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[quote=Anonymous]I was the overweight teen with parents that harped on it all the time. My parents constantly commented about what I was eating, how big I was (size 12 my senior year of HS), how no boy would ever love me at my size (phew. Turned out I was a lesbian...but that has nothing to do with my size), and made comments that all of my friends were fat and that was the only reason we were all friends (truth was I had friends of all sizes.) My parents weren't thin (mother was a 14 and my father wore a size 42 pants.) They dieted intermittently - but loved to drink  - and exercised sporadically (my mother would 'take up' running and run daily for a few weeks and then drop it for a few years.)

What this did was drive a HUGE wedge between my parents and me. To this day (and yes, I am still overweight.) My father has more or less stopped making comments about me - but is quick to point out other people's weight ("I went to lunch with my co-worker Jane. She is the huge woman that you met at the Christmas party." (FYI - Jane is my size.)

Lay off. Talk about being healthy. Lead my example. You can't make the kids want to lose weight. They need to have the internal motivation to do it themselves.  Shaming them will push them away faster than you can imagine.[/quote]

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