other family members' weight gain

Posted February 23, 2001 · February 23, 2001

,

re: your other child being 25%ile for weight...

my other son is not fat by any means, but he does have a layer on his

belly... I'm a bit worried about his weight gain. If starts

dripping everything, etc., is going to want to as well... I can

see him getting chubbier and chubbier! I guess it'll be a wait and

see if it happens or not. He might not like all the things we are

trying to give ...

is 5y8m, 46#, ~46 inches tall (he's " squared " now! LOL)

is same age, 27.7#, 40 inches tall (definitely not " squared " !)

Sue R. (weight withheld! LOL!)

Posted February 23, 2001 · February 23, 2001

Sue - I have heard other parents' cry about the same problem - how to they give

one sibling high calorie, high fat foods and not the other sibling. I can't

even imagine having to deal with that. I do know that sometimes I will sneak

a Reese's peanut butter cup when Ty is in another room. She knows it is

our secret...

Posted February 23, 2001 · February 23, 2001

Sue - I have heard other parents' cry about the same problem - how to they give

one sibling high calorie, high fat foods and not the other sibling. I can't

even imagine having to deal with that. I do know that sometimes I will sneak

a Reese's peanut butter cup when Ty is in another room. She knows it is

our secret...

Posted February 23, 2001 · February 23, 2001

My fifteen year old daughter has a weight problem. I am sure it is because

we have always kept high calorie foods around for Max and she has been

sneaking them. It is my worst nightmare for her. When she was younger, I

could tell her to stay away from Max's foods and she would. Now, as a

teenager, who is usually a hungry animal by nature, she craves anything and

everything. No amount of negotiating works, either. I finally had to sit

her down and tell her the truth. I will not pressure her into losing

weight, as that can cause other problems, but it hurts me to see my

beautiful daughter " blowing up " these days.

The good news is that Jenna is good natured about all of this and is trying.

For example, she is going bowling with her friends tonight instead of the

movies because it involves more movement. And she does take two dance

classes a week. But I guess this is another thing that RSS does to

families.

Jodi

other family members' weight gain

> ,

>

> re: your other child being 25%ile for weight...

>

> my other son is not fat by any means, but he does have a layer on his

> belly... I'm a bit worried about his weight gain. If starts

> dripping everything, etc., is going to want to as well... I can

> see him getting chubbier and chubbier! I guess it'll be a wait and

> see if it happens or not. He might not like all the things we are

> trying to give ...

>

> is 5y8m, 46#, ~46 inches tall (he's " squared " now! LOL)

> is same age, 27.7#, 40 inches tall (definitely not " squared " !)

>

> Sue R. (weight withheld! LOL!)

>

Posted February 23, 2001 · February 23, 2001

Y'know, you PARENTS are giving this grown-up RSS kid a real guilt

trip <G>.

I didn't eat from age birth to 10 and 45 minutes at the kitchen

table, to eat 1/2 of a PBJ sandwich with the crusts cut off was not

unusual. I'm an only child (they tried, but mom never got pregnant

again...which now sounds somewhat typcial for RSS mothers?) so I

didn't have an " " to want to eat what I wasn't eating...but I had

a mother who did. And for my entire teenage and adult life, she

reminded me that she was overweight because she'd sit with me for all

thos hours upon hours, over 10 years, trying to get me to eat...and

she'd wind up eating it. Now, my mother, being Jewish, is the QUEEN

of Jewish Guilt...and although the Guilt worked on me when I was

little (figuratively speaking, of course), I had become rather thick-

skinned to her attempts MANY years ago. NOW you tell me that YOU

have family members who are overweight because of your RSS child.

I feel so horrible now <wink>.

(BTW, she was also overweight for the 31 years of life she had BEFORE

I was born <G>)

-Sharon-

Posted February 23, 2001 · February 23, 2001

Hey Sharon

Don't kid yourself. My mom NEVER had her own plate of food when we 3 girls were

growing up.

She ate what we didn't.(My dad, the ultimate in strange birds, didn't get home

until after

6--too late for us to wait to eat, and he always had cheese and ketchup

sandwiches at

exactly 9 o'clock each night with a cup of coffee??? yeh that's weird). Now

that I'm

raising my two on my own, I find the exact same thing. I never know when I cook

dinner what

is going to be a hit (ie. we want seconds and poor mom ate a plate of food and

now there are

no 'seconds') or they will leave their plates uneaten. So now, I feed them, and

whatever is

still hanging around after an hour becomes " mom's dinner " .

We sacrifice so much for you kids--and what thanks do we get??? <just joking>>

Debby

sharon_kurland@... wrote:

> Y'know, you PARENTS are giving this grown-up RSS kid a real guilt

> trip <G>.

