From Loren, Child's Age 14 - 04/09/21 - IP#: 122.58.212.xxx Click here to reply
Please help me. I’m at a loss, with all three of kids weight gain. I have three beautiful children Boston who is 14, Tanner who is 10 and Kayla who is 8, the problem is they have all gained quite a bit of weight over the past year. A bit of background last year we moved across the country to be closer to my family, so on top of an already stressful year with online school and cancelled activities they were forced away from their friends. Both my husbands parents also passed away and due to them living overseas we couldn’t travel to the funeral to say goodbye. Last year was tough and admittedly I slacked up a bit on monitoring junk food and screen time. My kids screen time increased incredibly partially due to online school and to communicate with their friends which they had left behind. To be honest we were all stressed and definitely not doing as much physical activity as usual and... (view more)Please help me. I’m at a loss, with all three of kids weight gain. I have three beautiful children Boston who is 14, Tanner who is 10 and Kayla who is 8, the problem is they have all gained quite a bit of weight over the past year. A bit of background last year we moved across the country to be closer to my family, so on top of an already stressful year with online school and cancelled activities they were forced away from their friends. Both my husbands parents also passed away and due to them living overseas we couldn’t travel to the funeral to say goodbye. Last year was tough and admittedly I slacked up a bit on monitoring junk food and screen time. My kids screen time increased incredibly partially due to online school and to communicate with their friends which they had left behind. To be honest we were all stressed and definitely not doing as much physical activity as usual and definitely eating more junk food but I rationalised it that we all put on a bit of quarantine pudge (my husband and I each put on 15 pounds). However, I just got my kids on the scales and I am shooked at how much weight they have all gained. Kayla has put on 20 pounds weighing 65 pounds at 4,2. Tanner has out on 30 pounds weight 98 pounds at 4,7. My eldest Boston has put on 55 pounds weighing 155 pounds at 5,4. I feel like I have failed as a mother as I said I knew they were gaining some weight but I didn’t realise the full extent until I walked in on my eldest struggling to do up his pants. They went from skinny and athletic to quite chubby little kids with my two boys having big bellies, love handles and man boobs. I have tried to encourage them to get outside and play some basketball or encourage my daughter to do some dancing as she loves dancing but they’re so engrossed in these devices they don’t seem to care. I’m most concerned about my eldest his whole personality has changed from an active happy boy to a grouchy couch potato who as of yesterday struggles to ride his bike around the block without getting out for breath, I know he is frustrated that he now struggles to bend down and tie his shoe when this time last year he was running around with his buddies. My middle son even told me yesterday he doesn’t want to try out for soccer anymore as he would rather game with his old friends and play fort nite and my daughter is too young to really understand but she was sad that she no longer fit her frozen pyjamas. I don’t want my kids to view eating and weight in a negative way but I also want them to understand the importance of eating healthy. I am relatively healthy and enjoy going to the gym and my husband is the same. I’m at a loss and I feel as if I have failed as a mother. Any advice would be really appreciated (view less)
From Helen, Child's Age 20 - 03/27/21 - IP#: 73.14.158.xxx Click here to reply
My daughter has put on, I would say, over 75 pounds in the pandemic, being away at school. I almost didn't recognize her. I didn't say anything but, oh, my God...she was a size 8 and is now an 18, at least. She has a boyfriend and seems happy, as happy as anyone can be in these times, but I don't know if I should or shouldn't say anything. Her stomach looks like a truck driver's, an overhanging "gut" and her behind is enormous.
