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From Candy, Age 33

Hi, No I'm not a child but I was overweight as a child and was picked on daily in school.I know children and adults can be very cruel about weight problems.I have a 7 year old daughter who is picked on and has no friends because of her weight. Her self esteem is very low and she has no confidence in any of her abillities. She is avery beautiful, kind hearted child.I told her nomatter what I will always be her best friend and I will always love her even if she dosen't look the way other people think she should.I have started to cut down the amount of sweets she eats and how late in the evening she can eat.She drinks plenty of water, and in the last 2 months she has lost 9 pounds.If you are like my daughter you probibly don't care to much for veggies.So I let her eat what she likes and she still gets sweets but not as many and not late in the evening.She wants to loose weight so I feel it is my job as her mom to help her suceed at what ever it is she wants to do in her life.I tell her don't worry about what the kids in school say because they are the ones who are loosing out by not being her friend they will never know just how wonderfull of a person she really is.