Sneaky Fitness: Fun, Foolproof Ways to Slip Fitness into Your Child's Everyday Life Paperback – December 22, 2009

I can't remember now what blog I read on where a homeschooling momma used this book for fitness with her kids. But as a homeschooling momma myself, I was looking for something just like this!!! It is NOT your normal game, activity, gym, fitness book. If you are looking for a book that tells you how to get your kids interested in SPORTS.....this is NOT the book for you.But it is a sneaky fitness book as the title hints to!! How about having your kids all stand at the top of the stairs and toss their dirty rolled up socks into the laundry basket at the bottom of the stairs??? 5 points for each sock that goes in! This is the kind of sneaky fitness the author writes about and has tested on her kids.I think my son (age 6) will love this. He isn't into sports yet. He is a computer geek like his dad, and there are times I want to drag him away from the screen and get him active and have some fun while moving his body!!! He isn't overweight, but I don't ever want him to be either. I think teaching them movement at a young age....and making it fun is very important at a young age!!

I think the recipes are more enjoyable to use than the list of activities for my kids. I appreciate how the activities are listed by age and there are some new activities I can use. However, a lot of the activities in the book I have also found for free on mom websites and blogs. So the activity ideas were redundant for me. I have two of other cookbooks and am familiar with her cooking style. The recipes look great and I can't wait to try some. However, there are a few repeat recipes in here. I think getting the book used and not paying full price was a fair exchange for the type of use I will get out of it.

I loved The Sneaky Chef, and Sneaky Fitness is fantastic! It has given me a boost in my campaign for better fitness and health for my children. The ideas I've tried have been fun, and I've had my husband join in, too. (We both love idea #92: Halftime Show)This is a great resource for FUN ideas that get my kids off the couch, and moving!

Better than expected. Great recipes for fitness and snacking. Book is in great conditions and fast shipping.

If your little one doesn't like to eat certain foods this book is for you. It is a great way to sneak health into your picky eaters meals.

I gave this copy to a mother of three young children. I think it has several great ideas.

Missy Chase Lapine is on a mission to help parents raise healthier children. First, she published the New York Times bestseller, "The Sneaky Chef," which taught parents how to incorporate healthy ingredients into kids' meals -- without them knowing it. Now, in her new book, "Sneaky Fitness," she's ready to teach parents how to sneak physical fitness and exercise into their kids' lives!How would you like for your children to...Have more brain power?Have higher self-esteem?Have more (healthy) energy?Have fewer sick days?Sleep better?Get better grades?Be stronger?Be at lower risk of obesity, heart disease and diabetes?Have fun?Amazingly, your children have a much better chance of achieving all these things with a regular schedule of exercise!I was very eager to see this book because I'm the first to admit that the thought of exercise fills me with dread. I hate gyms. I don't want to jog. I stay fairly active, and I'm not overweight, but I know I'm not as healthy as I can be. And I feel badly that I'm not setting a good example for my boys, whose love of video games definitely outweighs that of exercise. So, how can I change that?Basically, Lapine and coauthor Larysa DiDio say, it's through play and activities that kids are doing already. But there are ways in which we can make these everyday activities be more effective in getting kids moving and burning calories. "Sneaky Fitness" is loaded with suggestions to do just that.For example, they say, leave out a clean load of socks and let the kids take turns tossing them into the laundry basket! Keep moving the basket farther and farther away. Not only will they have to toss farther, but they'll have to run farther to retrieve the socks from the basket. When the game is over and the socks have been folded, have your children run to the dresser to put them away.We recently did the following trick at our house: purchase an alarm clock to help your kids awaken in the morning, and place it across the room so they have to get out of bed to turn it off! If their alarm clock has a CD or MP3 player, have them wake up to a favorite song and challenge them to get their bed made before the song ends!These are just a few of the hundreds of very easy but effective ways to help your kids to exercise more. (And you can do them, too. Make it a family event!) Part Two of "Sneaky Fitness" is filled with great recipes for every meal of the day. Similar to Lapine's book, "The Sneaky Chef," these kid-friendly recipes show parents how to hide healthy foods into meals that kids already love, such as pancakes, cupcakes, and burgers."Sneaky Fitness: Fun, Foolproof Ways to Slip Fitness into Your Child's Everyday Life" will inspire you to help your family get off the couch, get moving, get outdoors, and get in shape! You'll find that it's easy to do and, in fact, a lot of fun! Best of all, the benefits for everyone's health are numerous and long-lasting.

Most of the recipes can be found online.