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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cut out any processed foods that have sugar in the ingredient list. Bacon and eggs for breakfast instead of cereal or bagels. Try to limit bread until she’s at a normal weight again: so, instead of sandwiches for lunch, try cold cuts and cheese and fruit and nuts, and make some seeded flax crackers if she wants something crunchy with cheese. Fresh fruit only, no dried fruit.

It’s actually really easy for kids to lose weight this way. Granola bars and goldfish crackers and dried fruit are pretty much straight sugar in quantities that some kids will gain very rapidly while eating.[/quote]

Just to add — the emphasis in the above is on foods that will trigger satiety. She’s eating “large volumes” as you say because she doesn’t feel full. High fat, moderate protein, low carb foods fill you up more effectively and trigger satiety faster.  [/quote]

My daughter is younger, but similarly proportioned (always over the 95th percentile for height and weight) and I agree with this. It's counter-intuitive to push fat and protein for a bigger kid, but my daughter just does not feel satiated with carbs and fruit. We do not keep the snacks you mentioned (goldfish, pirate booty, granola bars) in the house except for occasional special treats. She's good at self limiting sweets and even carby snacks, but the volume of carby snacks she can down before self limiting is just too high. Snacks are real food and are either whole fruits/veggies or include fat and protein if it's a substantial snack. So cheese stick with an apple, banana and peanut butter, cheese and seeded grain crackers, carrots and plain greek yogurt with a squirt of honey.

And distance learning is so hard, but more physical activity as a family. I think "bigger" kids that tend towards gaining weight really need a sport. It changes your body type and metabolism longer term and burns calories. Could you try mommy/daddy daughter tennis lessons or bike riding? Exercise is lifestyle and you really have to model a healthy lifestyle for your kids.

And good luck, it's hard right now! You shouldn't discuss it with her, but shift the entire family's eating and activity habits, and hopefully you'll see some movement in the right direction. [/quote]

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