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From Mike, Child's Age 15 - 03/24/21 - IP#: 159.118.35.xxx Click here to reply
Just found this site and it looks like people still come here occasionally. I have a rather large problem, my son. See, he used to be rather thin and athletic like me (im a single father by the way) and then the quarantine hit. Within the year hes gained God knows how much weight. He's huge now. He layer around all year, doing his classes online and then playing video games and eating junk. He has money and access to a car so he drives to fast food places almost everyday, I cam hear him leaving even when he thinks he's sneaking out. My poor boy has ballooned. He used to be slim, clothes hung off him. Now he's had to go through multiple sizes and even his biggest ones are tight. He lazes around the house without a shirt, letting his now huge belly and boyboobs hang out on display, wears nothing but sweatpants. He used to be so skinny, now he's a tubby slob. I try to get him to go on a run... (view more)Just found this site and it looks like people still come here occasionally. I have a rather large problem, my son. See, he used to be rather thin and athletic like me (im a single father by the way) and then the quarantine hit. Within the year hes gained God knows how much weight. He's huge now. He layer around all year, doing his classes online and then playing video games and eating junk. He has money and access to a car so he drives to fast food places almost everyday, I cam hear him leaving even when he thinks he's sneaking out. My poor boy has ballooned. He used to be slim, clothes hung off him. Now he's had to go through multiple sizes and even his biggest ones are tight. He lazes around the house without a shirt, letting his now huge belly and boyboobs hang out on display, wears nothing but sweatpants. He used to be so skinny, now he's a tubby slob. I try to get him to go on a run with me almost everyday. When he doesn't completely shut me down and comes with, he's puffed and sweaty in 10 minutes. He used to be able to keep up with his old man and now he struggles up stairs, I can hear him huffing and puffing after going up an incline. Im worried about what this may do to his health. Even his face is chubby, big chubby cheeks and an extra chin. His rear end is larger and hanging out of his clothes that don't fit. The blow up is just so drastic. I've discussed losing a few lbs with him but he shuts me out each time or makes up excuses. He's a beautiful boy and he ways will be no matter the size of him but I worry for his health. I've taken to pinching some of those extra lbs when he comes into the kitchen looking for something so I can maybe discourage him or remind him of the sack of fat having off him but he just continues grazing like a cow. I just don't know what to do and would like some help. We don't own a scale and he only gets weighed at the doctors. Maybe I should buy one and get him on it? See where he's and what all needs to be done. Any help is greatly appreciated. I don't mean to sound rude or embarrassed of him, I love him, but I don't want a tubby teenager. I don't want to see him waddle across the stage at graduation (view less)
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From Aneesha, Child's Age 11 - 03/07/21 - IP#: 72.253.79.xxx Click here to reply
My buys turned 11 last Sunday and they had their annual checkups yesterday. I had called the doctor and told him about my concern about their weight so he ordered blood tests. Yesterday we went in. The boys are 58” tall. Jamile weighs 172 and Jamile weighs 193, At Christmas they were both fat but now Jamar is so much bigger. They don’t look like twins any more. The doctor examined both boys and talked to each. Jamile says he wants to be a fireman and Jamar a football player. The doctor told them they need to be in good shape for those jobs and to get plenty of exercise and eat healthy. That’s all he told them about their weights. Then he told them to leave the room. He told us the boys lab work was normal but they’re much too fat. He recommended referral to a dietician. The doctor knows my husband from a softball team they used to play on before Covid19 and he told my husband how much... (view more)My buys turned 11 last Sunday and they had their annual checkups yesterday. I had called the doctor and told him about my concern about their weight so he ordered blood tests. Yesterday we went in. The boys are 58” tall. Jamile weighs 172 and Jamile weighs 193, At Christmas they were both fat but now Jamar is so much bigger. They don’t look like twins any more. The doctor examined both boys and talked to each. Jamile says he wants to be a fireman and Jamar a football player. The doctor told them they need to be in good shape for those jobs and to get plenty of exercise and eat healthy. That’s all he told them about their weights. Then he told them to leave the room. He told us the boys lab work was normal but they’re much too fat. He recommended referral to a dietician. The doctor knows my husband from a softball team they used to play on before Covid19 and he told my husband how much weight he’s put on and told him to get on the scale. Much to my surprise he weighs 310 now and the doctor told him he’s let himself get way too fat and the whole family is eating way too much. He told us he wants to see the boys in 6 months and that he doesn’t want to see any weight gain. After we left it was like the doctor hadn’t said anything. After the boys went to sleep my husband and I had a big argument. He knows what’s best for the boys and himself and the doctor and I worry too much. As long as he takes his meds he’s OK and Jamar and Jamile are just going through a phase.
