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[quote=Anonymous]Has the weight stabilized?

I have two kids on stimulants and one lost 5 lbs during the first two months but then put the weight back on again (3 lbs of it) over the next three months and then back up to previous weight a year later. DC looks slender but fine.

My oldest DC lost 3 lbs the first two months and stabilized. But they were already very slender so the weight loss put them very underweight and they looked unhealthy. It took a year to put 2 lbs back on, we started working with a nutritionist and feeding therapy to put another 3 lbs on - so net 2 lb weight gain over 2 years and BMI is under 5%. DC still looks much more slender than their peers, but has stayed on their growth curve. DC does daily homemade milk shakes - the issue is not nutrition, it’s calories. Also, picky eating and very low appetite - the food theory has helped a bit with the picky eating (a bit!) but the lack of appetite makes things hard - even before the stimulants, DC has never “overeaten” anything - when DC is full, DC stops eating. Great trait in life, terrible when you are trying to gain weight.

So how much the weight loss matters depends on where your DC started and if they are able to regain easily. [/quote]

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