Don't Know What To Do!!!!

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  • Evelyn2050
    Evelyn2050 Posts: 111 Member
    This is a hard issue. I have girlfriend who's daughter is 9 or 10 and struggles with her weight too. there are no easy answers. Be as faithful to the task of keeping healthy choices in the house as you can be; set the example on how to eat; do your exercising with her in mind (exercise together in a way that is fun for a 10 year old); again, as you set the example of being active kids will follow suit; and trust that in the long haul you will start to see the right results. Blessings.
  • snowstorme
    snowstorme Posts: 125 Member
    My daughter since puberty has always been a little overweight. She's decided she wants to do something about it now so I set her up with an account on myfitnesspal and am helping her log everything she's eating so she knows exactly how many calories and what kind they are. Depending on the maturity of your daughter this maybe a way to go, get her educated in what she's putting into her body. I know at that age I snuck food alot. If you can, get the crap out of the house. So it won't be available there. Also I don't know about your school district but ours really doesn't have that healthy of a school lunch. So I've started packing well balanced portion controls lunches for my daughter.
  • ilikejam33
    ilikejam33 Posts: 252 Member
    I want to share a thought and it may not be the case in your situtation, but if you are doing everything to give her healthy options, and she is active, and the doctor has found no issues, then you may want to check where the extra food is coming from.

    I can only offer you my own personal experiance, when i was 11 i started to notice that i was bigger than other girls, and i handled this by sneaking food to comfort myself. I would get it everywhere, from the school vending machines, stopping at store on the walk home, and my parents never knew. I even hid food in my room and other places they would not find it. my parents were dumbfounded becasue to them i hardley ate at meal times, and i was active in school sports. Eventually for me this behaviour of binging turned into binging and purging.

    Like i said i truley hope this is not the case in your scenario, but keep it in mind, girls do these things and they are very good at hiding things. Maybe try sharing some facts with her, and showing her pictures of healthy women (not models, healthy real sized women), I sure wish my mom had reached out like you have.

    Good luck :)
  • Miggy52
    Miggy52 Posts: 164
    Me thinks your going to have a heart to heart with your mom....maybe you should request to see a specialist or something...just to set your mind at ease...could be she is just at the awkward stage...and her body is trying to adjust to things....
  • theginnyray
    theginnyray Posts: 208 Member
    How does your daughter feel about the weight gain? Does she complain about it? Does she notice? Are you making a bigger deal about it than she is?
    I agree about getting her more active and involved - however you need to do that. Get on a bike with her. Get roller blades, scooters, trampolines, new running shoes, do it WITH her. Make it about getting healthy, not about losing the weight. She's a young girl, I think it's very important not to scare her into losing a bunch of weight, which is likely to cause an eating disorder of some type.
    Good luck mama! I think it's awesome that you are willing to do something about it, and not just enable her. Just remember the fine line for girls that age!
  • amfmmama
    amfmmama Posts: 1,420 Member
    Does she drink soda or sports drinks? My son's pediatrition says that it is a huge contributor to childhood obesity.
  • FairyMiss
    FairyMiss Posts: 1,812 Member
    She loves riding bikes and playing out side, She does as much activity as she can. I never have to tell her quit watching tv. She is in activities as long as I can afford them. I am just stuck. I try to make her eat healthy. But she always seems to get what she wants at my mom's house. I am working on it. Just hard when my mom does not help out with the healthy eatting.

    ha seem you have much the same issue i have, i am trying to get my son to eat healither, my mom says she is on board, then buys all kinds of cookies and sweets,


    got to try to get your mom on board. maybe try to get her to go with the two of you to the nutritionist
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