Unintended Consequences of Being Healthy with Kids

This is without a doubt the one post I hope everyone will read and take something from.  Be careful, good intentions may have bad consequences.

Jeneen and I love, love, love our two boys.  I will even go as far as saying we are pretty good parents.  We teach them right form wrong, we expect them to use their manners and be respectful to others.  Discuss the importance of not bullying and to even stand beside those that are being bullied.  The list
goes on.  Now we are not saints, far from it, Jeneen has soo many flaws, well we don't have all day.  We teach the importance of health as you can probably imagine.  Oh, that sentence before this last one, well that was a joke, hahaha, hopefully someone our there was thinking this guys is sooo screwed lol.  Gotta keep you on your toes.  I find my humor adorable, I imagine some others, hopefully not too many of you, hate me and don't get me.  Maybe that's why no one reads these wonderful posts (laughing inside kinda).

As I was saying we also discuss healthy eating with the boys and for the most part these guys like and eat most of the vegetables we serve them.  They actually say they do not like McDonald's (me likey!) but that goes to show how strong a parents influence can be.  We read labels and J and I discuss where we are in our goals amongst ourselves.  Can you see where this is going?

One night my oldest son Noah was in our bathroom brushing his teeth and getting ready for bed.  I was in the bedroom waiting for him when he came out and said "great news, I lost three pounds!"  My insides knotted up and I physically got sick to my stomach hearing my eight year old say this.  I immediately began explaining that he is a growing boy and he should never concern himself with losing weight and that he should be gaining.  Without us thinking about it they had also been observing our occasional celebration on the scale when weight went down.  I felt horrible but am pleased we found out now so we could right our wrong and talk to them about it.

Be careful, our kids see and hear everything the good and the bad.  We no longer focus on weight around the kids but focus on the importance of being happy and healthy.  Guess I should stop talking about twerking by the chance they stumble upon some of my posts later in life.