Re: Keeping children intuitive

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Well, this is my take on it, and what I experienced. The very thing my mom, husband, kids, anyone said I shouldn't eat..it was the very thing I wanted. How would your son feel if he ate nothing but so called "junk" food for a week? My guess is miserable. Last night I made a cake. It is a cake I rarely have or make. I decided I would eat all I wanted. I had three pieces, two little and one big. After I had it I felt sick..miserable. I felt like I needed something that seemed more like "real" food to me. I had some tofu and noodles. Yes I had the cake first, but I didn't feel great. There's half a cake in there. I woke up wrestling with whether to have it. I decided I wanted some egg whites with arugula, onions, and a bit of cheese, and a piece of whole wheat toast. I am full, and the cake is still there. I can have it if I want, but as of now I don't. I am not sure how long it would take your son to want something other than oreos, but it will happen. AliaI'm interested to hear what others say to . I have 3 kids 7, 10, 12 and I've had some control over what they eat. I would never let them eat a candy bar for breakfast! Now that I'm legalizing all foods I do have a lot of junk food in the house right now. My youngest would live on junk if I let him. I told them this morning they could eat any of the junk in the house but only when they were hungry. Well for lunch my youngest was going to have oreos! I cringed! Well I told him he had to have something good for him first so he had 1/2 a pb & j and about 5 oreos! I'm really struggling w/ this! There is a section in the Overcoming Overeating book about allowing kids to eat whatever and it says the fascination w/ eating anything wears off quickly just like it does us! It still makes me nervous!! Barb