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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. 
Would you guys be fine with a kid who is overweight?
You're saying it wouldn't both you at all?

You wouldn't worry about the health implications? [/quote]

Your OP doesn't have any indication that what you care about is your daughter's health or happiness.  It's about how it makes you feel, the money you have to spend, and a little bit about how you need to cater to your sons.

Worrying about your child's health, or her happiness, would lead to a very different post.  [/quote]

+1 exactly

I feel so, so bad for OPs daughter. [/quote]

OP here. 
Good Lord.

Of course I care about her health and happiness.

If my first post had mentioned happiness you would all jump on me for saying that heavy women can't be happy. 
I would have been CRUCIFIED for this.

If I mentioned health you'd say that weight isn't associated with bad health.

You can't win when you talk about weight.

Thank you to those who have been kind. 
You don't know me in real life and if you did you'd know that I support my daughter and love her unconditionally. 
I keep buying her new clothing (with NO mention of weight or needing to go up a size) because I want her to feel good 
about herself. 
I worry about where this is going and how much weight she will gain.  There seems to be no current end. 
I worry about her health because she is sedentary. 
I worry that she is developing habits now that will harm her throughout her young adult life.

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Listen, OP. Your daughter can’t do it all. You admitted that. You okayed her quitting exercise (“she WAS a travel soccer player but quit because it was too much with school”) But then claim to be worried about her health 🙄. You want her to do 3-4 hours of homework, grind away at school, and do athletics like her brothers. Unfortunately, she cant. It is too much for her and her weight gain is probably a coping mechanism. Soooo an easy and healthy solution? Fix her course schedule/schooling so she can do both. Otherwise, stop pretending this is about health. 
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