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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD was 20 pounds overweight in high school. Her doctor told her she needed to lose the weight, but she wasn't motivated. I got her a gym membership, offered to go with her, invited her to go on walks, etc. It made it worse. She lost 20+ lbs in college during her freshman year. She cut out carbs and ate healthier, plus she joined a not so competitive swim team on campus. She is a college senior and continues to eat healthy and maintain her weight. She did this on her own.[/quote]

Although she did do it by herself, don't necessarily discount all the encouragement you gave her earlier. 
Sometimes it just takes a while (or something happening) before it all "clicks" and makes sense to her.
Then all those things you had suggested, and talked to her about get implemented.
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I do think there are a lot of girls that gain hormonal weight from around 14-18---chubby face is classic of it.  I came into my own in my early 20s too.  I was a very serious athlete from elem-sophmore year in HS..then I filled out (by no means fat--but 10-15 lbs more).  Junior year in college I really paid attention to nutrition. I had always exercised and loved running.  By the time I graduated college I was lean, mean fighting machine and took up running marathons.  I have stayed the same exact weight for the past 20 years.  It is now at 42 that I find I really have to watch what I eat again.  I was the classic late bloomer like the other poster---it was weird to be viewed as 'totally hot' after just 'cute, girl next door, slightly chubby' with no dates in HS.  I had so much attention in my 20s/30s that was never there in HS.  I also would get the 'oh you never had to worry about weight' from people that met me post-college.[/quote]

This is so true.  I was in an "awkward phase" pretty much until college.  I lost a little weight then, but it actually mostly just redistributed (into muscle, primarily), and I went down several sizes and felt much better.  I'm grateful my parents didn't say much to me about it before then.  My younger sister struggles with bulemia, and it's horrible.  [/quote]

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