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September 4, 2005, 12:08 am PDT
been there done that.
Quote From: gardenbug2feng456,
It upsets me that the advice you gave me doesn't work.
I have discussed my great concern regarding my son's weight with my husband. I've told him specifically why I'm so worried about the situation, what I'm doing to help, what he's doing that isn't beneficial, the cummulative effect of being overweight at this age, and how self-concious my son is about his weight. He does agree that he is overweight. Unfortunately, talking to my husband is not causing him to change his actions. Often, he thinks that our son's stature will change when he's a teen-ager. I respond with comments like: "What if he doesn't?", "And in the meantime?", "Our son is very self concious about this."
When I'm around, he may act differently short-term (after we've discussed the situation) but he's very inconsistent and rather an enabler. I don't know how many different ways to explain to my husband that we are responsible for helping out our son in his desire to lose weight.
Right now, I figure my best bet is to talk to my son directly about a healthy lifestyle and the importance of making good decisions with his food choices.
Thanks for listening...
gardenbug2 I was a fat child. a fat teen and yes a fat adult. about ten months ago i had a gastric bypass. I dont wish this for your son or mine. Mine is 41/2. I am soooo paranoid about him being obese (he already weighs 50lbs) i didnt allow any process sugar till the age of 2. at one point he told his teachers at his new kindercare that i told him sugar was poison for him and i didnt allow him to eat it. they asked me if he was diabetic and allergic to it! the reason why i got my gastric bypass was an attempt at keeping him from getting overweight. I dont allow him to watch tv. have him enrolled in tai kwan do and read all labels that come into my house. try changing one habbit at a time. go for a walk for fiffteen min. after dinner. dont allow candy in your house. NO SODA not even diet. water and milk. you may not be able to stop him from being overweight but you will be able to curtail the amount of overweight he is. also enrolling him in martial arts is not a bad thing. then if kids pick on him he only needs to take out one of them.
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