You’ll appreciate this article if you’ve ever spent time planning a meal, making the meal, getting it on the table and your child only eats one thing from what you have served. Very likely it’s something like fruit that you just threw on the table, and it didn’t even take any time to make. Does … Continued
Your child always wants to eat. They will have dinner and then ask for a snack right after. They are driving you nuts! At first, you thought it was a growth spurt, but it’s been going on for months now. If you don’t give them something they’ll throw a fit. You’re having trouble telling if they … Continued
What do you do when you’re at the store and your little one wants a sugary cereal? Are you nervous to get the sugary ones? Just last week we went grocery shopping as a family. Family grocery shopping has it’s own unique set of challenges – everyone (ahem, I mean my husband and daughter) are … Continued
I’m not sure how many of you have been following along with the controversy around Weight Watchers this past week. Weight Watchers has decided to allow teenagers as young as 13 years old (with a parent’s consent) to take part in their program for free this summer. To say that it has caused controversy … Continued
Eliminating pressure around meal and snack times, will help your children to become more attuned to listening to their bodies and eating for hunger and stopping when they are full. As parents, this is difficult to follow through with at times because we want what is best for our children. We want them grow up … Continued
As parents we always want what is best for our children. We want them to excel in school, grow up to function well in society and have friends. What happens when our children don’t meet all our expectations? Do we blame them or do we look within ourselves to see how our beliefs are getting … Continued
The Effects of Shaming Your Child’s Eating Most parents don’t set out to intentionally shame their child or their eating, but it happens more often than you think. The shame is used most often in an attempt to change the outcome of what or how much your children will eat. However, the negative comments are … Continued
After a long history of dieting or restrictive eating it can warp your mind into thinking you can’t or shouldn’t eat certain foods. As each new diet hits the market another macronutrient is attacked and eliminated. It was fat in the 90’s, carbohydrates in early 00’s, gluten in the mid 00’s, grains and fruits in … Continued
Today is a new beginning, you’ve decided you to explore normal eating. You have decided to reject another diet. You’ve realized that living in the constant battle with food and your body doesn’t feel good and isn’t helping anyone. You want to stop binging on food you don’t think you should eat. You want to … Continued
Today, is the day. It’s the day when more than 45 million people resolve to lose weight in the New Year. In every article on losing weight I have come across in the past week either promises weight loss or blames you for not losing weight. The ten mistakes you are making when trying … Continued