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 Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:50 am
Ok I was at my son's doctor appointment the other day and he said that my son was a bit over weight(30 lbs to be exact). He then told me that the best way to get him to drop some of that weight is to get him involved in some out door activites I can see perfectly well were he is coming from but I have 2 majior problems with this:
problem #1) The doctor never suggested any actives to get him involved in;or any resorce to use to get him involved in things.
problem #2) My oldest son is really lazy he dosent want to go and play out sit unless there is something in it for him and I dont want to bribe he because if I do that then he will always think that if he holds out long enough I will just give into what he wants;and on the off chance that I do get him to play outside he usually just sits there and watches the other kids.
So what I would like to ask you is what are the best out door activites that you have ever done with your kids?
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:04 pm
My dad was a professional runner in his youth. By the time I came around, his knees had given out and he couldn't run anymore, but he still liked to spend a lot of time walking. I was a lazy child too, to tell you the truth. I always much prefered to just sit and read or draw. So it was difficult to get me out of the house. What my dad did was fairly simple. He put his foot down.
"We're going for a walk today."
There's no arguing with my dad because once his mind's made up, that's it. He has never in his life punished me in any way, no time outs, never hit me, no taking toys away, nothing. My dad was never the punishing type. Yet I always knew I had to do exactly as he said because he said to do it and that was that.
So we'd drive to the mountains and just start walking. Once I was there, it was tons of fun. We'd just walk and talk sometimes, or he'd tell me stories as we went. Sometimes we'd make a whole day of it and walk to somewhere special with a lunch and then he'd read a book to me for a while before we walked back to the car. Sometimes we'd play games (a favorite was that we were brother and sister and that evil pirates were chasing us, so we had to walk very quickly to wherever we were going).
What I am trying to say here is that the best way to get your kid active is to be active yourself and pull him along with you. My mother, who was a little too busy for this, often tried to send me places like soccer camp. To me, this was just setting a bad example. She was sending me off to do something I didn't want to do and she didn't have to do it. But with my dad, we did it together, we were in the same boat. And, of course, it gives you some lovely bonding time with your son.
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:10 am
Thanks for the addvice Kukushka I will have to try that by the way do you have any tips on getting my younger kids involved in this to? Incase you didnt know I have 3 kids ages 8,6,&4.
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:39 pm
On nice days, get your kids in swimsuits, go out to a yard (if you have one) and turn on a sprinkler. If not, a local public pool.
Kids love to run through sprinklers. I work at an afterschool care, and ALL of them love the water and stuff. You can have fun with this too. It's nice to get soaked on a hot day.
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:22 pm
RinoaRose Thanks for the addvice Kukushka I will have to try that by the way do you have any tips on getting my younger kids involved in this to? Incase you didnt know I have 3 kids ages 8,6,&4. I was hiking with my dad 10 days after I was born (legal amount of time the mother and child has to stay in the hospital where I used to live). My mother was out hiking with my dad the day before I was born. I'm not talking a stroll through the park either. We lived in the alps wink My point is that a walk is a walk and all ages can come along. If your youngest can't walk too much, you can buy rucksacks made for carrying kids to put him in if he gets tired. He may be a little old for those, though. You'll have to look it up. If you do whole day things with a picnic, activities for all ages would be fun. Sometimes kids can all appreciate some of the same books. If not, a choice of books, a couple toys, maybe a kite? I'm not sure what your kids like, but I was usually allowed to bring one doll (more and there was the possibility of losing some) to play with when we stopped.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:53 pm
~Bubbles ~Sidewalk chalk ~Hula hoops ~jump ropes ~trikes and ride on cars they have to push with their feet ~water guns (or if you don't want guns you can buy empty clean squirt bottles at the hardware store and use those, they hold more water besides) ~Walk to the park ~swimming ~you can buy stand alone slides that fold up and store easy from Little tykes ~outside scavanger hunts (for seed pods, flowers of different colors, pine cones, bugs etc.) ~getting a bug catching set usually has a container with a magnifying glass ~water soluable tempera paints and a big roll of piece of paper, get things that make weird patterns like a mop head and put em in some crappy clothing and let em get just COVERED. Also for ideas both indoors and out doors and get them out from infront of the TV: http://www.familyfun.com
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:27 pm
There are lots of fun group activities that can help kids feel good about getting outdoors.
I remember that there was this "ultimate playground" in the next city over that my mom took my siblings and myself to. We played there for the ENTIRE day and we had a picnic lunch (which was always exciting for us).
One of the other important things to do is to make sure that your kids don't have readily available snack foods.
I noticed that if you're sitting around, you always tend to get a bit peckish, and if you're close to a bag of easily eatable things, you're more likely to overeat while sitting around.
Something else that might help is walks after meals because it aids in digestion and can lead to conversation and family bonding.
Do you have a pet? I have heard that if you have a dog, you're more likely to be in better shape because you have an excuse to go walking with your animal.
Anyway, I hope that helped out!
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 6:13 pm
Running is one of the great workout activity.He could jog at a big area like the park or backyard.
You can tell him if he doesn't come he might have a bad health which could end horrible..
but then again..I think I'm being a bit overboard sweatdrop
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