Quote From: crazydollI think Dr. phil is right. I have been overweight all my life too. I have always had trouble making and keeping friends. As I got older it was harder to get the jobs I wanted. I never had the family support, I was put on different diets, mostly weight watchers, since I was 12 years old. This always gave me a low self esteem, I always felt I was never good enough the way I was. If I came home complaining about someone giving me a hard time about my weight in school. i would be told by my mother 'what do you expect the way you look'.
I was very touched and concerned by your post. I have an overweight eight year old and I am at a loss about how to help her. The pediatrician tells me that I have to get her weight under control. But I worry that if I try to control her eating she will feel the way you did when your parents put you on a diet. I don't ever want her to feel that she is not good enough but if I don't watch what she eats she is out of control.
How do I enforce healthy eating, help her lose weight and at the same time not kill her self esteem? Please help a concerned parent.
