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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 637820" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>With kids with weight issues do remember that too strict diet is really bad for them. It can either get out of hand and turn to eating disorder or it can make them sneak around and binge eat 'forbidden food' when you are not there to watch them. It doesn't teach healthy eating habits.</p><p></p><p>Any kind of junk food is okay as a part of healthy diet, it is matter of portion size and how often you eat it. Steady meal schedule, low calorie, rich in nutrition meals and snacks, learning to eat slow enough and stop when you have had enough, learn to listen to your body - that is a foundation. Then, on the top of that 10-15 % of your calorie intake can be anything and it doesn't really matter, how junk that is.</p><p></p><p>Make a meal plan (including snacks) for longer term, for example for a week. Do it after you have just had a dinner, make yourself a shopping list, go to the store when you have just eaten and do that only ones or twice a week. Buy the junk in small portions (it is not saving money, if you buy over 10 ounce bag of chips at the same price as you would get a 3 ounce bag, if you eat them at one sitting anyway, it is just getting you fat) and don't keep extra home.</p><p></p><p>And when you eat junk, never, ever feel guilty or bad because of it, but enjoy the treat! No talking about cheating etc. Having a bit of junk food is not cheating, it is a choice to have a treat or indulge yourself. And it is not wrong, but to stay healthy, you just have to take care, that mostly you eat healthily and only occasionally indulge yourself with unhealthy options.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 637820, member: 14557"] With kids with weight issues do remember that too strict diet is really bad for them. It can either get out of hand and turn to eating disorder or it can make them sneak around and binge eat 'forbidden food' when you are not there to watch them. It doesn't teach healthy eating habits. Any kind of junk food is okay as a part of healthy diet, it is matter of portion size and how often you eat it. Steady meal schedule, low calorie, rich in nutrition meals and snacks, learning to eat slow enough and stop when you have had enough, learn to listen to your body - that is a foundation. Then, on the top of that 10-15 % of your calorie intake can be anything and it doesn't really matter, how junk that is. Make a meal plan (including snacks) for longer term, for example for a week. Do it after you have just had a dinner, make yourself a shopping list, go to the store when you have just eaten and do that only ones or twice a week. Buy the junk in small portions (it is not saving money, if you buy over 10 ounce bag of chips at the same price as you would get a 3 ounce bag, if you eat them at one sitting anyway, it is just getting you fat) and don't keep extra home. And when you eat junk, never, ever feel guilty or bad because of it, but enjoy the treat! No talking about cheating etc. Having a bit of junk food is not cheating, it is a choice to have a treat or indulge yourself. And it is not wrong, but to stay healthy, you just have to take care, that mostly you eat healthily and only occasionally indulge yourself with unhealthy options. [/QUOTE]
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