Tag Archives: eating habits

Fat Fighting Arsenals

Are you concerned about your children’s weight? Are you worried that they might have a weight issue, but you aren’t sure how to target it and you need to be careful to avoid damaging their self-esteem? Here are a few tips for moms and dads alike to employ in helping their whole family achieve healthier eating habits and increased activity to stimulate weight loss. Remember, there is no single solution to being overweight. It’s a combination of environmental factors that brought you or your family to the weight you are now. So it will take a combination of solutions and … Continue reading →

Top Five Things to Eliminate in Your Diet

Over in the Fitness & Exercise Blog I have been discussing the Spring Forward to Action Challenge and The Top Five Methods for A Successful Fitness Program. With that in mind, here are the top five things you need to eliminate in your diet in order to make it more successful. Check out Sherry’s Hidden Hindrances to Weight Loss as well for more great tips. Sporadic Eating Habits inhibit your weight loss goals. When you eat erratically, you are likely to consume more calories and burn them with less efficiency. The best plan is to eat six small, regular meals … Continue reading →

Children and Breakfast

For many children, eating breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Without their stomachs being feed, their minds cannot concentrate on the subject being taught. According to FRAC, The Food Research and Action Center, http://www.frac.org/html/federal_food_programs/programs/sbp.html, many students do not eat breakfast for multiply reasons. One reason in particular, are not all children are hungry when they first awake. The School Breakfast Program (SBP) was established by Congress in 1966. It began as a pilot program for the children who rode the bus to school for long amounts of time before ever reaching school. The areas where the pilot … Continue reading →