Lose Weight 25

katiepoppycat

hi all, sounds like you've all been busy this weekend! had several reaons for not posting, one of whuch being that i went off hte rails a bit on saturday. anyway, startig with friday, the plan was . .

cn cornflakes milk and oj
cocopops, milk and apple
cup soup
potato pie

and that ending up being

cn cornflakes milk and oj
cocopops, milk and apple
snack 0 ikea hotdog
potato hash with 1 slice hm white bread and butterly, serving of strawberry delight

the sat plan was

cn cornflakes milk and oj
cocopops, milk and apple
cup soup
half portion ainsley paella

which ended up being

cn cornflakes milk and oj
cocopops, milk and apple
cup soup, 2 biscuits, flavoured raisins, granola
whole portion ainsley paella

then sund i had

cocopops and milk, oj
bacon buttie
cheese mayo baguette
cn cornflakes and tom juice

alas either the bacon buttie or the cheese baguette made me very ill so not in work today. irony is, it was work who provided the above as i worked a 12 hour shift yesterday, doing a stock count. don't seem to be able to keep anything . . well, in, if you know what I mean. so todays plan is

cocopops and milk, oj
cn cornflakes and milk, apple
minced beef hotpot

YAY BB ON OH'S JOB!!!!!!

kay_da_gurl

Hi all,
Pleased to report a 5lb loss for last week. Fingers crossed for everyone else weighing today and here's to another good week :T xx

The_Dragon

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: 2 pounds back ON this week - not a happy Dragon

x_raphael_xx

Hugs to Dragon

My WI too today, I have...
Lost 1.1lbs
Lost 0.5 % Fat
Gained 0.5 % Water &
Gained 0.3 % Muscle

So all good

beanielou

Sorry Dragon

sarymclary

dipsy wrote: »

Hi

not sure if right place, but I have decided today to get us all fit and healthy in the houe, but my kids are fussy eaters.

Son hates salad, but loves meat veg

Daughter likes chicken but not keen on any other meats and loves salad

I will eat anything to make life easier

any ideas for pack lunches/healthy and dinners - to prepare in advance as I work full time

If I do baked potatoes son refuses to eat and if he gives in just loads with butter - he is almost 15 and does nothing with himself other than play on his xbox.......

I suspect they are both eating sweets without my knowledge - should I stop pocket money

what is the right approach.

dont want to post their weights, but just to say they are very overweight and I am at a loss how to tackle it whilst not making their lives a misery?

thanks

Hi Dipsy,

I've got 4 boys, and they all seem to like different things! I have a limited menu available that they'll all eat exactly the same, so what I do is I try to tweak things to suit all.

You clearly have to work with what they will eat, for a start. Tricky especially as your daughter only eats chicken.

Do they eat pasta or rice? Do they like sauces, or gravy? I'm wondering if you could make healthier meals like a chicken casserole, curry, sweet n sour, etc. If you have a slow cooker you could put meals in there. What about a stir-fry? You could make a basic sauce, whether it's curry, bolognese, etc., and then add that to the meat you've cooked, so your daughter could have it with chicken, your son with lean minced beef.

I sneak vegetables into sauces, so even my children who would profess to not like parsnips, swede, turnips, etc, actually eat them without knowing! chop them up in to tiny pieces, or even blitz them with a hand blender, which would make them part of a sauce such as in a bolognese or casserole/stew.

My 2nd eldest son got very chubby (fat!) around the age of 8, and it was partly down to him making the decision and asking me to help him lose weight, but also me realising that I hadn't been helping him with my options when shopping. I bought the treats because I loved him, but he loved them too much!

If you believe they are buying sweets/treats outside the home, do not have them inside the home. Stop buying crisps, chocolate bars/wafers, biscuits, cakes, sweet desserts, etc. I realised that if the food wasn't in the house, they'd have to make better choices for themselves when at home. I have to say it's saved me money too. I swapped penguin bars for something like Alpen bars, or nutrigrain, etc. They had low fat yogurts, and a piece of fruit in their packups. For playtime snack I gave them fruit or rasins. You can get things like snack a jacks, or other low cal snacks, but they can be very salty.

