MAMA CHICK MONDAY - Make this Halloween a healthy one!

MAMA CHICK MONDAY – Make this Halloween a healthy one!

Hey Chicks,

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! It’s Mama Chick Monday and today we have a special guest blogger – the fab Christine R! Christine is not only a member of our FIT CHICKS Family as a kick butt Chick Sergeant from our Kitchener Bootcamp but is also a proud mama of 2. We asked her to share with our chicks how she keeps her wee ones as well as neighbourhood kids from eating so much sugar during Halloween.　Read on!

MAMA CHICKS TIPS FOR A LOW SUGAR HALLOWEEN

by Christine, Chick Sergeant – Kitchener / Waterloo

With Hallowe’en it is so difficult to be as “good” as we should when it comes to healthy eating, but it doesn’t mean we can’t make wise choices. I go through the treats with my kids and separate chocolate, candy, chips etc. putting them into different containers. I give the kids a few treats then I hide the items so that the kids don’t have access. Each day they get a couple of treats, either in their lunch box or as a snack at home. After a couple of weeks, if there is still a lot of stuff left over (usually the chocolate and chips are gone), I get rid of the rest. I know it’s sneaky, but the kids have forgotten about the candy by then and it also keeps us all from eating things we don’t even like, just because they are in the house and why have an added temptation!

I have been guilty for giving out chips, chocolate bars and rockets in the past! However, I have started to give out non- sugar items such as stickers, spooky pencils and skull rings. The kids really think they are cool!

Here are pictures of my kids Adam and Alyssa with their 2011 costumes.
Adam is a Spider’s dinner, thanks to my husband Mike who is a creative genius!