This week's topic is…
Children & Snacks
What healthy snacks do you fix for your children? What are some of their favorites? With a hungry 14 yr old to feed, I'm always up for ideas. So I hope you'll join us!
Yes, I do have a 14 year old boy in my house. And these days it seems like he is constantly eating. He is hungry all the time. Since he has grown 8 inches in the last year, I'm not really surprised. He needs a lot of food to support that growth. Plus he is one of those constantly moving kids. His metabolism must be super high.
This leaves me in a dilemma as his mother. It's increasingly difficult to feed him snacks that are both healthy and filling at the same time. His braces also limit some of what he can eat.
He does love oranges. So I try to keep them in the fruit bowl. He loves other fruits like pineapple and watermelon, but those don't usually make good travel fruits. He won't eat bananas or grapes. He will eat apples. Because of his braces, though, I try to cut those into small chunks. I need to do a better job of making them more accessible at snack time.
He also likes cheese. And he will eat lots of it when we're at home. So I try to keep plenty on hand.
I am sad to say that he also eats a lot of the single serving microwavable macaroni n cheese & shells w/tomato sauce. This is something easy and filling. He can make these while he is doing his school work and keep going. I know these aren't the most healthy option, but they work. Now that I'm thinking about it, I should make a batch from scratch and keep it in the refrigerator. Then he could just heat up a little at a time.
I do keep snack cakes in the house for him. He doesn't eat them a lot, but probably one a day. Oh, he also eats granola bars. But we're not talking the healthy ones. We're talking the ones that have chocolate chips in them. I am ok with some things. I don't believe in tellling a child they can never have sweets. They need to learn balance as much as we do.
As I have tried to be healthier, I have tried to make my son's snacks healthier too. But this hasn't always worked. I think I will start making more of an effort, especially during the summer. Maybe if it becomes habit during the summer, it will stick during the school year…maybe 
So for today's weigh-in…
I lost .6 lbs for a total of 42.8 lbs lost. I have 17.4 lbs left to lose and 11 weeks until my goal, which means I need to lose approximately 1.58 lbs a week. This makes me a little nervous. But I am not giving up. I will make it to goal.
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14
And so will you, my friend. You are doing amazing things for yourself. Keep up the good work!
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Next week's topic is stress.
Stress can be a big deterrent to weight loss. It causes us to lose sight of our weight loss goals and focus on the momentary problem. How do you handle that? How do you stick to your determination and not give into temptation? I hope you'll join me next week and share.
In the meantime, remember….
Quitting is not an option!
PS – I am not feeling well today and I have a very long to do list. So please forgive me if I don't reply to your comment or visit your link today. It may take me a few days to get caught up. Thanks for understanding!
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Oh teenage boys! I think they eat continuously! I know all too well the dilema of keeping healty snacks on hand. And yes, balance is the key. I am trying to teach my kids to make wise choices. I haven't been on the scale for about a month now. Oh the fear! Have a great tomorrow!
Not sure if this works with the braces – peanut butter & celery or apples. When my dd needed to put on weight, I had her drink a Carnation Instant Breakfast every afternoon in addition to the snack the other kids ate. It has nearly the same nutrients in it as Ensure. Now, she drinks chocolate milk. Hard-boiled eggs are another good snack that has both nutrients and staying power. I've discovered that carbs leave us all hungry still!
. I have 34 to go.
Doing better with the new way-of-eating here. So far, I've see-sawed a bit but have still lost a total of 18 – 14 pounds since mid-December, depending on where you start counting
Joshua has been invited to the Governors mansion in June for a valedictorian reception & I'd like a new outfit in a new size for that event! For his graduation in May I'll be satisfied to be able to fit into something I already own!
when my older boys were at home it was torture try to keep up with there constant grazing! balance certainly is the key and having healthy easy to grab food is the best way. teens…especially boys don't want to spend a ton of time making a snack!
you are doing so well with your weight loss…congrats!! I have hit a stand still again…I got so close to my goal of 25lbs and then plateaued but I will get there and then I have my next goal set for 10lbs…but I don't have a date to do that by…maybe I should set a time frame and it will keep me more accountable!!
keep up the great work, my friend!!
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I'm linking up my brand new blog today
I'm really excited to make the move to my own real blog, after a bad experience with google (they deleted my ENTIRE account, including my entire blog)…so I'm excited about my new one 
As far as weight loss, I was kind of fluctuating a bit last week from 8-10 total pounds lost, but this week it's holding steady at the 10 pounds lost so I'm okay with that and hopefully the scale will start creeping down again.
Twitter: getfitlbk
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Growing boys, I hear they are hard to keep fed! You are doing wonderfully friend, keep it up! And, thank you for hosting WLW!
PS–I meant to also say, I hope you feel better!
And, it's especially nice because I went from the 190's to the 180's 
…granted, it's 189.2, but still nice to see that tens number decreasing! Don't really have anyone to share that victory with, so I thought I would share it here with you 
And, in my post, I lamented that I've been stuck on the same weight for a few days, which was okay because it wasn't fluctuating up and down…well, today, I decreased
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