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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter got wider at 8/9. We did not say a word to her, because we knew: many kids put on weight at that age (just before a growth spurt); she had been doing too much snacking; and she could stand to up her exercise game. The primary thing that we did was steer her away from the frequent snacks, without talking about weight. We didn’t change anything about what she could do around friends, but we stopped stocking chips (which were her weakness). We utilized distractions before she could ask for a snack in the afternoon, and instituted “no snacking” hours before dinner. Gradually she got to the point where she only asked for a snack maybe every other day, and was happy with a parent selected portion (vs mindlessly eating from a bag).

We also added more exercise in by ramping up the sports practices; she did her normal team practices and we selected an optional extra day with her swim club, and took it upon ourselves to do physical things with her. When the pandemic hit and everything stopped she and I did our own “Girls on the Run” and we allowed her to bike with friends.

By the time she was 10 she had grown a couple of inches and thinned out considerably. She lost the belly and built lean muscle. Some of it was nature, but we did prod it along without her ever knowing.[/quote]

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