Thanks for the reply. You gave me some great ideas. I do let my children have "junk" if they want. I don't totally take it away because I don't want them to rebel and only eat that. I don't keep it in the house, but if we go to a party I let them indulge in whatever they want. My daughter is pretty good about making the better choices on her own which I'm happy about. She usually donates her halloween candy as she has no interest in it. Asian cuisine might be how I need to start to go. I like quick, easy, & healthy! Thanks again
From: Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@gmail.com>
To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [fast5] Heather, question for you or anyone else with some insight.
My daughter got "slightly chunky" at about that age. However, she got VERY chunky when she was about 5. At that point, due to health issues of my own, the house went off wheat, mainly because I refused to cook it (it turns out I have celiac). At that point, my daughter slimmed down. And also stopped having hissy fits, meltdowns, growth pains, and tummy aches. So she stayed slim until yeah, about 11-12, and got a little chunky, then she went into competitive swimming and got very compact, and she still is. She's 17 now and looks rather skinny, but her weight is at or above what it "should" be on the charts, I'm guessing because it's all muscle.
The theory I've been going on, for my kids, is that there should be loads of good food available, and not to be opinionated about what to eat. The idea being, they can learn to figure out their own appestat. When kids are told what to eat, they tend to rebel and overeat the "forbidden food" whenever it's available, and as they grow up, it's more and more available. So I serve lots of good food, but there is also candy and pop around. The candy inevitably goes bad and gets tossed to the chickens, and the pop is probably past it's pull date at this point.
I guess at this point with 20-20 hindsight, I'd use even more plant materials in meals (lots of greens, plus carrots, onions, etc), and fish and eggs. If a growing body is needing nutrients, those are way better to "pig out" on, plus it's good to develop a taste for foods like a good stir-fry and not get into the habit of having a cuisine that works for life. My cooking more and more is based on Asian cuisine, which at it's best is very quick and easy, and is known to produce healthy humans.
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 1:18 PM, luvinlife2994 <wegwy@yahoo.com> wrote:
Heather TwistI'm just curious, how old is your daughter? I have an 11 year old daughter with I'm sorry to say, a weight issue. She's not obese but she's got extra.We eat very healthy but she continues to put weight on. I never feed my children fast food, no juices, soda's, processed junk, ect. She has just gained 18 pounds in 5 months. The pediatrician comes to 2 conclusions, she's ready for a growth spurt or it's just puberty doing a number on her. They tested her bloods and said nothing seems out of the ordinary except for her hormones being off the charts right now. They complimented me on how healthy she is because her triglyceride & cholesterol readings were very good. I sometimes kind of have her IF for part of the day but just wasn't sure if she should. She does have a hearty appetite and volume may just be part of the problem. I always say eat only if your hungry not because the clock says it's lunchtime, dinner time etc...... Thanks for taking the time to read.
Wendy
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