Hello all, like most kids DS pesters me to buy sweet stuff at the supermarket.
I try hard to resist but do say yes sometimes. I can't really avoid taking him to the supermarket sometimes because am a LP and online shopping is more expensive for a lot of things than my local Lidl.
Today we bought a box of Jaffa Cakes, and got in sat down and I ate a couple. I know it's not that bad in the scheme of things but I find it hard to resist anything sweet that's in the house.
Does anyone have any tips on limiting having sweet stuff in the house when you have DCs and also how you stop yourself having some?
Also there are so many opportunities to eat crap when kids are about, I will list a few:
- kids parties
- relatives buying sweets for DS
- easter eggs, xmas selection boxes, halloween candy
- other kids come for a play date so buy the odd box of biscuits
- pester power in the supermarket
- eating their leftovers (e.g. chips, pizza etc). DS is very fussy and although he eats a lot of veggies we often make him a few chips or a bit of pizza as a side dish)...
I just seem to be around crap food and when I want to lose weight it's just making it hard and frustrating when I crumble!
Just interested in ideas for a) cutting him down on having stuff in the house, and b) being strong around bad foods as there are so many bad foods about!
Would welcome any pointers! Thanks