Need help with my 6 year old
I am having a problem with my 6 year old. I had the DS almost 7 months ago and I am doing great. It was the best decision I have ever made. I have a 6 year old that I used to call mini-me. She is just like me when I was younger. I started gaining weight when I was a child and it never came off. Anyways we have now changed our eating habits and are trying to eat healthier and she is having problems with this. She is gaining weight like crazy. And I don't know what to do. I have taken her to the doctor and had tests run and all they could do is tell me to put her on portion control and watch what she is eating. I can't get her to stop eating sometimes. I don't know what to do. I remember what it was like being an overweight child and it breaks my heart to have her going through the same thing as I did. I feel like I am failing her. Does anyone have any ideas for me to help her??
You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.
Try getting her into activities that keep her form being bored...
Portion control AND watchign what she eats will be good... But it goes beyond that. I eat when Im bored, always have... Keep her busy.. Do breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, and dinner... dont allow anythign inbetween there.. and watch the kinds of snacks your offering...
LET HER MAKE CHOICES.. So get a couple healthy things... and let her choose what she wants. Kids love to feel idndepenant.
INVOLVE her in the positive changes of weight loss... Dont put her down by all means LOL.. But help her understand why being healthy is important...
My nephew lives on his vidio games... and hes gained sooo much weight... I see his parents (430 lbs).... and see how the rest of us live.. Now that my eyes are open the the weight issues at hand.. I want nothing more then to help him make better choices.. unfortunatly.. hes 8.. and his parents let him out eat the adults.. WHO HAVE HARDY APPETITES....
Give her reasons to feel like shes eating healthy... get snacks for her that are sugar free and stuff.. so she still thinks shes getting yummy foods...
Duno.. my kids havent really ever had problems with their weight... I have always kept them from sweets, over eating, soda and too much juice. I guess in a sense I wanted to protect them from what I have endured my whole life.. I HATED being the fat kid in school.
Hope it helps
Portion control AND watchign what she eats will be good... But it goes beyond that. I eat when Im bored, always have... Keep her busy.. Do breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, and dinner... dont allow anythign inbetween there.. and watch the kinds of snacks your offering...
LET HER MAKE CHOICES.. So get a couple healthy things... and let her choose what she wants. Kids love to feel idndepenant.
INVOLVE her in the positive changes of weight loss... Dont put her down by all means LOL.. But help her understand why being healthy is important...
My nephew lives on his vidio games... and hes gained sooo much weight... I see his parents (430 lbs).... and see how the rest of us live.. Now that my eyes are open the the weight issues at hand.. I want nothing more then to help him make better choices.. unfortunatly.. hes 8.. and his parents let him out eat the adults.. WHO HAVE HARDY APPETITES....
Give her reasons to feel like shes eating healthy... get snacks for her that are sugar free and stuff.. so she still thinks shes getting yummy foods...
Duno.. my kids havent really ever had problems with their weight... I have always kept them from sweets, over eating, soda and too much juice. I guess in a sense I wanted to protect them from what I have endured my whole life.. I HATED being the fat kid in school.
Hope it helps
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on 8/5/09 1:07 pm - jackson, NJ
on 8/5/09 1:07 pm - jackson, NJ
Hi Sarah!!
I would like to suggest you that as a mother you must be sometimes strict as your main aim should be to keep your child healthy and not making him happy by letting him eat what he wants!!
So check on her diet and make him eat healthy diet as it will be good for a long run!!
All The Best!!
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philip
weight loss program
I would like to suggest you that as a mother you must be sometimes strict as your main aim should be to keep your child healthy and not making him happy by letting him eat what he wants!!
So check on her diet and make him eat healthy diet as it will be good for a long run!!
All The Best!!
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philip
weight loss program
I would give opposite advice of the previous posters. Get rid of the diet foods, get rid of the sugar free, get rid of all that crap that messes with our bodies and makes us unable to ever feel full or eat pleasurably.
If you were a fat kid then obviously you're well intentioned but sometimes the worst thing you can do is put a kid on a diet. My mom took me to weigh****chers when I was 9 and the rest is downhill from there. I wouldn't have had WLS today if I were not raised in a food restrictive and obsessive environment. My parents always said it was cause they cared about my health but the real message was that if you weren't thin you were not worthy of love. Don't do that to your kids, please.
Google "health at every size" and look into some types of things to focus on good nutrition and being active and quit weighing the kid. The more focus you put on it the more importance she will put on it and it just sets her up for a life of disfunctional eating.
And healthy snacks and meals are great but for a 6 year old that does not mean sugar free junk food. Give her full sugar and full fat healthy foods like yogurt and cheeses and let her body's natural ability to regulate do its job. We screw lots of kids up by trying to reduce their calorie intake which makes them want to eat more.
Lastly, if she's gaining weight despite controlled portions and there is nothing the doctors can detect, the only real answer is that she's sneaking food somewhere and if so, that's the start of binge eating (believe me, I've been there) and the more you put shame and limitations around food the worse it will become.
I wish you the best of luck!
If you were a fat kid then obviously you're well intentioned but sometimes the worst thing you can do is put a kid on a diet. My mom took me to weigh****chers when I was 9 and the rest is downhill from there. I wouldn't have had WLS today if I were not raised in a food restrictive and obsessive environment. My parents always said it was cause they cared about my health but the real message was that if you weren't thin you were not worthy of love. Don't do that to your kids, please.
Google "health at every size" and look into some types of things to focus on good nutrition and being active and quit weighing the kid. The more focus you put on it the more importance she will put on it and it just sets her up for a life of disfunctional eating.
And healthy snacks and meals are great but for a 6 year old that does not mean sugar free junk food. Give her full sugar and full fat healthy foods like yogurt and cheeses and let her body's natural ability to regulate do its job. We screw lots of kids up by trying to reduce their calorie intake which makes them want to eat more.
Lastly, if she's gaining weight despite controlled portions and there is nothing the doctors can detect, the only real answer is that she's sneaking food somewhere and if so, that's the start of binge eating (believe me, I've been there) and the more you put shame and limitations around food the worse it will become.
I wish you the best of luck!
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