To get my youngest boys interested in fruit, I bought a selection and chopped it up/sliced it, and put it out on a plate where it looked really lovely, colourful and attractive. I just suggested they try each type of fruit at least once. Then they could really be sure they didn't like it. I would tell them about how as a small child I'd hated certain foods, but now I loved them, as my taste buds had matured. They discovered they liked mango, loved grapes and strawberries, quite liked kiwi, liked oranges, but preferrred satsumas, one liked bananas, the other wasn't keen, both didn't like peaches. I also put a pot of low fat yogurt out in a dish for them to use as a dip (healthier than cream). When they have packs of fruit reduced in the supermarket, I'll buy them as a means to try out on the kids, so now I've discovered they like blueberries and raspberries. I've yet to try them on plums.:cool:

I stopped buying pizzas, I only buy healthy burgers (or make your own), I buy sausages with over 90% meat content, I invested in a breadmaker & I make my own bread, and I try to give them a variety of meals so it doesn't get boring. I can make homemade healthy pizza, and use less cheese on it.

I dont' see any harm in making mashed potato, but reduce the amount of butter you add progressively (they'll notice if you've usually put in a large dollop, and then add a teaspoonful), and if you can switch to a 1% milk try that (only £1 per 4pts from Sainsburys). I stopped giving them chips in favour of cooking potatoes more. You can make healthy roast potatoes too, by cooking them in very little oil (spray oil is good). I only use olive oil, as it's healthier. I buy the lighter margarine spreads, never butter. Do they like yorkshire puds? I make my own, use more water than 1% milk in the mix, and pop half a sausage in each for mini toads. They love them, they look massive, but are actually not that unhealthy, and I cook in a little olive oil.

If they like cereal for breakfast, try to get the wholegrain varieties. Get the children involved in baking healthy biscuits as a treat. I make a healthy flapjack, but I use less sugar and butter than the recipe suggests, and use honey instead of syrup. If you add up all the ingredients/calorie content in total, then break that down into 100g/10g amounts, you'll be able to calculate the calories in a portion size (Foodfocus.com could help you with that). I replaced ordinary pasta with wholewheat, and they can't tell the difference once a sauce is on it. You could put a portion of salad on the side of your daughter's plate, in place of veggies, which is lovely with pasta meals.

Do either of your children like fish? If so, it's a healthy meal, and a good filling for sandwiches. What about baked beans? They aren't unhealthy in themselves, it's what you have them with.

I understand you don't want to have battles about food, but as the parent you do have to take responsibility for what food goes into your children's bodies, at least in your own home. I felt very embarrassed that my son was so fat, and that I must have been responsible for it. I sat down and told him that I didn't want him to be upset about the name calling, or that he never got the chance to get included in team games, had to resort to playing the joker in class to endear himself to his peers due to his size. I wanted all of us to be healthier, and happier, and that from now on I was going to take responsibility for us to be healthier. My youngest lad is a little on the chunky side, and I can see that he would have gone the same was as DS2, had I not made changes. As it is, he's significantly smaller than DS2 was at the same age, and is happier and healthier. I do think you have to lead by example, so I walk to the local shops rather than drive, I try not to be seen as a sofa slumper at home, and ask them for help around the house to get them moving. If they're getting pocket money, they should be earning it. I stopped giving my eldest 2 pocked money when they were 14/15 so they would get jobs. DS2 (15) has a paper round on a Sunday that earns him £5, DS1 (16) does tutoring for a friend's daughter to help her with GCSE studies for £10 p/wk (he is an xbox addict too)!

