From sandy, Child's Age 11 - 09/24/02 - IP#: 205.188.209.xxx Click here to reply
hi please help me my child is 11 and 5 ft tall and weighs 155lbs she comes home crying from school kids call her blubber belly,boulder they say oh dont sit on me her stomach is enormous with tons of rolls. her father says embbarassing things in front of her freinds like i feel guilty feeding you all this fat and you dont move around enough.he tells her she has to lose weight in front of her freids she cries and says it is so embarasing. her freind is so skinny and can fit into limeted too clothes her belly bursts out of every pair of clothing it gets bigger every year.she is fairly active she plays softball.she eats a little to much. it is mostly the pasta that gets her fat.it goes to her belly.i trie to tell her all the time she is getting way to fat and she has to go on a diet but she just gets mad she thinks she is so fat. please post back with comments i am desperate
Reply from Michelle, Child's Age 11 - 03/31/04 - IP#: 64.12.116.xxx First i'm 11 and if my mom or dad told me i was fat i would be crying to. First you should try to higher her selfesteem. Then you should take her to a dietion. There they'll tell her the key is moderation and they won't cut out all the things she like. Thats the part i disagree with everyone. If my mom came up to me one day and told me i was fat and could never have pasta again i would hate them! So maybe you could limit her to 1 serving of pasta a week. Then for candy bars you could give it to her as a reward for doing her chores a week or something. If you're daughter likes popcorn stop buying store bought kinds. Those are very fattening and constipating. What you can do is get an airpop popcorn machine with butter buds. For my preference i like the airpop popcorn bag better than the store bought. Also if you live near a gym or live somewere warm ask your daughter if she wants to jog. Never tell her it's to loose weight, that will make it more like a chore to her. If she asks why shrug and say just for fun. Also start buying less pop. My mom limits me to 2 pops a week, becuase water is so healthy for you. Also start taking you're daughter to a therapist. I'm not crazy but when i had issues (lets call them that) i went there and felt better in the end! I really hope you take my advice* if you ever need to email me please email me at star288848@aol.com
Reply from brittney, Child's Age 14 - 12/13/03 - IP#: 4.11.54.xxx hey i cant really understand what your going through but my cousin is 8 and she weighs 175 pounds i told her i would be a good idea to go on a diet because so many people called her awful names now today she is 100 she looks great.please i would like to help.good luck
Reply from Ray Ray, Child's Age 11 - 11/05/02 - IP#: 158.252.50.xxx I agree with what the last person on the list said. I'm 11 and I am depressed all of the time because of what people say aobut me. It's terrible. Write back to me here!!!
Reply from Lizz, Child's Age 9 - 10/29/02 - IP#: 208.6.37.xxx When you fix dinner, lunch, or breakfast only give her half of what you would normally give her. Ask her one thing that she really wants, make a goal chart for every so many pounds ex. 10pds. move up a step when your daughter reaches the goal she gets whatever you decided on. ex. my daughter wanted a name brand pair of shoes so we set her goal at 20pds. at 5pds to move up a step. She lost the 20 pds. in 2 and a half weeks, she is now wearing her new shoes and 1 size smaller in the waist. Her knew goal is for a trip to six flags she made her goal for 100 pds. since my vacation time is not until May. her steps are 1 pd. steps so she has 100 steps to meet her goal. This is a good way to get involved in your daughters life.
Reply from ¿¿¿, Child's Age 10 - 10/02/02 - IP#: 64.12.96.xxx take alll the pasta out of your house and candy and stuff she dosen't need, talk to her alot and tell her she is doing a great job that will keep her going and the stuff your husban and kids are saying could make her depressed and when people are depressed they eat so try to talk to him about it
