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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is trying to control your food intake immediately a diet or a food disorder? I watch what I eat and teach my kids to do the same because overeating on a regular basis is not healthy and also makes your body less nimble which makes it harder to have physical fun. Are we supposed to just shovel unlimited amounts of food in our mouth at the expense of everything else?[/quote]

I agree with this.  >70% of adults are overweight.  Junk food is everywhere in pretty much unlimited qualities.  Even if your kids aren’t overweight, they are highly likely to be as adults.  The snacks, fast food, processed food are everywhere and pushed onto us from every angle.  We need to be teaching our kids to eat mostly heathy foods, and exercise discipline and moderation if eating something that has little nutritional value and is essential junk food.  No one needs multiple servings of desserts at a sitting or several slices of pizza, etc.  It’s ok to tell your child they may have 1 cookie, not 3.  [/quote]

I never told my kids they could only have one cookie (that would have been hypocritical), but this approach isn’t likely to cause baggage. The problem is being shamey about weight (your own, your child’s, anyone’s weight), saying things like “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels,” limiting kids to no cookies even at birthday parties or something, or just generally modeling orthorexia. Look at the comments on this thread; our baggage didn’t come from not being allowed to binge on cookies.

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