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To celebrate the New Year, we’re giving away ten $99 gift cards to help stock healthier pantries in 2011. Why? Because eating healthy can be done on a budget, and we’re going to show ten winners how!
Each of the ten winners will be chosen at random from the comments below. Each winner will receive a $99 gift card, a list of suggested products, and will be put in touch with one of our Healthy Eating Specialists. Our Healthy Eating Specialists are well versed in our Health Starts Here™ program and can help guide a shopping trip, suggest recipes and give cooking tips, or simply answer your questions about making healthier choices when it comes to food.
We’ll notify the winner by email during the first week of February to let them know how to get their gift card, and how to get in touch with a Healthy Eating Specialist at their local store.
The $99 gift card will cover your shelf-stable basics for stocking a healthier pantry. You'll need to shop for some of them two or three times a month, depending on how many people you are cooking for. Then, once or twice a week, you’ll shop for perishables and specific recipe ingredients.
So tell us, what healthy eating changes do you plan to make in 2011? Where do you find your motivation and inspiration? We want to hear it all!
Share a bit about your approach to healthy eating in the comments below by January 31st for a chance to win.
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My goal is to cook more at home this year and plan meals a week at a time. I would like to prep beans and rice from the bulk department once a week and use them every day in different recipes. My ultimate goal is to include more plant based proteins and limit my intake of dairy products and animal proteins.
01/03/2011 1:27:58 PM CST
We eat little processed food and rarely go out or have fast food. It really helps that my husband loves to cook and can make anything. Oh and that Whole Foods is within walking distance really helps too!
01/03/2011 2:13:17 PM CST
More water and healthier recipe staples I can rely on time and time again.
01/03/2011 2:51:14 PM CST
No more processed anything, and only locally grown organic produce for me.
01/03/2011 2:51:37 PM CST
I plan to start eating more fish - and the fish I cannot eat - I will supplement by using Fish Oil / Omega 3 Supplements !
01/03/2011 2:51:38 PM CST
Clean eating for the win!
Less eating from boxes, bags, and "add water" foods. More fresh food shopping. Uncooked, raw, fresh...anything that's in the produce section.
01/03/2011 2:51:50 PM CST
I tend to have trouble cooking meals - I work full time and am also a full time grad student so time is very limited. I do not know what is good to grab and go so normally dinner consists of cheese and crackers. I need some serious help in the cooking area :)
01/03/2011 2:51:57 PM CST
I plan on cutting out sweets and starches and eating more vegetables. My motivation comes from my friend who has lost lots of weight and is much healthier with a change in her lifestyle.
01/03/2011 2:52:07 PM CST
I've decided to go vegetarian this year, so I'm looking forward to more fruits, vegetables and healthy eating.
01/03/2011 2:52:10 PM CST
Eat even closer to home - restaurants are great, but shouldn't make up a large amount of my diet.
01/03/2011 2:52:12 PM CST
I need to get back to the basics #1 eat breakfast everyday #2 walk more #3 cut out all junk food (don't eat too much of it anyways)
01/03/2011 2:52:21 PM CST
Don't eat processed food! Go organic!
01/03/2011 2:52:23 PM CST
reduce the amount of processed food i eat! Eat more raw vegetables!!
01/03/2011 2:52:36 PM CST
My New Year's resolutions are to lose weight and eat more whole, unprocessed foods.
01/03/2011 2:52:55 PM CST
I just moved next to a Whole Foods, and I'm really excited to start buying more healthy things!
01/03/2011 2:53:00 PM CST
I want to adapt my diet so I don't get so tired during the day. I'm not a junk food eater, but think my glucose levels are really effecting my energy levels.
01/03/2011 2:53:03 PM CST
Our family has unwittingly been poisoned for over five years by mold toxins behind the walls of our home. We've lost our home and have lost our health, and 2010 was the worst year we can remember. We went to an environmental medicine physician, and she has recommended a LOT of changes including supplements, whole foods, and a gluten-free, dairy-free diet. We're just beginning to make all these changes, and we're happy for any help we can find in making healthful changes so that our bodies have optimal nutrition as they begin the healing process. Implementing gluten-free, dairy-free foods at home is one issue. But how do I make those items so appealing to five-year-old and eight-year-old kids that they won't be trading away their healthful foods at lunch??
01/03/2011 2:53:05 PM CST
I plan to stick to more organics - especially fruits and veggies, cut meat intake and obtain more protein from nuts, soy and other sources, cut back on coffee, cut out diet pop and avoid any white processed flour wherever possible!
01/03/2011 2:53:06 PM CST
Stop eating meat! I've felt much better since I've made the change myself :)
01/03/2011 2:53:10 PM CST
I have recently become a vegan and feel I am missing the "back to basics" ingredients. An opportunity to have pantry staples would be amazing. This is a great opportunity and idea!
01/03/2011 2:53:11 PM CST
my motivation comes from wanting to eat what makes me feel good and gives me energy. i'll focus on clean healthy food that allows me to remain active and gives me the engery that makes we want to be active. i just want to feel good and stay of food that makes me tired or sluggish.
01/03/2011 2:53:14 PM CST
Cook more. Eat out less!
01/03/2011 2:53:14 PM CST
I already eat gluten free, but I could do a LOT better in trying to find more recipes than I can make on my own instead of always resorting to take-out from (albeit healthy) restaurants. I find motivation in the way that I feel when I eat healthy! I love going to Whole Foods or my local farmers market to find really great finds...but it's the actual preparation that is the difficult part!
01/03/2011 2:53:23 PM CST
I need help making healthy choices. I am a grabber kind of eater, and when I shop, I tend to pick up items that are easy to grab, which usually aren't best things to have on hand... sweets, salty/crunchy, pre-boxed, ready made etc. I need to start buying healthy to be able to eat healthy!
01/03/2011 2:53:29 PM CST
We're trying to eat more raw foods, whole grains vice white bread and rice and all snacks are fruit based. Wish us luck and no tempting chocolate or salty things.
01/03/2011 2:53:36 PM CST