So, I've always had a shitty relationship with food and I recently lost a significant amount of weight. I was always careful to try and create healthy habits with my son but as soon as I started to lose weight, he started to gain it. He's not fat, but he's getting there. He doesn't seem interested in joining me for exercise and he is starting to withdraw from exercise altogether.
The problem is, he's starting to secret eat. He doesn't have a reason to as far as I can tell, he gets treats and stuff sometimes and he eats pretty well anyway but recently, he's started waiting me out and eating when I'm doing something else or my attention is elsewhere. I need ideas to get him active and need to tackle this food situation before it becomes a real issue for him. He's not hungry when he's secret eating because I've always fed him well and he gets a choice in his meals.
Example situation; we eat a lot of fish so for dinner i ask him what he'd like and he says salmon and veggies. Yep, I'm good with that. We eat that and then when everything is cleared up we'll go watch a movie before bed. Then, he'll get up to go to the bathroom and instead he sneaks to the refrigerator and gets food to secret eat alone. I realise he was a long time and get up and find him, then I'm not sure what to do because if I make a big deal, I'm worried it will turn it into a huge issue, but obviously it's not ok. Its like 30/40 minutes after he finished dinner so he is not hungry!
I don't know what to do, he is gaining weight noticeably and in turn, it's making him lazy. I don't want him to struggle with his weight like I did and I don't want to hurt his feelings around it. What can I do?
Ps. Single mom, good family support network, his dad doesn't come around much but they have a good relationship none the less.
Submitted February 22, 2017 at 03:40PM by fu_foodthrowaway http://ift.tt/2l71qs5 Parenting
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