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From Jesse, Child's Age 12 - 02/28/21 - IP#: 174.239.1.xxx Click here to reply
After not having classes since last March, my son Lane's 7th grade starts in person learning tomorrow. He's very enthusiastic but I'm worried. Yesterday we went shopping for school clothes. He's been wearing sweatpants and tee shirts for a year. None of his school clothes from last year fit. We ended up getting him size 54 jeans and men's size 4X polo shirts. I was surprised. He and my nephew Mario have been spending all their free time lifting weights to get ready to play football. I know they gotten bigger,, but I had no idea how big.When we got home, I weighed Lane. He's 307 lbs at 5'2". Mario weighed himself too. He's 16, 5'9" and 360. Lane is so big compared to a year ago. I'm praying that school goes OK for him.
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From Jacob, Child's Age 13 - 02/28/21 - IP#: 77.111.245.xxx Click here to reply
My son who is 13, weighs 236 pounds and is 5'6. He will not stop eating or gaining weight. He now does not go outside, run, and is to lazy just to walk to the bathroom. He will hold it until it hurts. When I'm gone, I realized he sneaks food. One time, half of a contain of ice cream was missing when I got home. Does anyone know what I can do? thanks
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From Aidan, Child's Age 14 - 02/28/21 - IP#: 82.132.245.xxx Click here to reply
I went to Saima's house again, recently and we went off to the park. We went on the seesaw her side was for too heavy we couldn't get it off the ground! At one point we had 7 people all trying to lift her side, but her side wouldn't go up.
From corrine, Child's Age 13 - 02/17/21 - IP#: 108.34.204.xxx Click here to reply
Update: 4'8, 133
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From Corinne, Child's Age 13 - 01/28/21 - IP#: 108.34.204.xxx Click here to reply
Update: 4'8.3 124 lb.
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From Andrew, Child's Age 17 - 01/23/21 - IP#: 172.58.188.xxx Click here to reply
Hi everyone, I’m Drew. My son is 17, 6 feet tall and about 265 pounds. He’s always been a huge kid, very large and wide frame for someone of height, a thick and stocky build. I never paid much mind to it because he was always a larger kid and his weight never seemed to impact him. He’s relatively active, likes to go on hikes and is working with the emergency medical department. While it was obvious that he was quite heavy, I never would have suspected that he was this heavy. Does anyone know how to address this issue, when his weight doesn’t really impact him negatively? It can’t be good for his health.
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From Corinne, Child's Age 13 - 01/19/21 - IP#: 108.34.204.xxx Click here to reply
Update: 4'8.3 120 lb.
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From Corinne, Child's Age 13 - 01/15/21 - IP#: 108.34.204.xxx Click here to reply
Update: While it looked like it was on the bright side, jack has managed to gain another 14 pounds since last month and now weighs 112 pounds and is still 4'6. He looks huge and wears 14 h jeans (the average for his height is 10 reg.) and he needed a soccer uniform 3 sizes larger than last year's for a comforatble fit. While he did not gain as much as he did 2 months ago, I am still worried about how round he is getting. The other day, as I mentioned in a reply to my older post, when he came walking downstairs without a shirt on, you could see how large he'd gotten. He was bigger than me and my husband. I was shocked,but he seems happier than when he was skinny, as I mentioned before. He told me that he feels much more comfortable. He's back to online school, which also scares me, and he lays in bed all day except for his game days. I want to help him, but my husband and I have tight schedules, and do not live close enough to have relatives bring him, and are not comfortable hiring someone. What can I do for him. I don't want to see him become obese or get diabetes.
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From Andy, Child's Age 16 - 01/13/21 - IP#: 172.58.187.xxx Click here to reply
Ike very worried about my three boys’ weight gain since March. Their mother’s cancer went into remission in January of 2020, which is obviously great news, but also means that we have to be very careful with COVID as she still has a weakened immune system. Our boys have all been very understanding and we have worked hard to make sure they can keep in touch with friends and family (through zoom and select very socially distanced meetups) as we go to school and work online and limit trips out of the home.
