Mon, May-16-11, 13:43
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,106
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Plan: General LC
Stats: 232/157.4/145
BF:...getting lower
Progress: 86%
Location: Northern Virginia
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I speak from a different perspective, as a mother of 2 girls, 14 & 6:
I am (almost) 35, so went to school in the 80's & was the FAT kid. It was hell. I was obese in third grade & the ONLY fat kid in the entire school - besides the child with down syndrom...so I vowed to NEVER let my kids become that.
How did I get fat? Combination of guilty working parents and horrible child care (my sibling was the primary care taker and would lock me in the basement with a box of twinkies and a pitcher of Kool Aid all day). I was 6/7/8 years old when this happened & balooned to 200+ by 4th grade. Then I took control and lost about 30/40 #'s before I started high school. Fought to lose weight ever since...
My girls are both average weight - when D14 is active with school sports she stays really slim. We were worried when she was in 3rd/4th grade - she got pretty chubby, but lost it when puberty hit. She's 5'5 and is around 135. She knows from my horror stories she's going to have to be careful. She eats a very SAD though - pop tarts, toaster strudels, ramen noodles - oh, and chicken nuggets. The thing is, right now at least, she basically IF's and eats everything between 3 - 7 at night. and for those who may be gasping in horror that I have that stuff in my house..well, I am married & the husband wants it - so even though I don't buy it, he does.
D6 is actually in the 15/20 % range for her weight to height and is small boned, like me. She is my meat/veggie/fruit lover and wants those for meals as opposed to heavy pastas, etc. BUT, here is another way the school system screw up - I can't send anything from home that has to be heated up. D6 loves leftover bbq chicken/pork but I was asked not to send it with her anymore b/c it can't be heated. She gets school lunch once a week. She can't take nut products to school, so gets turkey/ham.
Neither of my girls drink much soda - D6 hardly at all (a sip of dads once in a blue moon). Neither drink juice frequently either. I noted at a birthday party this past weekend D6 didn't seem to care for the nasty barrel juice drinks being offered - she would rather have water. I really wonder how much effect the extra calories/sugar/HFCS in drinks alone have on more kids being overweight?
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