Trying to help your kids lose weight, but aren’t sure how? Consider replacing their junk food snacks with some of the foods on this list.
Begin with introducing all kinds of fresh fruit. Shop with your child for a bunch of different fruit and have taste tests at home. Offer both new and unusual fruits alongside the common options.
Get an air popcorn popper and show your kids how much fun it is to pop and eat, even without the butter. Barely mist the popcorn and then salt it. If your kids love caramel corn, try air popped popcorn with a bit of low-cal pancake syrup; it's not a bad substitute.
Get a bag of those pretzel thins and top with slivers of cheese. Buy a cheese with a decent amount of flavor so you won't need much cheese.
Boil up some eggs. Set the kids loose to peel their own eggs; they'll have a blast eating them, and they'll feel satisfied for a long time because eggs are packed with protein. Most kids like them with paprika, salt, and pepper.
Get silly with your kids and make ants on a log. Spread a modest amount of peanut butter on celery sticks and then place raisins or minitaure chocolate chips on top (which are the ants).
Serve cut veggies with salad dressing. You can let older kids carve the vegetables into sculptures before eating them.
Offer seasoned shrimp. Add a Cajun seasoning pack to the water and watch your kids gobble up this high-protein, low-cal snack.
Cold cut roll ups. Roll up thin slices of lean meat with thin pieces of cheese, then stick a toothpick in each one.
Get your kids hooked on smoothies instead of milkshakes. Combine frozen raspberries or strawberries with low calorie fruit juice and blend. You can put yogurt in if your kids like it that way.
Buy some Greek yogurt. Greek yogurt contains two times the amount of protein as regular yogurt. You can find plenty of flavors; even chocolate!
If you model healthy eating habits, your kids will be more likely to eat healthfully as well. Try picking up some healthy eating cookbooks for more ideas.
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