Glad you read your taking a positive step in making your family fit.First, children don t cook, they are being fed. So you need to make sure you remove the bad stuff (temptations) from the pantry.Kids have energy if they are let loose, so encourage activies that promote more movement. Best suggestion: Look in the pantry, and read the ingredients of the things in there. If you see the words Modified, Hydrogenated, High Fructose, or sugar in the first 3 (or better 5) ingredients... stop eating and buying this stuff. Those 4 things feed fat. We intake enough natural fats already, we don t need to feed it too! And get this, those 4 things eliminate about 70% of the processed foods at the grocery store too. It s a little hard to do at first (took my mom forever), but once you learn about em, it ll be second nature.It s very difficult to overeat fruits and red or yellow veggies. Make smoothies (not ice cream please!) as a good summer treat.
DO NOT TRY ANY WEIGHT LOSS PILLS. It is very unhealthy. Seriously don t listen to people who tell you to use weight loss pills, it is so unnecessary. By reading your paragraph above i see that you are trying very hard and that is good. Start out slow and slowly build up. This helps to build endurance. And If your kids need a break then give them that break. I say don t over do it. You can also exercise every other day so you body can rest. Walking is very good too, maybe even insert a little jogging while you are walking. It s okay to stop while you are running. Don t be frustrated that you are tired. If you keep exercising for a while you will slowly build endurance so you can go longer without stopping. You don t even need to buy weights... just maybe lift some books. Sign your kids up for summer sports this can help a lot. When you re eating cut your portion sizes down a little bit not a lot because cutting down calories dramatically is very unhealthy. Please take you time and things will turn out right!
If your kids are into sports that would help a lot! Try not to make it an obsession though, if you make food seem too important the kids may develop an eating disorder. If you stop buying bad food and just keep your kitchen filled with healthy foods, the kids will have healthier diets, because they aren t in charge of what they eat, you are! Just remember not to take them with you, kids can be very persuasive ;)
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You can also try doing yoga, tai chi, pilates, or martial arts. This is a fun way to get active, burn calories, and strengthen your entire body.For snacks, the best replacement for chips and dip is veggies and hummus. The great part about this is that the veggies are crisp, cool, and have a higher water content than chips, which makes it a refreshing snack as well. Many Middle Eastern dishes would be very good for the summer. Other options include making a cold pasta salad, but use whole grain pasta and only half or even 1/3 of what you normally would, and replace the rest with vegetables (get some frozen veggies and add them to the cooking pasta about 2 minutes before the pasta is done cooking...the veggies will be cooked perfectly). Instead of a salad dressing, use olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and Italian seasoning. Add some garlic if you d like. Half sandwiches and salads are also a nice, healthy way to eat during the summer, as are Vietnamese noodle salads. There are many recipes for these online. They are cheap, easy to make, and the rice noodles impact blood sugar less than the regular flour noodles. Hope this helps!
Hi!Something that your two girls may enjoy doing this summer is attending summer camp. I know that there are many traditional summer sports camps throughout the country that could help them stay active and become more fit. I also know of two great summer weight loss camps that you may be interested in. New Image camp in Pennsylvania is a summer camp designed to help campers loose weight and keep it off! I believe that they also have a summer camp in Florida too if that s closer to where you re from. Another weight loss camp that I ve heard of is Wellspring camp - they have different locations throughout the U.S. - but it s also an excellent weight loss summer camp that I am familiar with and that really works!Here are the links to their websites:New Image Camp: http://www.choicecamps.com/overnight-sum��Wellspring: http://www.choicecamps.com/overnight-sum��Again, I m not sure where you re from, but you should check out this website http://www.choicecamps.com. You can find all sorts of summer camps, including weight loss camps in your area that your daughters may be interested in!I hope this was helpful and take care!~Sami
It s good you re making an effort! They will appreciate it for years to come.Avoid the word diet or weight loss . They will not like the idea of giving up there favorite foods! So here s some websites that present healthier and less caloric alternatives to their favorite snacks.http://www.neversaydiet.com/tools/snack-��http://healthyliving.msn.com/?source=HFSo present it to them so that it s their choice. If they re normal, they don t like getting up in the morning. So start out around 4 pm, say it would be fun to go on a bike ride! you want to ride around the block? If they don t want to, push them, but don t force them. Slowly increase the distance that they ride.Swimming is always fun. Join a pool, or if you can afford it, a country club which has a ton of exercise equipment. Get some of their friends to join. They will have fun exercising this way. And get in the water and join them!As an end-of-summer treat, get out some frozen yogurt, or if you live close by to a yogurt shop, ride your bikes down there.Hope I helped!
