Fat Dad, Fat Kid: One Father and Son's Journey to Take Power Away from the "F-Word"

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My Dad has been gone for about 5 years and though I wouldn’t trade my relationship with my mother for anything in the world, I also wonder if I would be a different size, shape, or health level if my dad had been around to get me excited about running in the Bolder Boulder. Right now I am trying to not binge and to stay away from anything sugary or processed but it’s hard. They have certainly had a negative influence on my confidence, self-esteem, relationship with my body and food.

I think that you can be a good parent as an overweight parent, if you place an emphasis on feeding your kids and paying some mind to the type of nutrition they have.

More important, food is no longer a barrier that keeps us apart, but a bridge that keeps us connected. If you are a normal Dad who has little time to find out what is needed to get your brain and then your body in better shape this book is for you. But I have had a good influence on my father, he is now trying to eat better and has lost some weight. I have 2 beautiful little girls and make it a point to show them that I eat healthy and I exercise to stay strong.

I also think daily about what I can do to improve my own health and relationship with food so that when he is old enough to see patterns, that I am a good example for him, and not just someone telling him what he can and can’t eat (especially if I don’t have control over it myself). Mealtimes were the only times that entire family was usually around, and we didn’t stop at one helping. After moving away from her grandmother she was still able to remain close by sharing recipes and continuing the tradition of cooking. Every meal that we sell will help fund our programmes through our Community Interest Company and we will also run fundraisers for a variety of local charities. 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!Seeing my father fall into a hole he could not climb out of makes me weary of using food as a coping mechanism, or making excuses if things get out of hand. Modeling good eating behaviors is more important to me than my husband but we work hard to be a team. There are many layers of family and other issues that no doubt contributed to her food relationship, too many to go into here. It is something that is gravely important to me, and in some ways I think that yes, being a good parent means being in control of your own weight (which I’m not.