Welcome @lilt1841 - I had to google it and all I can say is OMG the cabbage soup diet is still around? Since you mention children, please don't let them see you doing old fad diets. You mention that your kids love veggies, so that's a good thing. You don't mention if you have a little, or a lot of weight to lose. It's all relative but I might give you different advice depending on how much you need to lose. Everyone loses weight differently. I believe in restricting nothing, but tracking everything. Sometimes people can write down everything they eat for a couple of weeks and identify a single bad habit that does the trick. My personal choices usually run to lean meat with spices more than sauces, lots of veggies, some fruit, etc. I'm not a big bread fan, but in the freezer I have some whole grain bread. I'm more likely to have mixed rice than pasta or potatoes. For me though, nothing is really off limits.
I haven't done bento boxes, but they seems like a good idea to make sure you get a mix of things for your lunches. Last year I went through a phase of making salads in quart jars. Cold meat or chicken in the bottom with some salad dressing, then layers of other items with lettuce on the top. They were kind of cool and I could make a week's worth pretty much all at once. Tip out onto a plate or into a bowl and it makes a nice lunch as well.
Anne | Rural Ontario, Canada
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