For years my friends have been telling me how hard it is for them to watch what they eat when they are constantly surrounded by junk food that they buy for their children. I can definitely understand that weakness. I could never say no to a bag of Doritos. That’s why I never buy anything from that food group. If by some remote chance the junk food actually made it home from the supermarket (and I didn’t eat it in the car), then it would never make it past the first night home. So I keep these foods out of my house altogether which in my opinion is a good thing since the fatty, salty and fried stuff is not good for anyone.
The years have gone by and I now find myself in the shoes of those friends. To buy or not to buy, that is the question. I am a strong believer in eating healthy (if you haven’t noticed by now), and what isn’t healthy for me, is certainly not healthy for my 1 year old kid. So I continue to stand strong and refuse to buy the junk food for my child and fall into the same trap that so many of my friends still find themselves in today. If there is no junk food in the house for the kids, then there is no junk food in the house for Mommy and that’s a win-win for both.
Of course no one wants there kid to be the freak or the outsider, so junk food is not out of the picture entirely. Even I need a “cheat” once in a while (or twice in a while), but at home I’d like to set the standard for healthy eating. A burger on a night out at the mall is ok and candy on a road trip is not the end of the world. But at home, where the family eats on a regular basis, standards need to be set, taught and kept.
My husband dares me to stick to this philosophy as my kid gets older. I dare him to bring that kind of food home!
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