My Bosses hired me when I was very overweight and didn't judge me for it. In the course of 1 year with them now, I have lost 90 lbs and am now very healthy. When I first started out with them, I took the babies on daily walks, did yoga while they napped and then went to the gym after work. Just because I was overweight, did not mean that I was lazy and sat there all day.

In my last position, I had to help them find a new nanny and they turned down every candidate that had visible tattoos or face piercings because they didn't like the thought of their kids growing up around that.

Also, this thread was not just about weight so everyone needs to stop pulling it that way.

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Anonymous wrote:Fat nanny here- I speak 3 languages fluently and have a masters degree. I earn $30/hr in California.

How come you never got the motivation to take half of an hours earnings per month and put them toward a gym membership? I really can't understand the motivation, or lack of it.

I mean you should be pretty active throughout the day, your not doing office work. How do you maintain your weight? What do you eat? Do your charges eat the same junk food as you? Do you encourage them to eat things you wouldn't eat yourself? What do you say when they question why they should eat their veggies? "Because I said so" ?

Omg STFU. You are hiding behind your computer knowing that no one knows who you really are and growing balls because of it.
I highly doubt you are as amazing as you are trying to make yourself out to be.

Sounds like some of you need to re-read the thread on the nanny's response to the 3 year old about the obese woman she saw.

Anonymous wrote:Fat nanny here- I speak 3 languages fluently and have a masters degree. I earn $30/hr in California.

How come you never got the motivation to take half of an hours earnings per month and put them toward a gym membership? I really can't understand the motivation, or lack of it.

I mean you should be pretty active throughout the day, your not doing office work. How do you maintain your weight? What do you eat? Do your charges eat the same junk food as you? Do you encourage them to eat things you wouldn't eat yourself? What do you say when they question why they should eat their veggies? "Because I said so" ?

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Anonymous wrote:Wow glad I never interviewed with you people!!! When I was hired by my nanny family I was 274 pounds and they hired me because of my qualifications and experience. 8 years later I'm still with the family and I've lost 137 pounds... Your loss!!!

While I commend you on your weight loss, even if I could go back in time and have the opportunity to hire you I would not, I just don't have 8 years, 5 years, even 1 year of income to waste on an overweight nanny trying to get her life in shape. After you have lost the weight, sure, I will gladly interview you, but at this point in time you aren't really fit to be a nanny.

NP here. I'm obese and work for a wonderful family, going on 3 years. You have a right to hire who you want but to say that 'you aren't fit to be a nanny' is your opinion and not fact.

If you are obese then you are NOT healthy, NOT a good role model and defn someone I would NOT Hire. We are not just talking about being overweight but OBESE. There is NO way you can safely run after children or keep up with them (and don't bother to say you can or you are more fit then a thin nanny- that is a lie). For your sake I hope you lose the weight or risk dying young.

What reality are you living in? Check out the staff yearbook photo for any childcare program. You are going to see plenty of beautiful, well endowed women. I am not a large girl but I don't have anything against them either.

That is only because overweight women think childcare is easy, they are always looking for the easy route, thats how they got obese in the first place. I honestly don't know why those places hire them in the first place.

And just how do dumb people like you, get to be dumb in the first place?

Fat nanny here- I speak 3 languages fluently and have a masters degree. I earn $30/hr in California.

Anonymous wrote:I worked for a family 5 years ago who left their notes about the nannies interviewed. They all started with comments about physical appearance. The family looked for someone who values similar things. I ate healthy, cooked, ran, exercised. The mom was trying to start doing those things and wanted someone who wouldn't be encouraging get bad habits.

Unless you are implying something else, a families personal notes on nanny interviews make sense to start with physical things because that helps them remember who they are. having just their name won't help you 3 days later... "which one was emily???"

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Anonymous wrote:Wow glad I never interviewed with you people!!! When I was hired by my nanny family I was 274 pounds and they hired me because of my qualifications and experience. 8 years later I'm still with the family and I've lost 137 pounds... Your loss!!!

While I commend you on your weight loss, even if I could go back in time and have the opportunity to hire you I would not, I just don't have 8 years, 5 years, even 1 year of income to waste on an overweight nanny trying to get her life in shape. After you have lost the weight, sure, I will gladly interview you, but at this point in time you aren't really fit to be a nanny.

NP here. I'm obese and work for a wonderful family, going on 3 years. You have a right to hire who you want but to say that 'you aren't fit to be a nanny' is your opinion and not fact.

If you are obese then you are NOT healthy, NOT a good role model and defn someone I would NOT Hire. We are not just talking about being overweight but OBESE. There is NO way you can safely run after children or keep up with them (and don't bother to say you can or you are more fit then a thin nanny- that is a lie). For your sake I hope you lose the weight or risk dying young.

What reality are you living in? Check out the staff yearbook photo for any childcare program. You are going to see plenty of beautiful, well endowed women. I am not a large girl but I don't have anything against them either.

That is only because overweight women think childcare is easy, they are always looking for the easy route, thats how they got obese in the first place. I honestly don't know why those places hire them in the first place.

If you don't want a fat nanny put in your ad that you want a fit nanny. People can take a hint. For fucks sake!