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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can gain 5 pounds of bloat in 2 days on a diet of high salt food while traveling. If the camp served typically crappy camp food, that could even be enough to do it without over eating. [/quote]

Exactly this. My DH spent a week at Scout Camp and gained 8 pounds - and he was trying to be careful about what he ate and was extremely active during the trip. But it's a totally different diet than what we eat, and the poor sleeping, heat, mosquitoes, and very salty food led to a lot of water retention.

OP has a seriously screwed up attitude about eating. Boys especially grow out, then they grow up. And the cycle repeats. My DS was very pudgy as an 11 year old, but shot up between 12 and 13, growing 4 inches but only gaining 3 pounds. Now at 14, he's 5 foot 10, probably on his way to 6 foot 2 or 6-4. It takes some calories to grow that tall. [/quote]

Yes, plenty of kids go through a chubby stage as tweens. I've seen photos of my husband at around 11. He was chunky. His brother was just plain fat at that age. As adults, they're both on the thinner side of average.[/quote]

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