Weight Loss Camps As an Economical Summer Fun Solution. Useful Points to Bear in Mind
When the temperatures go up, so do costs! Not only do you have air-conditioning costs to contend with, you also have children home all day (plus neighborhood children if you’re the IT house like us!). Children require activities, food and drinks and you may notice your monthly expenses rising. Even little things like using more paper products and cleaning products can really add up when you are entertaining your children every day.
In today’s economic times, you need to find a way to provide food, drinks and entertainment in affordable ways.
Eating
It was nice while the kids were in school because I could splurge on a pint of expensive ice cream and it would last forever. I could have a few bites during the day, and they didn’t even know it was there. Now, I need to switch gears and stock up with inexpensive bulk items.
Popcorn goes a long way. Better than bags of microwave popcorn laden with butter, you can now purchase a popcorn maker for the microwave and use the less expensive popcorn that we used to make on the stove. You can flavor this in a number of ways from making it cheesy with inexpensive cheese powder to spicing it up with pepper flakes.
I make a lot of jello jigglers in the summer. They are really easy and inexpensive. A nice cool treat! Bulk popsicle are great too, but make sure you have the kids take their drippy treat outside to avoid clean up.
Keep plenty of inexpensive veggies such as carrots and celery. Home-made trail mix is less expensive than pre-made at the store. As far as lunch is concerned, you can either talk with the other parents and agree to send their child home for lunch or take turns hosting lunch.
Drinks
Water is the best form of hydration and if you can avoid serving sugary beverages, you’ll save a bundle both in money and health! This only works, however, if you have a filtered water source because purchasing bottled water really adds up. Make a one-time investment on an RO (reverses osmosis) system or a simple charcoal-filter attachment that you can usually install at the kitchen sink yourself.
Now, I just keep pitchers of ice cold water in the refrigerator and refill everybody’s reusable water bottles all day. When my kids go to the neighbor’s house, I send their reusable bottles with as well.
During extreme heat or activity, you might need to offer a sports drink to provide much needed electrolytes. Buy the big jug and employ the same reusable bottle system.
Activities
Weight loss camps and other types of summer camps can be costly, but in the end, they will save you money. When you free yourself for a month or so of not providing all the daily food, beverages and activities such as going to the movies, you’ll quickly see that a structured summer camp can offer tremendous savings. Determine what your child’s needs and interests are and choose from a wide range of summer camps such as fitness, weight loss, academic, computer and even fantasy camps!
David Kraft is a freelance author with many areas of specialization. He promotes healthy living for today’s youth and provides information about weight loss camps. You can learn more at his fitness camp site.
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