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Help Your Child Lose Weight Now
May 17, 2006
Help Your Children Lose Weight Now
What is more important than the Health of your Children? A
Healthy Child is one who is NOT overweight, but what do you
do if your child is overweight?
First, you look at the reasons he/she is overweight, then
you make a plan with one goal each week, in order to help
your child lose weight. You encourage him or her, you DO
NOT put them down or be-little them about their weight.
Keep a journal to document the reasons and the progress of
the weight loss.
So what are the reasons children (and adults) are
overweight these days:
not enough exercise
too much sugar (white flour also turns into sugar)
too much soda pop (even one a day is too much, including
diet)
too much fruit juices
not enough pure water
too much flour products, especially white flour products
too much baked goods, donuts are the worst
too much bad fats, fried fats like chips and fries
For the first week, look at the drinks that are consumed.
How much soda pop is drank in a day? How much juice do they
drink; is the juice even 100% real juice, or 10% real
juice? What is the other 90%? How many glasses of purified
(not tap) water do they drink in a day? Reduce the soda pop
and juice and add more water. Water will help not just with
weight loss, but also with temperature regulation (they
will handle the heat better), cleansing and energy.
For the second week, get more exercise! Even going for a 20
minute walk will provide movement that is beneficial for
the body. It will help the body to cleanse and the blood
sugar to regulate. When doing homework ,watching TV or on
the computer, get up and stretch every 15 minutes or so. If
you make a point to go for a walk with your child, you can
also use that time for a little communication.
The third week, look at the sugars and white flour they
eat. Add more fiber; use a Sprouted Grain Bread, eat more
fruits and veggies, eat more low fat proteins. Read the
labels, there is a lot of sugar in processed foods. Cut
back on the sugars gradually, as if you go cold turkey, you
will experience head aches and other symptoms because sugar
is a drug. White flour turns into sugar in the body,
because the fiber is removed and fiber slows the release of
sugar into the blood stream.
For the fourth week, look at the fats they consume. How
much of their diet are hydrogenated or fried fats? Our
bodies desperately need fats, but we tend to eat mostly the
bad fats. Good fats that we should feed our families are:
olive oil
fish oils
raw nuts and seeds
flax oil
coconut oil
How do we get these fats into our children and keep the bad
fats away? When you consume enough good fats, the cravings
for the bad fats start to diminish. The good fats feed the
brain, protect the organs and keep the hair and skin
healthy. Use olive oil to make salad dressing (Greek salad
is good), buy some raw nuts and seeds, cook fish more
often, and make protein blender drinks with a spoonful of
flax oil in it. (1 tablespoon per 100 lbs).
When you start to change the diet, reduce the unhealthy
foods and incorporate the healthy foods, the body will
start to lose weight on its own. It is a slower proccess,
but this is the healthy way to lose weight. Remember to
read those labels on foods and drinks, drink more pure
water, be aware of what is consumed in a day, be the
example to your Child and don’t forget to get more exercise.
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