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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]yes he's very overweight (might even be obese didn't weigh him recently) but it doesn't both me too much as he eats a good enough diet and exercises regularly.

it doesn't appear to bother him either as far as i can tell. but i'm just wondering if he's handling it on his own.

what we've talked about was the fact that he's not 'fit' for his age and needed to do something about it. so not focusing on his size/shape but fitness.

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At 11, I was overweight enough to be 'obese' and yes it bothered me quite a bit but if my parents ever asked I just said "I don't care" or "it doesn't bother me"

Yes, other kids noticed and picked on me somewhat for it too.

Has he always been somewhat overweight? If so, it's not likely he is going to outgrow it in the coming years, its more likely that he will continue to gain.

Don't try and focus on fitness because that is just going to be a fail and make him feel worse.  Being overweight means it is already harder to participate in activities and it makes you feel worse when you see others do it effortlessly and you are huffing and puffing.

Focus on diet and eating.  Just start changing the kind of food you have in the house.  Start by limiting sweets to one kind of sweet at a time in the house or per shopping trip. One bag of cookies for example.

when a bag of chips is finished, don't replace them with another bag of crackers or chips.

Look at your freezer. Is it full of convenience foods? Unfortunately the highly processed stuff isn't helpful for changing diet so aim to use up what's in the freezer and not replace most of it.

Be ok with full fat butter, cheese, yogurt, sour cream. These are just more flavorful and can make moving away from processed foods a bit easier.

[b]Don't buy things like whole wheat bread[/b] or low fat foods. Both have a lot of sugar and additives, don't taste that great.

Use up any juice, juice boxes, soda and don't replace for a while.

Your DS will eat junk at school but that's better than eating junk at school and at home. 
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Whats wrong with whole wheat bread?[/quote]

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