Debate topic: whose fault is it if a child is obese?
I am just good at recognizing when I do wrong.
Far too often I let my food addiction manifest through them. I let them eat stuff they shouldn't so I can have a "bite." Or I'll suggest a snack so we can "share." Doesn't happen that often anymore but when I caught onto what I was doing, what I was letting MY addiction do, I became more diligent about not doing it. It's not fair to them and not good for me.
RNY Gastric Bypass 1-8-08 350/327/200 (HW/SW/CW). I spend most of my time playing with my food over at Bariatric Foodie - check me out!
I think the message we want to give our kids is probably something like "Your body is a magnificent thing and we need to take good care of it because we love it so much."
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
So it's a matter of getting the message acrossin a way that is accurate, respectful and doesn't mess them up. Perhaps I'm being a bit too ambitious.
RNY Gastric Bypass 1-8-08 350/327/200 (HW/SW/CW). I spend most of my time playing with my food over at Bariatric Foodie - check me out!
Have you ever seen an apple tree early in the summer when it has pretty white flowers all over it? It's beautiful, right? We love it that way. But we also want to take care of it so that those flowers turn into beautiful shiny red apples.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
i think 'mommy guilt' can be natural. however if you are doing the right steps then that is all a mommy can do. and i TOTALLY agree with you about how it should be that because we love ourselves we want to do the right things with our bodies. i'm reading women, food and god right now and it is talking about that
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HW:288 CW:146.4 GW: 140 RNY: 12/22/11
OMG I loved that book! When you're done let's do an OH chat to discuss. :)
RNY Gastric Bypass 1-8-08 350/327/200 (HW/SW/CW). I spend most of my time playing with my food over at Bariatric Foodie - check me out!
Next week will be finishing that book and watching past episodes of Supernatural :)
all in the name of healing of course!
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HW:288 CW:146.4 GW: 140 RNY: 12/22/11
I would say the fast food industry, advertising, unhealthy school lunches, lack of nutritional education in schools, lack of nutritional education by pediatricians, parents, other caregivers and obese children themselves all share some of the blame.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
RNY Gastric Bypass 1-8-08 350/327/200 (HW/SW/CW). I spend most of my time playing with my food over at Bariatric Foodie - check me out!
And let's blame this society in which kids are encouraged to be as sedentary as possible. Some kids get no recess at school, some get little PE classes, they are expected to sit still at school all day, then for fun they are given TV and video games and computers instead of toys to play with outside.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
