#MakeHealthyEasy

You guys, I've got a great idea to share with you today! I'm so excited about it that it can't even wait till September 1st to be part of my blogiversary month. I just have to tell you about it now.

Yesterday, I posted this picture on Instagram as I was preppring produce for future smoothies, I used the hashtag #MakeHealthyEasy, because this is a way that I am making smoothies easier for me. Then this morning, as I posted this picture of breakfast, I used the hashtag again because a couple of my breakfast items were pre-prepped, making a healthy breakfast pretty easy this morning. And then, I had a few people comment and like it, so I got to thinking....maybe I'm on to something.

Wouldn't it be really helpful if you could look up a hashtag on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram and get all these tips and tricks for making healthy living easier? BAM! (Yes, like an Emril BAM!) I have to do this.

Well, really, WE need to do this.

Let me back up just a second to give you some context on my life.

I now have a three year old and a one year old, both boys, and my daily life feels like a circus. A circus with lots of stunts and dirt and tears and laughs and lots of dishes and not enough cleaning or extra time. Mix that in with a hubby that works long hours and me balancing working and household management. I've got a lot on my plate. I'm sure you do too.

Ever since Ben was born a year ago I fell like I've been scrambling to try to find the motivation, energy, or resources to live the healthy life I like our family to live. My old, pre-second child strategies, just aren't panning out anymore. For example, I still do not have a regular day or time that I go grocery shopping as we do not live close to any stores. Sometimes we go a while without staples that I hate to be without. But going to the store is quite a production and time committment. It's just hard. I don't like this but it's how it is, for now.

All of this is to say that I need ways to #MakeHealthyEasy just as much as anyone. Some weeks it's easy and other weeks it is hard. Do you feel that way too?

So what I'm proposing is a way to connect all of our brilliant ideas, even if it's just one. Together, we might come up with some really good ideas of how we can individually #MakeHealthyEasy.

Here's how I envision this hashtag being used across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest:

Tag pictures of foods or meals that were easy and healthy (and of course, delicious).
Tag a workout, exercise or accidental fitness occurence that made being active easy and fun.
Tag a motivational phrase or quote that inspired you to be healthy today.
Tag a friend that helps you be healthy or has a tip they need to share.
Tag a recipe you found that everyone needs to know about.
Tag a great article or book that inspires healthy living.
Tag a restuarant that makes healthy eating out easy and tasty.
Tag a location (hotel, store, park) that makes being healthy easy.

Really folks, the skies the limit.

Let me also put in a disclaimer that this effort is not about perfection in eating or healthy living. I don't think there is such a thing. It's about sharing the little tiny successes with one another that add up to great, big things together.

What do you think? Will you join me in creating an incredible gallery of tweets, pics, pins and posts to help us #MakeHealthyEasy??

Here are the links to help you get started: Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest

You don't have to wait on anything. Start tweeting, pinning, instagram-ing, and posting now and just include the hastag #MakeHealthyEasy. Share the image in this post. Then follow along to see what others have to say.

Don't forget to spread the word to others who would enjoy participating. Let's see just how great this could be.