What I also did was to invest in some new plates/bowls. They were a bit smaller than the old ones, and meant they couldn't overload them with large adult sized portions. I also stopped having puddings after meals. They'd become a habit, more than a necessity, but were an extra couple of hundred calories. They'd got into the habit of having a hot chocolate at night, and then I worked out how many calories that was :eek: I had no idea!

I noticed my younger 2 boys were filling their breakfast bowls to the brim during the last halfterm, and when I weighed how much they were eating it was about 3 or 4 times the recommended amount! I got them to weigh out a reasonable portion size, and after doing that a few times, they now recognise how much they should eat.

Is there anything you can do as a family to get out & about at weekends, or in the evenings now it's getting lighter? Do they own bikes? Could you have bike rides, go out to a national trust property where they often have extensive grounds to walk in. Take a trip to the coast (not near arcades or ice cream parlours) and walk along the beach, etc. I would also say that buying my children the joint present for Xmas of a Nintendo Wii was a great idea. The games are very physical, and they are very competitive so try to outdo each other. I also go on the Wii Fit, like many other's on here, and it's great! You could then encourage your son to invite a couple of mates round to play on it with him. The Wii Fit is also quite blunt and unforgiving when it does the body analysis - you're obese! you could do with losing weight to improve your BMI, how much do you want to aim to lose!, etc.. Then you get a big boost when it tells you how great you are when you lose weight, or do well on a section.

Have you had a look over on the OldStyle board for ideas for recipes? They would be able to give you lots of ideas for healthy, cheap, family friendly meals, which shouldn't take too much time to cook, or can be made in batches.

Would your daughter eat turkey mince? You could use that in a bolognese, or cottage pie. What about vegetarian options, like Quorn? My eldest son isn't a great meat eater, but likes chicken and fish, but he loves the quorn products, so I do him their burgers, sausages (60 cals each), breast style fillets (94 cals) meatballs, and they do mince and chicken style pieces. Very low calorie, very low fat, very tasty.

If you introduce a couple of meals a week, and make the changes progressively, then you may find they adjust easier. If you don't want them to realise that you're trying to cut back on their food for diet reasons, then just tell them you're totally skint! I do that all the time, and it's the best reason I have not to buy them a MacDonalds or fish & chips. I purposefully don't keep much cash in my purse to prove I have no funds available (although it's often too true)!

I hope some of that helped. The guys on here can definitely offer recipe ideas, especially if you give us an idea of the kind of ingredients to include, or what kind of meals you've been doing. A few of us have children too, and don't want them to be having to join Lose Weight 105 in years to come!:o

Sorry it's such a long post - I kept thinking of new ideas! I bet everyone wishes I was still working on that shed!!:rotfl:

dipsy

Wow thanks for that, have cut and pasted it into email so I can print off and keep to hand, determined to make it work so that we are all healthier.

have lots of WW books at home, from when I was religious about what I ate and will try dig out some dishes that we will all eat, yes my daughter eats rice and pasta as well as chicken so will have ago at maybe chicken lasagne and some mushroom risotto and the like

thanks for all the effort in answering my question, really appreciate it

thank you :-)

victory

SARY BRILLIANT POST:D

X-RAPH,KAY:j :j :j :j

THE DRAGON i FEEL YOUR :mad: :mad: :mad:

serendisglair

Phew Sary...reckon you need a standing ovation on that post its mega long and mega helpful!

nmm

Afternoon everyone, Well done to the losers and STS's, positive vibes for the gainers next week will be your week :T

Sary, i love your posts but don't have time to read it just now, but i will :rotfl:

Dipsy, not read all the posts so sorry if already posted but what about a Wii Fit, great for getting in shape and fun for the kids and you to use:j

WI today and guess what a 1lb loss :eek: my scales work hurray :rotfl: My BMI is a healthier 22.4 and i've lost another 0.5" from my waist and 0.5" from my belly, a total of 4" off my waist and 2" of flab from my belly so far, i'm very pleased. Plus my weights arrived today so hopefully i'll tone up a bit quicker now :j