From Annalise, Age 34 - 08/08/02 - IP#: 67.82.119.xxx Click here to reply
My daughter Laurie is 14 years old and 5'8" she weighs 140 lbs... thats a good weight for her. But she doesnt like it. And the only exercise i can ge her to do is dance or cheerleading which is good but expensive and she wont even do it with me ... jus with friends. I want to help her but i dont know what more i can do. She has a friend who weighs 127 and she wishes she could look like her all the time. Please reply ... I need some diet ideas for her or else im afraid she might never be happy. its difficult for her as a cheerleader and dancer to be this tall and weigh this much when girls she interacts with are sometimes shorter and weigh anywhere from 80-120 lbs.
Reply from Ann, Age 16 - 08/09/02 - IP#: 66.69.73.xxx Hi, I know how you must feel about your daughter's happiness, but I must say don't feed into it, I mean, don't try to get her a diet, or more excercise or say anything at ALL regarding her wieght or how she looks, PLEASE believe me in that it will backfire and she'll develop an eating disorder, I know because it has happened with me. Don't think that it can't happen with your daughter or isn't happening because us teens can hide it extremely well for long periods of time. She is fine with the weight she is and is perfectly normal, her happiness needs to come from being happy with herself, what might be a healthy wieght for some can be dangerous and deadly for others, everybody's different.
Reply from manda jh, Age 14 - 08/08/02 - IP#: 172.172.77.xxx how about getting her some workout tapes if she wants to lose weight. that's kinda inexpensive. (spell check) And then just have her count calories if she wants to do well.
