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[quote=Anonymous]My 16 year old is overweight.  This isn't vanity pounds but overweight by medical terms.

[b]DON'T WORRY---I HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING TO HER.  I am really, really, really careful not to.  Hence this post; I can vent in private. [/b]

She knows how to eat well. 
I buy healthy food but I can't cut out snacks because I also have two teenage boy athletes who need to be able to eat non-stop (4000 calories a day to maintain their skinny 6'3" selves). 
She was a travel soccer player but quit that this year because it was too much with her school schedule and she decided against trying to play in college. 
She's on the varsity soccer team but that is fall only. 
She's taking a demanding course load an has 3-4 hours of homework a night. 
I suggest exercise but I can't harp on that either.  She really doesn't like to exercise. So she does nothing athletic at present.

So she's overweight and it really bothers me.  She keeps gaining weight with no real end in sight---she's gone up probably 4 sizes in pants since last school year and 2 since summer and she wasn't small to begin with 
(she's always been athletically built).  She's short so weight gain really impacts her physique.

I keep buying her new clothing and spending a fortune on it because she grows out of her current pants.  The alternative to not buying new clothing is to have her wear pants that are SKIN TIGHT.

I don't know what to do--there really isn't anything I can do.   :cry: 
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