Family Matters: Tips for a Healthy Easter

Easter is on Sunday and DumBell Fitness would like to share some tips to make the holiday a healthy day for your family. Typically, Easter is characterized by a large basket full of chocolate eggs and jellybeans. This year, we challenge to you to limit the influx of sugar. It’s so important to avoid instilling in your children that food equals enjoyment. It may seem like giving out large amounts of candy is a small deal, but it can have long-term effects on your child’s health and relationship with food.

Tip #1:  Leave out carrots for the Easter Bunny the night before Easter. Make the carrots a treat for your kiddos, too, and talk about how healthy they are!

Tip #2: Keep up your Easter egg hunt tradition, but instead of filling the eggs with candy, try:

Stickers

Quarters

Punching Balloons

Finger Lights

Squinkies

Little Pet Shop toys

Tip #3:  Turn your leftover Easter eggs into healthy snacks! You can make low-fat deviled eggs and egg salad. Or, just use them as a great protein-filled snack, or even add them to your salad for lunch.

DumBell Fitness wishes you a healthy and happy Easter!