Confessions of a Diet Cheater: Week 1 with Green Giant

I have been offered a really cool opportunity to partner with Green Giant over the next few weeks!

Sweet. I love Green Giant. I use their broccoli with cheese sauce over baked potatoes all the time for an easy lunch.

The catch?

In order to be part of this experience, I have to be open with the whole entire internet (you guys) about my diet cheating habits.

You know, the things we all tell ourselves (or maybe it’s just me?) to feel better about eating stuff we aren’t supposed to…

Like, “Peanut butter ice cream can’t be that bad for me. It is protein and dairy… It’s practically a protein shake!” 

Along with a few other bloggers, I have been introduced to Dr. V from Bravo’s “L.A. Shrinks” and she will be giving us “prescriptions” (really just tips from a pro, we aren’t taking any diet pills or doing anything sketchy) and we will be working to correct some of our cheating ways.

This is what they say about her: Sharp-tongued with a mind to match, Dr. Venus Nicolino (aka, Dr. V) certainly serves up the sass, but when it comes to her clients, Dr. V’s code is one of genuine kindness and recognition in the transformative powers of empathy. Using her compassionate understanding of the human condition with an occasional dash of profanity, she tackles the obstacles and joys that make up life. A blue-collar girl at heart, Dr. V now resides in Bel Air with her husband Matthew, their two sons, ages 3 and 5, and their two nephews, ages 5 and 7, who are now under their permanent guardianship.

She sounds pretty cool, and also a little intimidating.

(I’m totally copying Dr. V and painting my own name on my arm at my next black tie event. )

Here she is to introduce herself:

I am really excited about this!

We are a family that does normally try to eat pretty healthy, but because we are in such a weird state of transition right now as we build the house and a lot of our stuff is in storage, we have been relying too much on convenience foods and letting some of the more healthy options in our frig go to waste.

I’m hoping that adding the Green Giant veggies into our routine will make it easier for me to add affordable healthy options that won’t go to waste  if I can’t get to them right away because they will stay put in the freezer. 🙂

I made my very first blog for Dr.V (See, she has me stepping outside of my comfort zone already.) Since I love you so much, if you can spare a few minutes, I will show you the inside of our refrigerator.  Plus, you get the added bonus of seeing me sans makeup first thing in the morning AND you get to hear me say “NO, you can’t eat a pickle at 6am!” to the kid who wouldn’t leave me alone while I was trying to “work” because he wanted a pickle for breakfast.

 There. I showed you mine. Now show me yours. I would LOVE to see the inside of your freezer or refrigerator!  (I’m just nosy like that) Take a photo and upload it to my Binkies and Briefcases Facebook page. And while you are there, tell me some of your diet cheats. We can work on kicking them together over the next few weeks.

This week my goal is to be to rely less on convenience foods.  It’s going to be hard, but I know having lots of frozen healthy options that I can just pop in the microwave will make it a little bit less of a challenge.

What is your goal going to be?

Thanks to Green Giant for sponsoring this post! All opinions are my own.