From Josh, Child's Age 14 - 04/17/02 - IP#: 66.82.99.xxx Click here to reply
One of my sons, Tim, is 14, 5'0", 216lbs. He began to grow like this just a year or so ago. He began to gain weight very quickly, and he is still going. I hadn't noticed is bulging belly until just recently, because in our demograpic, he looks normal! His older brother is always taking him out for McDonalds without us knowing it, and he somehow manages to go through a week eating nothing but M&Ms, hamburgers and donuts, which I have thouroughly protested against, but his brother and mother are helping him. They don't seem to notice... I barely ever see them, so I don't have any way of letting them know, but Tim is always eating. His waist is reaching 53 inches, far above mine, and at his current rate of about 3 to 4 pounds a week, and 1 to 2 a day on weekends and holidays, his waist will go above his height! I am greatly concerned. I can't seem to do anything about Tim, since he says he buys lots of fast food for lunch at school, because he says he is always "starving". I have reached the last size of adult clothing from the local store for him. In about a month or less, we may have to get another way of buying clothes! What should I do? I simply can't get him to stop gaining, no matter what I try. Help!
Reply from ron, Child's Age 12 - 04/21/04 - IP#: 81.68.39.xxx How is your son now? And if he lost weight can you tell how he did it? Thank's!
Reply from Nicole, Child's Age 13 - 12/16/02 - IP#: 209.112.146.xxx Hi, I have a daughter who will be 14 soon also,she used to weight 216 also and she is 5'3''.....Ever since she was around 7 yrs old she kept geting bigger and then i realized that she was gonna be really overweight if we couldnt figure out something to do for her....She would run for nothing but "fat shop" foods and no matter what people called her or said about her she just kept eating! And then when she was about 12 1/2..maybe a lil older she said to me," Mom! I figured out a fun,easy way to lose weight and it works!" So i got very happy for her and asked her what it was and she had said, "Well, i was listening to a song so i started doing this type of body movement that i did with my thighs and stuff and it doesnt wear me out or anything!" so sure enough, believe it or not she had ended up losing 5 lbs in 3 days!! And now after almost a year she is down to 179lbs and she is loking a whole lot beter and she isnt fat at all! i know alot of people think a girl whos 5'3'' and 179lbs is fat but it all depends on the build that person has wether they have a "big bone" structure or not and that is what my daughter has along with muscles so she is looking great. Advise I can give you if try and see and figure out if there is anything Fun that your son is into and that would help him lose some weight.Just try and get him to understand what can happen from being over weight and that you dont want that stuff to happen to him bcz you care very much for him.I wish you good luck! - Nicole :)
Reply from Sara, Child's Age 13 - 04/20/02 - IP#: 66.214.32.xxx Hey! Can I have Tim's e-mail address, maybe we can help each other to lose weight, I'd also like to talk to him about why he does this. Thanks, my e-mail address is sclub8surf@charter.net
