000

Hope everyone had fun last week playing outside and engaging in physical activity with your kids! We sent you all your packets for the week and you should receive them in a day or so. For the past week, how was your meal? What did you like?

We are very excited to announce Week 3: It’s Lunchtime! Over the next week you will receive lots of information on how to pack healthy lunches and what is being served for lunch in schools around the country.

First, please post your picture of your meal and tell us how the past week was. The more engagement we have from participants the more fun the challenge will be!

If you have any questions, please feel free to post those and we will have our nutritionist, exercise specialist, psychologist, or our Mom of 4 provide insights. If you feel uncomfortable posting the questions on a blog, please click on feedback and we will respond specifically to you!

Thanks again! Happy Eating!
From the ZisBoomBah Team

Week 2

lwallenstein — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:35:05 +0000

Welcome to the Healthy Meal Challenge! We sent you all your packets for the week and you should receive them within the next day or so. For the past week, how was your meal? What did you like? I will post the dinner we made with our Grandchildren – they love to play and see what they can make and run out to the garden and find the vegetables!

Let’s get started! Week 2 is upon us and you will receive lots of information on how to get playing!

Please post your picture of your meal and tell us how the week was. If you have any questions, please feel free to post those and we will have our nutritionist, exercise specialist, psychologist, or our Mom of 4 provide insights. If you feel uncomfortable posting the questions on a blog, please click on feedback and we will respond specifically to you!

Thanks again! Happy Eating!

From the ZisBoomBah Team.

Partners

lwallenstein — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:22:45 +0000

The Great Partners of Time can not compare to the PARTNERS combination.

Marian, Cara and Greg

The mother, Marian, and her two children, Cara and Greg, started this company in the Winter of 1992, but the crackers were made long before that.

In 1972, Marian founded a restaurant with 2 other women. Blazing a trail in the womens revolution, these “girls” set out to provide quality food to the business men of downtown Seattle.

After 8 years, Marian had bought out her partners and was running a very successful operation. Famous for its baked goods and fabulous soups, the crackers were one of many ideas created in the ’70′s. By the time she “retired” from the restaurant business in 1989, Marian had refined and stockpiled hundreds of recipes.

Two of those recipes are currently produced by PARTNERS, a tasteful choice company, the crackers and the granola. The PARTNERS, a tasteful cracker were an immediate hit. In the first day of selling them, Marian loaded up her cute baskets with these handmade beauties and took them to the local stores. After visiting 8 stores all over the city and with aching feet, Marian made the long trek by ferry boat back to Vashon Island. When she arrived home there were 7 orders on the answering machine. The business had begun.

Immediately realizing that she needed help, she roped her son, Greg, into “helping for two weeks”! Two weeks turned into two months, then two years and time continues to tick.

After 6 months and thousands of pounds of crackers, Cara, Marian’s daughter joined the show. After passing the Bar and becoming a full fledged attorney, Cara was convinced to use her skills to help run the company until she got a full time legal job. She decided within three months that the cracker world was where she belonged.

Three years after the crackers were a huge success, Marian got the itch to create and Wisecrackers ® were the next logical step. A low fat cracker with great taste. R&D hours were spent honing this cracker to the right degree of crispy, crunchy and taste. The awards have shown that Marian got it right!

One year later, the second stage of the company was started. Granola The granola made at the restaurant was always such a success that it just had to be done. There was nothing on the store shelves that even compared. The family had to have it, and apparently the public did too. In 1997, PARTNERS Gourmet Granola hit the shelves. Numerous awards for the three flavors have shown that this is a quality granola with great taste and crunch and climbing sales keep us baking.

More new items are on their way, and the story is unfinished. When will the creative genius stop…. Never!

Remember, PARTNERS products are from our family to you!

Horizon

lwallenstein — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:21:16 +0000

At Horizon, we believe the choice for a healthy family and a healthy planet should be an easy one. Our wholesome and responsibly produced organic dairy foods provide nutritious options for kids today, and set a course for a better tomorrow. Join our community at www.horizondairy.com

The Children’s Hospital

lwallenstein — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:12:06 +0000

At The Children’s Hospital, we see more, treat more and heal more kids than any hospital in our seven-state region. We’re experienced and forward-thinking when it comes to the latest methods for diagnosis and treatment. This translates into less invasive treatment, less time and less stress on you and your children. Since we are always pioneering new ways of curing childhood diseases, your child will receive the most effective care years before it may become available at other hospitals. We are doing everything we can to help you get your child healthy and home faster than at any other hospital.

Our specially-trained pediatric experts recognize that families are our partners, which is why we deliver family-centered care. By making the hospital very family-friendly, we make it easier for parents and siblings to be involved in the day-to-day medical, emotional and social needs of their child.

Our hospital at I-225 and Colfax on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora was designed and built to enhance our care for kids. Using data from an innovative type of study called evidence-based design, everything about our hospital was built to help us speed kids to recovery. From 100% private patient rooms to healing color therapy and views of nature, every detail of The Children’s Hospital was built to help kids get better faster and reduce stress on the whole family.

Our Mission

When it was founded in 1908 in Denver, Colorado, The Children’s Hospital set out to be a leader in providing the best healthcare outcomes for children. That calling has consistently made us one of the top 10 children’s hospitals in the nation and a place parents across the Rocky Mountain region have come to trust. For 2008, the America’s Best Hospitals report published by U.S. News & World Report ranked us as the 7th best hospital for kids.

The Children’s Hospital Weight Management Program
The Children’s Hospital Clinical Nutrition Program
Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Children: 8 Things You Can Do Right Now

http://www.thechildrenshospital.org/

Lakeshore Athletic Clubs

lwallenstein — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:59:38 +0000

Welcome to Lakeshore’s Youth Programs. We offer a variety of classes each season for all age group. Many of our youth programs are licensed and are available without the need for a parent to stay in the Club. Be sure to check back often, as we are always adding new and exciting programs. For more information, contact Paula Lambert at (303) 729-2552 or plambert@powerwellness.com

Colorado Beef Council

lwallenstein — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:47:37 +0000

Did you know there are 29 cuts of Lean Beef?

Lean, as defined by the USDA, must contain less than 10g of total fat, 4.5 g or less of saturated fat, and less than 95mg of cholesterol per 100 grams. We all know beef tastes great-but did you know it is good for you too? In fact, many of the most popular cuts of beef meet the government guidelines for lean. And all beef provides that extra nutrient boost to help you get through the day.

Here are some popular lean beef cuts that can be found at most grocery stores:

Top sirloin
Top round steak
Top Loin (strip or New York steak)
T-bone steak.