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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]#1: Stop buying any food that is not healthy.  When you guys want treats, buy single servings or make it as a family.  Ice cream, crackers, lunch meats don't make the cut.  Stick with fresh fruits and vegetables, raw meats, whole grains, etc.

#2: Don't make extra food for meals so there aren't leftovers.

#3: Get into the habit of doing physical exercise as a family--not to lose weight but to emphasize what a healthy lifestyle looks like.  Tell the children that being healthy is a three-legged stool of Sleep, Exercise, and healthy Eating.

Can you work near the kitchen so you can monitor a bit better?  My kid was not in the kitchen alone so this never came up.[/quote]

I’m seriously curious. Do you work?  What do you eat for lunch every day?[/quote]

I am not the pp, but I basically eat the way they’re describing. I work, also.  It’s really not that hard with some preparation. Make a whole chicken, eat the meat as leftovers for the next few lunches. Roast several different veggie sides at the same time, eat them for the next few days. Keep lettuce and various salad fixings on hand so you can throw together a salad and warm up some leftover chicken and throw it on top. Make a big batch of home made veggie  sauce and gluten free pasta. Freeze some of the sauce. It is really not that hard. [/quote]

But you don’t keep granola bars, pretzels, dried fruits, crackers, cereal, in the house at all?  Even the healthiest of households keep some type of “snack” foods around at times.  Kids can find anything to binge on and making dinner with zero leftovers is very difficult or not possible to do every night.  [/quote]

Oh, and I provide tons of snacks:
Dehydrated fruits and veggies 
Fresh fruits and veggies 
Healthy dips, like refrigerator beans, hummus, nut and seed butters
Nuts and seeds
Seaweed
Homemade (healthy) crackers and breads
Plenty of dairy (regular fat, unflavored)
Leftover roasted, baked or lightly sautéed meat

We freeze leftovers in single portions, so that kids and adults can pick random things for lunch and pair them with fruit and veggies.[/quote]

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