This giveaway is no longer accepting entries. Congrats to this week’s winner, Bobbi!
Have you tried the Atkins Diet? Maybe you’ve eaten grapefruit for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Then there’s the cabbage diet that, frankly, just sounds like a form of punishment.
As adults, we sometimes try crazy things to lose weight. And the “Diet Industry” knows that — there’s a reason it’s a billion dollar industry. We’re all looking for that quick fix. The problem is, often times our kids are too.
Maybe your teen skips breakfast (Myth #1) or drinks diet soda because she thinks it will help her lose weight. Maybe your son thinks exercise will work off that entire pizza he just consumed (Myth #19).
We all have misconceptions about what will help us lose weight, and even about what is really healthy (hint: just because something is labeled healthy, doesn’t mean it actually is. Myth #2.)
Judith Hilgers, RN, BSN, with UW Health’s Pediatric Fitness Clinic shares common myths about food, exercise and healthy habits and offers suggestions for what your kids (and let’s be honest, maybe even you) can do to make positive changes.
Learn more about 23 common food and fitness myths
To enter this week’s giveaway: Leave a comment on this post telling us how your family stays healthy.Prize: A gym bag. No substitutions.
Rules: Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 11pm CST. Open to Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois residents only. One entry per email address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Monday, July 30th as an update to this post. Come back to Growing Up Healthy on Monday for the announcement of the winner and next week’s giveaway. Subscribe to the blog and you’ll get new posts delivered to your inbox as soon as they’re posted.
In the summertime, almost every evening after dinner is family walk/bike time. It’s a great way to reconnect with one another and to enjoy exercise together.
We strive to get the whole family involved in outdoor activities such as walking the dog, playing baseball/kickball, hiking, biking, swimming. We enjoy the time together as a family and the fresh air and exercise are good for us as well.
We have limited TV time and make sure we always have family dinners together as a family. This helps us with the rushing/grabbing of “quick” foods.
Our family strives to walk/bike ride to our normal destinations in our town as much as possible, as well as fit in other family walks/rides!
During the summer we are very active outside. We are always walking, biking or just playing. We limit our TV use all together and sometimes do not watch any somedays. We love the outdoors!