>

> I didn't eat from age birth to 10 and 45 minutes at the kitchen

> table, to eat 1/2 of a PBJ sandwich with the crusts cut off was not

> unusual. I'm an only child (they tried, but mom never got pregnant

> again...which now sounds somewhat typcial for RSS mothers?) so I

> didn't have an " " to want to eat what I wasn't eating...but I had

> a mother who did. And for my entire teenage and adult life, she

> reminded me that she was overweight because she'd sit with me for all

> thos hours upon hours, over 10 years, trying to get me to eat...and

> she'd wind up eating it. Now, my mother, being Jewish, is the QUEEN

> of Jewish Guilt...and although the Guilt worked on me when I was

> little (figuratively speaking, of course), I had become rather thick-

> skinned to her attempts MANY years ago. NOW you tell me that YOU

> have family members who are overweight because of your RSS child.

>

> I feel so horrible now <wink>.

>

> (BTW, she was also overweight for the 31 years of life she had BEFORE

> I was born <G>)

>

> -Sharon-

>

Posted February 24, 2001 · February 24, 2001

Although cheese and ketchup sound really gross to me, I have to admit that

my father's favorite meal was always spaghetti with butter and ketchup.

Would you believe that Max loves it, too?

Jodi

Re: Re: other family members' weight gain

> >Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 23:26:52 -0500

> >

> >Hey Sharon

> >Don't kid yourself. My mom NEVER had her own plate of food when we 3

girls

> >were growing up.

> >She ate what we didn't.(My dad, the ultimate in strange birds, didn't get

> >home until after

> >6--too late for us to wait to eat, and he always had cheese and ketchup

> >sandwiches at

> >exactly 9 o'clock each night with a cup of coffee??? yeh that's weird).

> >Now that I'm

> >raising my two on my own, I find the exact same thing. I never know when

I

> >cook dinner what

> >is going to be a hit (ie. we want seconds and poor mom ate a plate of

food

> >and now there are

> >no 'seconds') or they will leave their plates uneaten. So now, I feed

them,

> >and whatever is

> >still hanging around after an hour becomes " mom's dinner " .

> >

> >We sacrifice so much for you kids--and what thanks do we get??? <just

> >joking>>

> >

> >Debby

> >

> >sharon_kurland@... wrote:

> >

> > > Y'know, you PARENTS are giving this grown-up RSS kid a real guilt

> > > trip <G>.

> > >

> > > I didn't eat from age birth to 10 and 45 minutes at the kitchen

> > > table, to eat 1/2 of a PBJ sandwich with the crusts cut off was not

> > > unusual. I'm an only child (they tried, but mom never got pregnant

> > > again...which now sounds somewhat typcial for RSS mothers?) so I

> > > didn't have an " " to want to eat what I wasn't eating...but I had

> > > a mother who did. And for my entire teenage and adult life, she

> > > reminded me that she was overweight because she'd sit with me for all

> > > thos hours upon hours, over 10 years, trying to get me to eat...and

> > > she'd wind up eating it. Now, my mother, being Jewish, is the QUEEN

> > > of Jewish Guilt...and although the Guilt worked on me when I was

> > > little (figuratively speaking, of course), I had become rather thick-

> > > skinned to her attempts MANY years ago. NOW you tell me that YOU

> > > have family members who are overweight because of your RSS child.

> > >

> > > I feel so horrible now <wink>.

> > >

> > > (BTW, she was also overweight for the 31 years of life she had BEFORE

> > > I was born <G>)

> > >

> > > -Sharon-

> > >

Posted February 24, 2001 · February 24, 2001

Yes Nikki

That is true and lucky (??) for me Adam has inherited his grandfather's

trait--he puts

ketchup on his corn pops, his ice cream, his carrots, his corn and for fun??? He

just

straight eats it out of the bottle!!!

Wonder how many calories that is??

Debby

nikki charlton wrote:

> Debby,

>

> I have to make sure on this, but.....cheese and ketchup???

> The word blah readily comes to mind.

>

> Laffin

>

> Nikki-mom to 6, and Nala the cat :-}

>

> >

> >Reply-To: RSS-Support

> >To: RSS-Support

> >Subject: Re: Re: other family members' weight gain

> >Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 23:26:52 -0500

> >

> >Hey Sharon

> >Don't kid yourself. My mom NEVER had her own plate of food when we 3 girls

> >were growing up.

> >She ate what we didn't.(My dad, the ultimate in strange birds, didn't get

> >home until after

> >6--too late for us to wait to eat, and he always had cheese and ketchup

> >sandwiches at

> >exactly 9 o'clock each night with a cup of coffee??? yeh that's weird).

> >Now that I'm

> >raising my two on my own, I find the exact same thing. I never know when I

> >cook dinner what

> >is going to be a hit (ie. we want seconds and poor mom ate a plate of food

> >and now there are

> >no 'seconds') or they will leave their plates uneaten. So now, I feed them,