Hi niapage,
I've switched a lot of things in our
diet and my daughter has yet to notice. I switched all pastas to whole wheat/grain, I now buy 2% milk (working my way to skim) and I never fry anything...well I never did that before. It wasn't for health reasons though, I HATED the way the oil always popped and burned me. ROTFL
It's the truth, sad I know...but the truth nonetheless.
Also, I buy the Light Lays variety of snacks (chips, Doritos,etc) and put the serving size in ziplock bags, for both of our sakes because I will eat an entire bag of Lays in one sitting.
That way whenever either one of us wants a salty snack we just take one baggie off the pantry shelf. And I keep LOADS of fruit in the house (peaches, grapes, apples, strawberries) and I've found that she tends to eat them more because they're more readily available.
As for the activity, luckily my daughter really loves cheerleading so she's excited about this new age bracket and the increase in the work. She has two bikes and won't ride either one of them...she's scared of falling, but she'll ride her scooter 'til the wheels roll off (lol), so I take what I can get. I tried pushing the bike, but I stopped. Like Manaloa said, I just try to get her involved with things that she likes whether its throwing the frisbee around, a foot race, or a little basketball...as long as she's moving.
Hope this helps some.
