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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DD was always big. Born over 8 lbs, never left a drop of milk in a bottle, and ate well as soon as she started solids. I always fed her healthy things (focused on whole, minimally processed foods, vegetables, etc) but her tendency to take big portion sizes and clean her plate added up to an obesity diagnosis in early elementary. Once she was diagnosed, her MD have fairly simple, evidence-based guidelines:

1) 90 minutes of active play per day
2) 5-7 servings of fruits and vegetables per day

We followed the guidelines and it worked.

Getting much more activity required signing her up for two sports. It took quite a while to finally find a fit—since she wasn’t in great shape, she really disliked the first few things she tried. But then she found an activity that clicked for her. Once she had that, it was easier for her to take on a second.

Luckily DD likes a lot of kinds of vegetables, but it was still a huge lift to work in sooo much more produce. We lean some on frozen things, some canned things, some “hidden” vegetable things. Every meal starts with a recognizable fruit or vegetable (fruit at breakfast, vegetable at lunch or dinner). Then we don’t particularly limit what she takes at meals. The whole point is that the vegetable reduces her appetite to overeat. All snacks are fruit or veg (but are often things like pouches).  When she is doing legos or homework I set out something like broiled asparagus or peeled clementines for her to pick at.

I had to check a lot of my “diet baggage” at the door. I had internalized that grapes, bananas, apples, etc didn’t really “count” as healthy, but being able to lean on easier sells like a bananac especially when traveling, was important to maintain consistency.

There is another thread going now where some moms seem in denial about the validity of BMI. Admittedly this was hard to hear, especially for someone who had really avoided feeding her kid junk and sugar, never gave her puffs which I considered baby junk food, etc. But if I hadn’t taken a clear-eyed approach, we would not have fixed it. And now DD is very proud of her fitness and athleticism, which is a delight to watch. [/quote]

How old is your dd today?[/quote]

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