Who cares if your kid is overweight!

[Anonymous]

I love how you can pick the fat people out just by reading their responses. It's like you can just see their chubby little fingers flying over the keyboard as the grease from their big mac slowly drips onto the mouse pad.

LMAO..sorry, but it is true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I love how you can pick the fat people out just by reading their responses. It's like you can just see their chubby little fingers flying over the keyboard as the grease from their big mac slowly drips onto the mouse pad.

Ummm...no.

But you can definitely tell what kind of person you are (as in, a judgmental bitch) based on your post...

No, she was actually just funny. Laugh out loud funny. You, on the other hand--yeah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I love how you can pick the fat people out just by reading their responses. It's like you can just see their chubby little fingers flying over the keyboard as the grease from their big mac slowly drips onto the mouse pad.

LMAO..sorry, but it is true.

Ha, funny. I gotta agree with Kathy Griffin. You know why my body is slammin', and how I stay that way? BECAUSE I'M HUNGRY ALL THE TIME. and i'm cranky.

[cuzimawesome]

Man. There are some mean ass bitches in this area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I love how you can pick the fat people out just by reading their responses. It's like you can just see their chubby little fingers flying over the keyboard as the grease from their big mac slowly drips onto the mouse pad.

LMAO..sorry, but it is true.

You two anorexics are a piece of work.

Signed,
Size 2-4 woman that just ran 6.5 miles in 46 minutes and lifted for 40 min currently eating a Whole Foods Salad and drinking unsweetened Green Tea.

You two mean girls sound very ugly.

[Anonymous]

The important thing is that the child have the right amount of fat for his particular body type. It's not about being skinny, it's about being healthy.

It's hard for me to see how anyone can look around us and not think overweight and obesity, beginning in childhood, are a major public health problem as well as a very significant individual health problem.

It's not about being skinny, it's about being healthy, but you can look at people and know by their looks whether they're healthy.

You are awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I love how you can pick the fat people out just by reading their responses. It's like you can just see their chubby little fingers flying over the keyboard as the grease from their big mac slowly drips onto the mouse pad.

Ummm...no.

But you can definitely tell what kind of person you are (as in, a judgmental bitch) based on your post...

No, she was actually just funny. Laugh out loud funny. You, on the other hand--yeah.

Yikes. Why do I have the feeling you posters are the ones who (1) bullied the overweight kids in school and (2) as adults, make fun of overweight people behind their backs. I wasn't trying to be funny. And anybody who thinks it is funny to make fun of fat people ("you can just see their chubby little fingers...") really has a serious mean streak.

Geezz...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I love how you can pick the fat people out just by reading their responses. It's like you can just see their chubby little fingers flying over the keyboard as the grease from their big mac slowly drips onto the mouse pad.

Ummm...no.

But you can definitely tell what kind of person you are (as in, a judgmental bitch) based on your post...

No, she was actually just funny. Laugh out loud funny. You, on the other hand--yeah.

Yikes. Why do I have the feeling you posters are the ones who (1) bullied the overweight kids in school and (2) as adults, make fun of overweight people behind their backs. I wasn't trying to be funny. And anybody who thinks it is funny to make fun of fat people ("you can just see their chubby little fingers...") really has a serious mean streak.

Geezz...

and are very insecure and shallow too. I am sure they will pass the mean streak onto their own children as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The important thing is that the child have the right amount of fat for his particular body type. It's not about being skinny, it's about being healthy.

It's hard for me to see how anyone can look around us and not think overweight and obesity, beginning in childhood, are a major public health problem as well as a very significant individual health problem.

It's not about being skinny, it's about being healthy, but you can look at people and know by their looks whether they're healthy.

You are awesome.

Sorry, I don't really understand you and I think perhaps you misunderstood me. I'm saying it's not important to be skinny, it's important to be healthy. It's healthy to have the right amount of fat for your body type. It's unhealthy to have too much fat for your body type. Overweight and obese people are at greater risk for a number of health problems, beginning in childhood.

