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Summer has officially arrived and it is hot hot H-A-W-T here in Texas. The kids are out of school and we keep our days filled with the gym (for me), the pool (for them), and playdates (for both of us). With it being so hot and this mama only able to take so much of the pool with three children, that still leaves us with a lot of time IN THE HOUSE. I'm trying to keep us busy, entertained and not bored.

I found that when we are at home on a hot day with nothing to do, we tend to snack more and move less. No es bueno! I want to teach my children to make nutritious choices and that movement can and is fun, that being active is the way to go.

Weight Watchers has come out with a new book, Eat! Move! Play!, that addresses these issues. Their book focuses on the family unit, understanding that we moms play a HUGE role in the food choices our children make and how active (or NOT active) our children live.

Keeping your family fit

In addition, the book presents five simple rules that all families can live by for keeping the household fit:

• Supplies quizzes and self-assessments for parents to understand their parenting styles better
• Explains what a healthy weight is for a child, while providing advice on how to talk to children—and their pediatricians—about healthy weight and nutrition
• Delivers hundreds of doable tips, ideas, and checklists to help parents implement the best practices for eating healthier and moving more
• Includes more than 75 kid-friendly recipes that encourage children—from toddlers to school-age to help out in the kitchen.

Weight Watchers Eat! Move! Play! shows that when followed consistently, just a few simple household rules and practices are all it takes to get and keep your family living a healthy, active lifestyle.

Just today, while the kids were wrapping up with a movie on the TV, I was browsing through this book for ideas to get us moving and having fun, around the house. Although this idea was all mine, it was inspired while browsing this book.

As soon as the movie ended, I turned on the “excited mommy voice” and told my kids that we were going to run and play ball around the house. They looked at me funny for about two seconds and then they made a mad dash to grab every ball we own. They proceeded to dash around our house kicking, throwing and dunking baskets into imaginary goals. 

They had a blast and so did I.  Laughing, giggling, and sweating!  Together.  All of us.

Anyone that has a relationship of any sort with a child can gain useful knowledge from Eat! Move! Play! like grandparents, aunts/uncles, caregivers, etc.  It gives practical, easy to follow activities and recipes for the entire family to follow.  Not only that, it talks sensibly to us moms about our children and how to positively influence them.

Win a copy of Weight Watchers Eat! Move! Play!

We have ONE copy of Weight Watchers Eat! Move! Play! book to giveaway.  To enter:

• Tell us how you plan to get moving with the kids this summer!
• You must live in the US to enter the giveaway.
• Contest ends Friday, July 16that 11:59pm EST. 
• The winner will be chosen at random.

When Lisa Moawad isn't busy caring for her three young children, she can be found at her personal blog Growing Up Mo' or journaling about her weight loss journey at The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans.

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Disclosure:  Weight Watchers supplied one copy of Eat! Move! Play! to Lisa for review purposes and one copy of the book for the Mom Central giveaway. All opinions are entirely Lisa’s.

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