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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sedarfairy" data-source="post: 3613366" data-attributes="member: 23285">I think most of our weight problems come from the convenience of fast food and our unwillingness to make necessary changes.  Its mostly attitude.  I agree with everything Danny said.  I have a pre-diabetic problem.  My father already is.  I had to radically alter my diet.  We don't eat white.  Potatoes, refined sugars and cereals, rice, etc.  When those changes were made in my dad's life, he melted 45 pounds off in a few months.  It helps that both my children are health freaks.  My oldest has been dancing competetively for 8 years now.  She cleaned out our house of junk.  My youngest is a long distance runner at the age of 10.  I don't have to stay on them...they figured out quickly what combinations of food to eat, or not eat, in order to stay healthy.  You would be hard pressed to find potato chips or candy, or doughnuts in our house.  When they want something sweet we make treats using sugar free things, fruit, or even honey, a natural sugar.  they eat chips made out of fruit and rice.  Instead of processed meats, we cook our own.  the sadness of skipping the happy meal is made up for by cooking together and then sitting down together around the table and laughing about our day.  to illustrate my point about attitude though, yesterday my daughter was on her second running session of the day, pounding out her 6th mile.  a lady I knew stopped her car next to the track we were running on and waved me over to talk.  When I got over to her car she shook her head and laughed..."Don't you ever let your kids sit down?  I see them out here exercising all the time."  thats the misconception so many people deal with.  I don't force them to do these things...They have seen my dad, also a distance runner, and myself, an avid exerciser and track coach, exhibit these habits for years.  We have to live the example for our kids.</blockquote>

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