Interestingly, a new study shows that as obesity becomes the norm, overweight people consistently underestimate their own weight and that of their children. This isn't a good thing. Given that two thirds of adults in the U.S. are overweight or obese, we have a real problem on our hands. But the answer is not to stigmatize overweight people.

[Anonymous]

To the PP who got the idea that Jewish women are petite with small feet....um...have you ever seen an actual Jew?? If anything the stereotype (which is just that) runs in the other direction.

Signed,
Curvy Jewess (and mom to same), sitting on my round tuches eating an apple

Yes, actually. I went to Columbia and Barnard so I think I have a decent idea of the range of body builds among Jewish women in America under the age of 45. Look you know what I'm saying is true. A lot of Eastern European Jewish women AND men are small people. Just like a lot of Danes and Swedes are very tall and have larger frames, too. Many Bolivians with indigenous ancestry are quite short.

I think everyone reading this, with the possible exception of the fat fingers / big mac PP, are fairly sophisticated and understand that it's a curve and there are exceptions to the norm.

[Anonymous]

Body types can run the entire range of beanpole to thin to tautly muscled and still be healthy, is that everyone's point?

And you are basing this on the well-regarded Institute of What Everyone Knows, amirite?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know why I care that my child is chubby? (I posted on the other thread). Because HE IS UPSET. I don't say squat to him. He cries when he can't button his pants and he says, and I quote, "I hate this!!! I am so fat! Aren't I fat?"

It kills me to see his self-esteem battered like this. I have a feeling, though he won't admit it, that some kids in his class are calling him fat now.

Why don't you buy clothes that fit your child? You may not be saying squat, but you are telling him every day that you want to buy clothes for a different, smaller child. He feels your rejection every time he bends over and his too tight waistband gashes his skin. And you think the problem is the kids in his class? YOU are the problem.

[Anonymous]

As a society, we are obsessed with being thin.

Clearly, society's obsession with being thin doesn't inoculate us from weight problems. Eating disorders and obesity are waaay to prevalent. I don't think that judging others for their weight does anything to help.

I was a chubby kid, but not obese or anything. I was so embarrassed about my weight (an extra ten pounds, maybe?) that I was too ashamed to exercise because I thought people would make fun of me, because I looked so fat. It wasn't until I was in college and got some confidence that I decided I would run outside even if people would make fun of me. And I started lifting weights and being so much more healthy, and working out became a hobby.

All of you people being so harsh towards overweight people are just perpetuating the problem. All we can do is model good behavior and give kids lots of opportunity to eat well and exercise. Try to force things, and your force will backfire.

Please read "Child of Mine" - fascinating look at the psychology of weight.

[Anonymous]

The name-calling and fat-bashing on this thread is exactly why you dont come to DCUM for actual advice regarding the weight and health of your child. Its hurtful and disgusting.

Please ask your doctor for advice. Keep healthy, but realistic food in your house, encourage activity (not "exercise") and always remind your child that they are beautiful the way they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know why I care that my child is chubby? (I posted on the other thread). Because HE IS UPSET. I don't say squat to him. He cries when he can't button his pants and he says, and I quote, "I hate this!!! I am so fat! Aren't I fat?"

It kills me to see his self-esteem battered like this. I have a feeling, though he won't admit it, that some kids in his class are calling him fat now.

Why don't you buy clothes that fit your child? You may not be saying squat, but you are telling him every day that you want to buy clothes for a different, smaller child. He feels your rejection every time he bends over and his too tight waistband gashes his skin. And you think the problem is the kids in his class? YOU are the problem.

Oh my god, I did not post this but why are you so mean and jumping to conclusions? All she said was that he put on his pants and noticed they did not button up easy, he could have just put on the weight and she did not realize the extent until now. How do you know she is not going out to buy new pants. Get a grip!