Last bad day of eating...

What you eat fuels your training, so you should be eating healthier not just from a weight-loss perspective, but also from a training perspective. I think that once you really get into training, your desire to eat those really unhealthy foods will start to diminish.

Good luck! I hope it's a success for both you and your child !

The sooner you change your eating habits the easier it is for your kids.

I have 5 kids 18-9, the youngest two eat really well.

I changed how I ate in '03 (& have lost 95 pounds) when the younger two were little and they adapted to healthy eating..the oldest 3 kept more on what they had learned. I wish I had been a better role model for my kids their whole lives as to eating. 

The youngest two bring salads to school for lunch, munch on veggies after school, eat lots of fruit, and often we need to remind them to eat their protein. Our 12 year old is really into sports nutrition and uses some of what I have learned for her soccer practices, games and especially when she plays double headers.

Good for you to make a change and be a positive example for your kids 

A diet clean-up can work wonders. On Jan. 1 I was at 180 lbs., which was the bottom of my 180-185 range that I've been in for a couple years (down from 205 about 4 years back). I changed my lunch several days a week to a big bowl of oatmeal + fruit. I cut out fried chips (potato chips, etc.), and substituted baked pretzels in moderation. I eliminated soda w/ sugar. In about 10 days, I dropped 5 pounds of fat to 175. Bang, gone. That wasn't water weight. I have plateaued now at the new 175 lb. level, but I hope to make another minor adjustment and see if I can get to 170.

You can do it, you just need to carry through on your decision. It's been difficult in my house, because I'm not the one who brings the junk food home from the store. However, I persuaded my wife to buy in to this effort with the promise of a nice vacation if she can help get me to 170 by the end of March. Now, she's getting more conscious of her eating, too, and she has even dropped a couple pounds. And the cupboard is no longer filled with 12 flavors of fried chips.

Good luck -- you'll be really happy when you see the results on the scale!