Three steps to Healthy Kids

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8 Year Old Over Weight, Help!
My son is 8 years old and he is getting fat and I don´t know what the best to do. Sport, change the food, no candys...What can I do?
Thanks.
Make every choice a healthy one. Foods should be healthy. I give my kids the parameters to pick their own cereal. Less than 10 grams of sugar high protien and low calories; they make the choice with the guidelines. Bowls of fruit and raw veggies are between meal snacks. Be active. Take your child on hikes, bike rides swimming, and tennis. Video and TV are rewards we only have on the weekends. You may need to start with one change and add. But if you eat better and move more your child will benefit.

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Technically, I am no longer on the Seneca Fast

Day Three

Yes, I keep breaking the rules with one cup of coffee to start the day. I woke op feeling great and watered down a pot of split pea soup and drank lots of water. I drank a large cup of the soup and decided to stick with the fast for the third day. Feeling good kept my spirit up and I still have nothing on my schedule. So, I drank soup, tea and water. Late in the day I had a small apple and later box of raisin. Ooops. I had spicy V8 at dinner time and I watered down some mashed potatoes and had a cup later in the night.

Technically, I am no longer on the Seneca Fast. Fruit on the first day really did help me move into the fast. I will use this as a transition to every fast. My longest fast was ten days. I am not trying to set a record however I would like to keep it up as long as I feel good. I have had a long standing weight issue and this maybe the best way I know how to handle it. I don’t have a problem maintaining my weight but I have been stuck at a certain point for too a long time!

Cleasnsing

I did a cleanse early this year and loved it. It was a 21 day purification with supplement to help detoxify my body. I ate raw veggies and fruits; three times more veggies as a rule. I had been on long fast before so I was not intimidated. The hardest part was doing with my partner and two kids in the house.

I learned three major things during the process. I am a better cook than I believed, I don't need copious amounts of sugar in my coffee and you are what you eat. If you have to eat veggies and only veggies every day you will make them taste wonderful. I grew up in house with three squares; you know, meat, vegetables and starch was supper. I'd know the last rule before but how often we forget.

My Body, the temple that it is, must be clean and that starts with what I put in it. My eyes are bright, pores smaller, and hips narrower with a natural diet. After the last fast we bounced just about every precessed food out of the house. Organic is the watch word. Not just for in but on our bodies and home as well. There are plenty of great products for all. We can't change the world but I can my little part as bright and safe as possible.

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