I encourage fruits and veggies as the best snacks by keeping them cut up and in the fridge and have a loose one treat a day policy. In my early years I grew up eating mostly healthy food–brown rice, vegetables, fish, etc,punctuated by the occasional ice cream sundae– but then later on when my younger brother refused to eat anything, they switched to more “kid-friendly” fare–eggo waffles, macaroni and cheese, biscuits, velveeta and chips, etc. My has never been terribly overweight, but his constant need to “diet” without ever having much success definitely shaped my own dieting and perception of my body. I was discussing this with a co-worker recently and she told me that I needed to take responsibility for being overweight and I do. Then, after the birth, you didn’t find yourself exclusively and relentlessly catering to the unpredictable whims of a tiny pink dictator who refuses even to smile at you; no, you went back to work.

Modeling good eating behaviors is more important to me than my husband but we work hard to be a team. I wish for more discussion around the terms “overweight” and “healthy”, and how socially constructed both of these terms are.Determined to fit into a bathing suit, my dad declared he was on the “Super Model Diet”: hot coffee, cold coffee, coffee shakes, coffee bread, unlimited cigarettes and water.

His claim to fame was using Kettlebell Training to get exceptional results, working with Angie Dowds as his mentor and Steve Cotter (IKFF), becoming the UK's most prolific trainer. I try not to blame my grandmother for my weight problem (I am 5’4 and 210) because she’s not here shoveling junk food into my mouth. I have been working with Coach Stefano for a number of years as part of the Ultimate Dad Transformation program, and now the Fat Dad to Fit Dad For Life. During those younger years it was just mainly puppy fat, but as I grew older it became weight of a different kind, the weight you put on when you are depressed and eating to stuff down the emotions. On the flip side, I have a friend who I think has an obsession to not gain her weight back so she exercises incessantly and I think that’s just as damaging for her little girl to see that as well.

What is going on not only in his body, but also his mind and heart that leads him to have such an unhealthy relationship with food?

In today’s world where fast-food restaurants, soda, and processed foods reign supreme, does “fat dad” have to mean “fat kid”? Digital entrepreneur and beloved vlogger Shay Butler and his preteen son, Gavin, decided to find out the answer for themselves. My sister, almost 8 years younger than me, apparently wore my parents down, and was not required to eat when they wanted her to.We are all there for each other, with humour and care, to enable us to succeed in our goals, whatever they may be. It is very important to me that they have healthy body image and a good sense of heathy eating as well as whats a treat and not to over induldge. Determined to get back into shape and inspire his son along the way, Shay asked Gavin to embark on a thirty-day challenge with him to eat clean and do thirty minutes of exercise a day. She was a young parent and a picky eater, so if she didn’t like it (as was the case with most vegetables) she simply didn’t ever have it in the house.

My dad was always active al like a bear he’d gain weight in the winter and take it off in the summer through daily hikes. My mom was overweight while I was growing up…my father was active and passionate, but as he changed jobs and introduced more stress into his life, he bgan to pick up my mom’s eating habits and he is now overweight as well. Full of Shay’s signature blend of humor, honesty, and unbridled enthusiasm, Fat Dad, Fat Kid chronicles the ups and downs of Shay and Gavin’s thirty days together, reflects on Shay’s lifelong struggle with health and fitness, and proves that it’s never too late for parents or children to embrace a healthier lifestyle—even when it doesn’t come easy.After my mom’s heart attack, I was determined not to follow the same path as her and lost about 25 lbs. A few years later, I now consider my relationship with food a good one, thanks to a lot of therapy and reading blogs like yours! I’m just an overweight, clutzy girl over 40 with no gallbladder to regulate healthy fats, whose metabolism has slowed, making the challenge even greater. I never really did the crazy diet thing, but I have done my own unhealthy things to keep my weight down.