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Every Mom is the first true role model in her child’s life. She has the option to be a positive influence or a negative influence and who would actively choose to be a negative influence on a person to whom you are the world? I firmly believe it is our responsibility as parents not to just preach to our kids about eating healthily and being active, but to live that lifestyle every day and show them by example. A healthy lifestyle starts with us! My children have not grown up in a home without pop,
chips, snacks and fast food. My feeling is if you deny them these treats and make them taboo, then they will want them even more just for that reason. There is no fruit as sweet as forbidden fruit and that goes for children and adults alike. However, I taught my boys that these foods were to be treated as occasional indulgences or treats and they were not part of their every day diet.


Food was never used as a reward for good behaviour in our household and my boys had to at least try something they thought they didn’t like. Broccoli, which my husband and I will eat steamed was not something my kids would eat. However, after several attempts “trees and cheese sauce” made the grade.




Yes, there were many arguments and frustrating moments in the quest to have them eat healthy foods and my husband and I are old campaigners in the war against how their friends’ parents made way better lunches than we did. There is no doubt lunches were sometimes traded and even on occasion “lost” and high-fat, sugary treats consumed in their place.




Food companies and fast food franchises spend millions of dollars on advertising convincing our children that high fat and processed foods are not only delicious but fun and nutritious. Sometimes they come with a prize or a much-sought-after toy. No wonder my sandwiches and fruit cups never tasted as good!
The solution though is balance. Following a healthy lifestyle 80% of the time is what worked for my family. I tried to instil in my kids – through
words yes but by example too – that better choices for snacks existed, like pretzels rather than chips, and fresh fruit instead of cookies. My kids love my huge, chewy chocolate cookies but I only make them a few times a year so they are a true special occasion treat, at least for the 48 hours during which they can be had before they become extinct again for
another 6 months!



yours in health,
Marla


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Marla Arndt NEPA-CPT, NEPA-EEPP
Pro Master Fitness Model
Frameworks Fitness
Guelph, Ontario
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519-220-9378
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