My older two (ages 16 and 15) have always been a few pounds overweight, last January the 16 year old was 5 foot 11 and around 180lbs, and the 15 year old was around 5 foot 9 and 165lbs, but were active and mostly healthy kids and the doctor wasn’t all that concerned. My 12 year old was always our skinny kid, and was 5 foot tall and around 90lbs.
Now, parents out there know that... (view more)Ike very worried about my three boys’ weight gain since March. Their mother’s cancer went into remission in January of 2020, which is obviously great news, but also means that we have to be very careful with COVID as she still has a weakened immune system. Our boys have all been very understanding and we have worked hard to make sure they can keep in touch with friends and family (through zoom and select very socially distanced meetups) as we go to school and work online and limit trips out of the home.
My older two (ages 16 and 15) have always been a few pounds overweight, last January the 16 year old was 5 foot 11 and around 180lbs, and the 15 year old was around 5 foot 9 and 165lbs, but were active and mostly healthy kids and the doctor wasn’t all that concerned. My 12 year old was always our skinny kid, and was 5 foot tall and around 90lbs.
Now, parents out there know that having three kids at home most of the day at these ages means they will eat you out of house and home, and that definitely has been the case here. It is like they are endless pits of hunger, and while we have tried to moderate it to the best of our ability it has snuck up to us.
A week ago we took all three boys in for a check up. We knew they all had put on some weight (and I was particularly worried about the 15 year old, though my wife didn’t agree), but I think we all assumed they had just put on 5-10lbs of quarantine pudge and it wasn’t a big deal. They hadn’t needed new clothes, though admittedly they always liked athletic style pants and baggier t-shirts, both of which were getting quite tight, and with lockdown had very few reasons to wear anything with a button, so I guess the lesson is that elastic works wonders.
I think we all were surprised to see how big they had actually gotten weight wise. My 16 year old is the same height and weighs 214lbs now having gained 34lbs in a year, and my skinny boy is now 5 foot 1 and 125lbs, having gained 35lbs, but most shockingly the 15 year old is now 5 foot 10 and 220lbs, gaining a crazy 55lbs. The doctor wanted to run some tests for diabetes, and it came back that the 12 year old has diabetes and the 15 year old has pre-diabetes, which is terrifying for me as I’ve never dealt with it before so we are now learning all about that subject.
I’m just shocked and scared and feeling guilty that I didn’t see this coming. I brought out some of their jeans, and only the 12 year old could button his, and that took a lot of sucking in his stomach, and the 15 year old couldn’t even pull them completely up. I knew they had put on weight, but I would have guessed 20lbs maximum, and I really don’t know what to do.
They really don’t seem to care at all, and don’t want to change their habits, but I know if we don’t get this under control and find some safe ways to prioritize health, this is only going to get worse. Anyone have suggestions as to how to get more active safely during quarentine? (view less)
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From Jarod, Child's Age 13 - 01/10/21 - IP#: 104.200.131.xxx Click here to reply
hello again,
its been a little over a month and the diet is completely gone. we have all slid back into our old eating habits and with the holidays maybe even worse than normal for junk food. new clothes brought for Christmas already show signs that they're too small. I really feel at s loss with what to do. Covid has made it so much harder to eat healthy, think healthy and exercise. It also means none of us are really connecting with anyone but each other. My boys screen time is almost all day. I try to make them put the screens away turn off rhe tv but whats the point when they cant go outside?
I feel like my youngests weight has been increasing far more rapidly since he got insulin. I dont know why. help please.
Reply from Jesse, Child's Age 12 - 01/12/21 - IP#: 174.239.0.xxx
From Dave, Child's Age 16 - 01/06/21 - IP#: 62.102.161.xxx Click here to reply
How is everyone here doing? I have to admit the last couple months with gyms, schools and university closed, working from home, having both boys home has led to bad habits for all of us. Winter season and no gyms open means not a lot of exercise, and snacking and eating takeouts and other things high in calories is quite common.. Both my sons and myself have gained some weight lately, and it's hard to resist all temptations to eat and snack when at home. Anyone experiencing the same challenges?
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