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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 488135" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Stims often affect appetite.</p><p>We've had less of an issue that way - but in the beginning, I was "careful".</p><p>We made sure that both kids (both are medicated for ADD/ADHD) always got food that was "loaded both barrels"... that is, high in food value AND high in calories. So... things like GORP (good old raisins and peanuts) became regular snacks, dried fruit, real butter, homemade ice cream, fruit pie, full-fat cheese... They could have whatever they wanted, as long as it met the two rules... high in food value (which cuts out candy!) AND high in calories (no rice cakes!). OK, if it was super-high-food-value, we'd bend on the calories. (more veggies? sure. hungry for a banana? that's fine too - but popcorn was only if you'd already eaten very well that day... just not enough calories OR food value!).</p><p></p><p>For some kids, they find it also helps to reduce (not eliminate) the dose for the weekend... and allow them to catch up a bit on appetite and calories...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 488135, member: 11791"] Stims often affect appetite. We've had less of an issue that way - but in the beginning, I was "careful". We made sure that both kids (both are medicated for ADD/ADHD) always got food that was "loaded both barrels"... that is, high in food value AND high in calories. So... things like GORP (good old raisins and peanuts) became regular snacks, dried fruit, real butter, homemade ice cream, fruit pie, full-fat cheese... They could have whatever they wanted, as long as it met the two rules... high in food value (which cuts out candy!) AND high in calories (no rice cakes!). OK, if it was super-high-food-value, we'd bend on the calories. (more veggies? sure. hungry for a banana? that's fine too - but popcorn was only if you'd already eaten very well that day... just not enough calories OR food value!). For some kids, they find it also helps to reduce (not eliminate) the dose for the weekend... and allow them to catch up a bit on appetite and calories... [/QUOTE]
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