Food for thought. Do Wii have fat kids?

Food for thought: Kiana was invited to speak on behalf of President Bush's National Campaign, "Physical Fitness for Kids" for Fox News Channel.


This blog is not to preach or a Fit-How-To.   It's just to create an awareness from one Fit-Mom to another. I am passionate about having healthy kids, but still remembering to let them "be kids." It is a constant challenge for me to walk the thin-pink-fit-mom line between fitness expert and mom-who-lets-her-kids-be-kids....

Doughnut Diary: It literally stresses me out when my hubby and I let them have that treasured doughnut they hand out after Church service - with apple juice and orange juice, I might add.  I know we did it as kids and we turned out okay, but knowing the sky high sugar content, causes me to vent on my hubby for a good 20 minutes after that about our not-so-good decision.

Last Sunday morning after Church and after the kids engulfed the doughnut, during my venting, he calmly told me, "Kiana, it's just a doughnut."  For me, being the "Queen of Fitness" (per Access Hollywood, not self proclaimed mind you), and a television producer....my creative mind fast forwards in movie style, baby: I see quick cuts to: doughnut ....sugar high ....sugar addiction ...diabetes .... obesity... being on Biggest Loser.  I am not kidding you, I blog the truth...Yes, my mind takes me to seeing my child on Biggest Loser, all from "1 doughnut."

Are "Wii" Fit?  The other night, we were all playing Wii. The coveted game they "had to have" and did a zillion extra chores to get.  My 7 year old was having the best time playing tennis & golf. I watched her and couldn't believe that this was the era we lived in today.

I said to her, "Anelalani, did you know you could play those sports outside?" She looked at me with that face as if I had just told her to actually hang up the clothes on the shelves in her closet.  She thought I was crazy.

Wii are in it for the money honey: Think about the irony of it all. Wii is invented to "make people more active!?" Fit-Mama-Say-What???? The makers of Wii are a video gaming company making money on the obesity problems THEY helped to create and help exist! Gee... Heros.

Other than for video gaming companies to make more money, when did it become a good idea to create video games at all? It promotes more time, sitting on your butt. Sit. Sit. Get Fat. Fat. It seems that people easily passed 5-10 more hours sitting, not showering, eating junk, because they had to get to the "next level on their video game."

The current news is buzzing about Childhood Obesity. Take this tragic video of the 92 lb. 3 year old boy, for example. On the Maury Show.  Put down your food. You will lose your appetite after seeing this. If you are like me, you will also be yelling at the computer screen and trying to raise your botox-ed forehead.

I believe in letting kids enjoy kid-ville, but not send them directly to diabetes or the Biggest Loser show. I believe in educating them, letting them know the consequences of their food choices.  I am proud - fit - mama when I my girls know which foods are the healthier choices and read the nutritional breakdowns on cereal boxes. In the car, we play a game where I ask "Which foods are the better choices?" i.e., "white rice or brown rice?" "Low fat graham cracker or doughnut?"