re: does your child over-eat

[Guest guest]

Technically, my child/adult overeats. That is, she is overweight,

although nothing like her peak some years ago. We have made a lot of

progress, but the issue is on-going .. Ask me in five years how I'm doing!

Jan has her own place, shops and cooks most of her meals. We are slowly

altering the patterns. The base for lunch and supper is frozen

entrees. She is good about reading the labels and has a top limit of

300 calories. She supplements this somewhat with fruits and vegetables,

although there are some vegies in the dinners she microwaves.

She drinks too much soda, but today it is pretty much all low calorie,

Iwish I could change the need for soda, but it is lower priority than

weight control.

The issues are eating out (currently cut way, way down) at fast food

places, parties and food provided outside of her regular meals, and

impulse buying of popcorn, potato chips, crackers, cookies, etc.

She currently spends weekends with her parents and there quantities and

snacks are in control. She also gets lots of exercise weekends, logging

eight or so miles in Saturday and Sunday hikes on our local mountain

park trails. She prefers to go alone and we usually negotiate the

route. She is slow, but gets the hike in. Sometimes she also does a 10

mile bike ride with friends down the bike path to see a movie in

addition to the hike. During the week she walks to work and home three

days .. a mile plus each way. I am looking forward to the winter when I

can take her to the mountains skiing. We hope to do a lot of that this

winter.

During a typical week she will put on 2 to 4 pounds and on a weekend, we

can usually work that off, so her weight is stable .. just 20 or so

pounds above where she should be to for both health and feeling good.

Jan would like more time in her apartment, but she understands that we

are being strict on weight because we love her. She's been through

enough starting ten years ago when she was 25 pounds heavier. We don't

want to think about going there again.

Rick .. dad to 35 year old Jan

[Guest guest]

I am really appreciating all this input on this subject. Please be sure to fill

out the survey if you haven't already. I think that a lot of your body structure

has to do with your family genes more than anything, so although we are asking

about those who are over weight we are also asking if your child

or (adult/child) has an issue with not feeling full or eating so much that you

feel as though you have to control their eating habits. If your child is

sneaking into the kitchen to get food or if you go into their room and find a

stash of empty cans and wrappers, this would indicate the problem we are looking

at. Also, if they eat until they are physically ill this is also a problem.

 

So, regardless of what the problem is, or if there is no problem at all, please

fill out the survey because this is really going to help us alot!

thanks

Kristy Colvin

IMDSA President

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[Guest guest]

My (5 yo) daughter does not overeat though a couple of my friends with children

who have DS say that it's their child's favorite 'hobby'.  She'll overeat sweets

if we let her - and she'll choose french fries over veges (like most kids) but

she likes more veges than her sister and eats a number of them raw.  We don't

have chips, cookies, cakes, ice cream, crackers, etc around the house much

(sound boring?) so that always helps.  One of the 'bribes' to BM-potty train her

is to let her buy lunch at school if she " drops the kids at the pool " before

school.  She gets excited about it (loves those corndogs) but isn't quite

motivated enough.

I think one parent posted that sodas were drunk in excess.  I've been reading

that diet soda's may cause an increase in weight and not a loss even though

you're avoiding the sugar calories.  I'm hoping to get my girls to like tea -

sweet tea like berry that doesn't need sugar.

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/on-fitness/2008/2/12/diet-soda-metabolic-syndrome-an\

d-weight-loss.html

" One, published in Circulation, came as quite a shock: Drinking diet soda, it

suggested, puts me at higher risk of developing a group of risk factors like

high blood pressure and unhealthy levels of " bad " cholesterol that are tied to

heart disease and diabetes. Another paper, published in Behavioral Neuroscience,

found that—in rats, at least—cutting the traditional link between sweet

flavor and high calories seems to throw off the ability to judge the

caloric content of food. That, no surprise, leads to overeating. So

much for the calorie factor. "

http://medheadlines.com/2008/02/12/diet-soda-may-sabotage-weight-loss-efforts/

Diet Soda May Sabotage Weight Loss Efforts

People who drink diet soda in an effort to lose weight

may be doing more harm than good according to a recent study conducted

by the Ingestive Behavior Research Center at Purdue University.  In the study,

rats given yogurt sweetened with zero calorie saccharin

later gained more weight and put on more body fat than rats who ate

yogurt sweetened with glucose (a simple sugar comparable to table

sugar).

[Guest guest]

has not been prone to overeating until lately. I'm not sure

if she's just ready for a growth spurt, puberty, or what, but she is

either starving all the time or something. We generally don't have too

many snacks between meals, and generally don't stock junk, so it's been

interesting to watch her staring in the refrigerator or cabinet, and

when you ask " what are you doing?' she will often reply " looking for

something good. "

Maybe I'm starving her (but her sturdy build would suggest otherwise,

LOL) but usually we make her favorite smoothies after school

(strawberries, orange juice, bananna and vanilla yogurt), and if she's

still hungry, a granola bar or something like that, but it seems like

with that under her belt, she should be able to make it a couple hours

until dinner. She could always have more fruit, or raw veggies, but she

has started looking for chips (her vice, if we kept them around, she'd

eat them daily, just like her daddy, which is why they aren't

there.......) Although DH and I drink diet coke, the kids don't ever

get soda at home, ever, so it's just milk, water, OJ and sometimes

cranraspberry (light) juice. Occasionally we have ice cream around, but

no regular desserts.

I do worry about 's weight, since she's OK for now, but she

eats a regular healthy meals and doesn't eat a lot of junk... if she

does start adding significant amounts of junk food, she will go up

quickly I suspect. She is learning how to swim, and hopefully this will

become an enjoyable exercise for her.

, mom to (13), (10 DS), and Sammy (9)

Tabatha r wrote:

> My (5 yo) daughter does not overeat though a couple of my friends with

children who have DS say that it's their child's favorite 'hobby'. She'll

overeat sweets if we let her - and she'll choose french fries over veges (like

most kids) but she likes more veges than her sister and eats a number of them

raw. We don't have chips, cookies, cakes, ice cream, crackers, etc around the

house much (sound boring?) so that always helps. One of the 'bribes' to

BM-potty train her is to let her buy lunch at school if she " drops the kids at

the pool " before school. She gets excited about it (loves those corndogs) but

isn't quite motivated enough.

>

> I think one parent posted that sodas were drunk in excess. I've been reading

that diet soda's may cause an increase in weight and not a loss even though

you're avoiding the sugar calories. I'm hoping to get my girls to like tea -

sweet tea like berry that doesn't need sugar.

>

>

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/on-fitness/2008/2/12/diet-soda-metabolic-syndrome-an\

d-weight-loss.html

> " One, published in Circulation, came as quite a shock: Drinking diet soda, it

suggested, puts me at higher risk of developing a group of risk factors like

high blood pressure and unhealthy levels of " bad " cholesterol that are tied to

heart disease and diabetes. Another paper, published in Behavioral Neuroscience,

> found that---in rats, at least---cutting the traditional link between sweet

> flavor and high calories seems to throw off the ability to judge the

> caloric content of food. That, no surprise, leads to overeating. So

> much for the calorie factor. "

>

> http://medheadlines.com/2008/02/12/diet-soda-may-sabotage-weight-loss-efforts/

> Diet Soda May Sabotage Weight Loss Efforts

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> People who drink diet soda in an effort to lose weight

> may be doing more harm than good according to a recent study conducted

> by the Ingestive Behavior Research Center at Purdue University. In the study,

rats given yogurt sweetened with zero calorie saccharin

> later gained more weight and put on more body fat than rats who ate

> yogurt sweetened with glucose (a simple sugar comparable to table

> sugar).

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