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[quote=Anonymous]For us, it was really hard to go cold turkey with junk food and sweets especially since my other kids were fine self-regulating themselves around junk food. So, we took a different approach and really emphasized moderation. Instead of grabbing 4 GS cookies, how about just 2 cookies for now and then follow it up with a cup of water (especially since a lot of times she was confusing thirst for hunger/feeling nibbly/grazing). And the 2 cookies were enough to satiate her sweets cravings.

I also signed her up for a class of her choice - she totally loved the kids zumba class so we went with that. We have some sort of sport/exercise class each season. DH got her a watch for Christmas with step counter on it. She'll listen to TS  and go for a walk around the block and enjoys getting her step count to go up.
So, these small subtle changes have really helped. The weight loss is slow, but at least it is staying off and we don't have to deal with pushback, food battles, the "it's not fair that Sister1 and Sister2 get XYZ, but I don't"- type situations, and the like.

FWIW though, the ped wasn't really too concerned. DD has always been on the large side (95%+) since she was little so according to the growth charts she has progressed perfectly and in proportion; just on the big side. [/quote]

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