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DDDaysh, I think you're right about restricting kids' diets causing problems a lot later. I mean, isn't that where the freshman 15 comes from? Kids aren't in their parents' homes anymore, where someone made sure they were eating semi-decent meals, and all of a sudden they're eating pizza and Ruffles every night.
I have a friend who's had trouble with weight from a young age, and I think a lot of it stemmed from a similar situation. Both of her parents worked, so they got her a lot of microwave-type foods. She's actually been losing weight since she went to school.
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Sadly, I was not kidding. Some religions change their rules-apparently, not the rules that define what's kosher.
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I thought it was funny when my Jewish boss signed up to bring the turkey AND ham for our thanksgiving luncheon.
I figure, as long as my son is eating a reasonably healthy diet, then letting him pick what to eat will be ok. Compared to alot of other kids his age, he's a great eater... and he's not fat or anything. He goes through chubby stages and then lean stages depending on his grown at the time, but nothing ever extreme on either. He eats almost anything, and has a tendency to like to eat ALOT... but will stop eating when he's full. He's also very active. My little cousin, on the other hand, is chubby and hardly EVER eats ANYTHING. Her parents consider icecream a food group, because it's one of the few things they can get her to consume that actually has something more than grease and sugar in it.
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My daughter's big into Cheerios, Shredded Spoonfuls, and Chex. The aforementioned Malt-o-Meal Frosted Shredded Wheat and instant oatmeal envelopes are about the sugariest things that make it into the cereal bowl.
Although lately, my daughter wants a smoothie with every meal. Which isn't too bad a thing (milk, juice, frozen strawberries, yogurt, occasional bannana or other fruit)
quote:Doesn't everyone here know that Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs are a part of every kid's wholesome nutritious balanced breakfast? They're tasty, lip-smacking, crunchy-on-the-outside, chewy-on-the-inside, and they don't have a single natural ingredient or essential vitamin to get in the way of that rich, fudgy taste.
"Actually, they're kinda bland until you scoop sugar on them." -Calvin
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This is a really interesting discussion to me. Can't directly contribute because I don't have kids, but I've been fascinated by the people who still love the "kids" cereals after all these years.
My mother never, ever gave me any of those...Fruit Loops, Kix, Cap'N Crunch, or like that...and I never asked for them. Didn't sound good when I was a kid, and don't sound good now. If she gave me cold cereal, it was corn flakes or Rice Krispies or Cheerios or shredded wheat. I rarely eat cold cereal now, although every once in a while I get a craving for flakes or krispies. Oatmeal was a big thing, and I still love that. When I was growing up, I also sometimes got a fried egg and toast for breakfast, with milk or orange juice. Pancakes were strictly a Sunday thing when I was growing up.
These days, more often than not, my breakfast consists of a slice or two of sourdough toast and an orange or a couple of tangerines. This isn't to say that I don't like breakfast foods, but anything elaborate often ends up being dinner instead of breakfast. Pancakes are still a favorite, as is french toast. I adore eggs, but I don't eat those too often and often when I want to make scrambled, I use no-cholestorol egg substitute instead of the real thing without really missing anything.
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I don;t ever really eat breakfast- I have cereal in my room(Honey Nut CHeerios, plain Cap'n Crunch, and Fruity Pebbles- I used to have a box of Lucky CHarms as an occasional treat, but one of my roommates ate half the box without asking me), but I don't eat it often, at least not at breakfast time. Granted, I normally get up at noon, since my first class is at 12:30 most days, or else I go to my first class then go back to bed... but oh well.
When I'm home, my parents make us special breakfasts on Saturdays or Sundays, depending on our schedules. These can be eggs, toast, and bacon, bacon and pancakes, or something like that(we rarely get my mom to make sausage gravy and biscuits, but she does sometimes).
Actually, recently, I've only been eating one meal a day, a cross between lunch and dinner. I don't know why, I just haven't had an appetite. Probably from being sick.
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Seems like many of you don't know the wonderfullness that is Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
That's a good thing all around. For you, it's good because you don't know how addictive it is. For me, it's good because there's more of it.
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I used to eat cinnamon toast crunch as a dry snack, but I can't stand it in milk. unless I'm dipping it in milk.
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