by KHRocks | Nov 25, 2009 | Childhood Obesity, Emotional Eating, Holiday eating, Over eating, Overweight kids
Happy Thanksgiving! As your coach I am treating this as your final pep talk before the big day, so here we go. Before the party: Review tips from the past couple of weeks. Don’t go to dinner hungry. Make sure you have a good breakfast and lunch. Many people starve all...
by KHRocks | Nov 19, 2009 | Childhood Obesity, Emotional Eating, Holiday eating, Overweight kids
One more week until Thanksgiving! I am thrilled and can’t wait to decorate for Christmas. I may even decorate before Thanksgiving! Why not, the stores were decorated long before Halloween? Have you been watching your portions, planning for Thanksgiving, and keeping...
by KHRocks | Nov 19, 2009 | Childhood Obesity, Holiday eating
We have two weeks until Thanksgiving, so my tip today is to start planning. Most of the year, I get push back from clients about planning ahead. Maybe they think it will ruin their fun! But this time of year, most people are planning anyway, so why not plan to eat...
by KHRocks | Nov 4, 2009 | Childhood Obesity, Holiday eating, Weight Loss
I hope your family had a safe and healthy Halloween, that you treated yourself to a piece or two of candy. If you did treat yourself, did you think about the portion sizes you were having, the extra calories, etc… If not, we still have time to prepare for the rest of...
by KHRocks | Nov 2, 2009 | Childhood Obesity, Healthy behaviors, Nutrition, Overweight kids, Physical activity
While I am so happy to see programs going into schools to teach children the importance of eating right and staying physically active, it is futile if there home environment is not changing. We need to help the parents of overweight children learn healthy behaviors...