- Hearing about your kid being teased about their weight at school is a lot harder
Trying to get your kid to eat healthy foods is hard
- Learning that your kid has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes is a lot harder
Getting your kids involved in after school activities and away from video games can be hard
- Learning that your kid has an overworked heart is a lot harder
Educate yourself and your children. It's never too late.
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Love, love, LOVE this post! My husband has battled obesity his entire life. I am always on my kids to watch what they eat. Something I have started doing recently (now that they are old enough to understand this) is to have them actually measure their foods. Look at the label and see what a serving of cereal (or chips, whatever) is and measure or count it out. They were very surprised at how much they were over-eating. Their father relates to them how much he was picked on in school and hopefully they will never have to experience that - not for their weight anyways. I don't go to extremes and I don't deny them occasional treats, but I try to make sure they eat their fruits and veggies as well.
I couldn't have said it better myself! People don't realize that actual size of one serving. I'll definitely be discussing that in a future post!
The nice thing about eating fruits, veggies and whole grains is that you can eat more and not eat as many calories and they are also packed with more fiber so they keep you full longer!
One thing I do with my 10 year old is whenever he says he's hungry, I tell him to go drink some water. Especially if I know he's eaten recently.
Great advice about measuring, Laura! I have a 4-year-old who is SUPER picky. She takes vitamins daily (whereas I forget to take my own) and loves fruits and eats whole grain bread. The only issue is she doesn't like vegetables and it's a battle to get her to eat anything vegetable or meat. The pediatrician says she's healthy regardless and not to worry too much. At least she's getting vitamins, I guess. And she loves milk.
The point is, it is hard to get her to eat the veggies, but with persuasion she will usually eat enough to satisfy my worry. I think the picky stage wears off after a while, and she will actually want to eat vegetables.
Great post, Kris!
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