Nathan and his family eat healthy together


Since joining Beezee Families, Nathan’s family have made a commitment to eat healthy together.
“We are healthier and happier as a family, feeling more positive about our eating habits. As a family, our food shopping is now carefully planned and we are not buying unhealthy snacks anymore. This is a huge step for us.”
Nathan’s parents
8-year-old Nathan and his family had got into unhealthy snacking habits, and treats had become an everyday thing, when they heard about us through school.
Like many kids, Nathan enjoys playing computer games, making videos and playing with friends. He also loves going to karate class once a week.
His parents explained how signing up together helped them all get into healthier habits.
Make healthy eating changes as a family
Was there something that motivated you to make changes?
It was the beginning of the year and a great time to get into good healthy habits as we’d been thinking about that as a family.
What were Nathan’s feelings about signing up?
Nathan was fine but his sister Maya was apprehensive, as she’s generally shy and wasn’t sure of the structure of the programme.
Tell us about Nathan and the family’s eating and exercise habits before.
He was eating chocolate biscuits, sweets – quick convenient snacks.
We weren’t exercising together. It was simply lack of time and wasn’t a huge priority, as kids do PE at school and we were also busy with karate and swimming weekly.
Adding exercise to the daily routine
Tell us about the changes to your eating, exercise and lifestyle.
We are healthier and happier as a family, feeling more positive about our eating habits.
A lot has changed. We are content with having treats on occasion and not regularly, like we did previously. It has now become a habit to have more vegetables with our meals daily.
We are mindful of portion sizes for Nathan. He has started skipping as a fun thing and is enjoying it.
We have a better understanding of what the various food groups do for our bodies and we are mindful of what we should be eating more of or avoiding. This has been good for us and helps us plan our meals.
What were the most valuable things you learned?
The realisation that we are not alone and we have support available whenever we need it. We don’t get to create healthy habits overnight, so we need to be kind to ourselves and keep going.
And we’ve learned more nutritional awareness. This is for all members of our family and it’s interesting how our son is now very mindful of eating healthily and having treats on occasion.
As a family, our food shopping is now carefully planned and we are not buying unhealthy snacks anymore. This is a huge step for us.
Making progress
What were the best things you experienced?
The learning, the interaction with the community and having the support from the wonderful staff.
And the fact that it was run in the evening during the week showed the level of commitment from the staff. The WhatsApp group was and still is great – a source of encouragement and support.
How would you summarise the experience for someone else?
If you are a busy household with children, this could be one of the best ways to invest your time.
You can learn useful information about eating healthily and exercising regularly as a family. This will create a culture of healthy living at home and help your children for life.
You will also get into better habits and learn practical things like what makes a good breakfast, healthy snacks, drinks, portion sizes – and you will be reminded of why it is important to live a healthy lifestyle.
It is also fun, enjoyable and you will be supported the entire time.
*Not Nathan’s real photo
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