Guest guest Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Dear Primary Care Givers to our RSS kids, I have a question. It's a wieghty issue (heavy pun intended). It may open a can of worms. But, since none of you have beaten me up with wet noodles...yet...I thought I'd toss this one out. How many of you primary care givers to RSS kids have gained in excess of 15-25 lbs while caring for your child? I remember a couple of years ago when Dr. H. made the statement that I would gain weight while caring for my RSS son if I continued doing some " eating stratagies " that worked at the time, but are a moot point now. Except for the fact that I did in fact gain the weight. Sigh. Yet again, my New Year's resolution is to lose the 12 lbs I never lost after Connor's birth. The problem you see is calories. To many of them. I add calories whenever I can to our food. I am a lazy cook. I would rather cook one meal that everybody can eat. Since, Connor is an " eater, " but still a child of RSS, we tend to use half n half in the mac n cheese; real bacon, butter and peanut butter on a sandwich, french fries, Mc's, etc, etc, etc. While concentrating so hard on getting Connor to gain weight, I have packed it on too. Double sigh. While it probably doesn't help that my FAVORITE DRINK in the whole wide world is an Icebox Mudslide, I'm surely not doing anything healthy for myself. On the one hand I bless the individual who came up with chocolate alcohol (endorphins and warm fuzzy feelings - Yippee!), however, I know that the drink must contain at least a billion calories because if I have one 8 oz serving over ice, I'm up two pounds in the morning. Triple Sigh. How do you keep the weight off of yourself while keeping your special needs child gaining? I mean think about. We totally obsess over calories. Every day. How many of us primary care takers can rattle off the nutritional and caloric content of several kinds of foods? We are much more savvy than the average parent. The stress can be overwhelming. The impulse is to eat. So, have any of you out there successfully lost weight while helping your child? Any tips you would like to pass on to us neurotic mothers who eat when their child won't? Many thanks! in Virginia P.S. Connor is at an all time high in wt. He's 21 lbs! I'm not confessing even to my priest what I weight right now!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Hi Well I'm not sure why anyone would want to wack you with a wet noodle (but I'm sure Ken will have an answer to that one soon)........... You have raised an excellent point!! I hear you! In fact about 8 years ago I managed to drop about 60 pounds......but I don't recommend my method (it's called getting divorced LOL.......the stress). 2 years ago I worked for the principal from hell and injured my back & had surgery and managed to pack on 100 lbs in a year (all 60 back plus another 40!) I was miserable. Still am LOL........I've knocked off 22 lbs in the last year. Right now, my only secret to loosing (or keeping it off as I did in the past) is separate meals. My son and my daughter do not like the same foods AT ALL. One will eat stir fry & rice the other won't touch it. One will eat pasta until the cows come home, the other won't. So I prepare 2 meals at this house most nights (fries, for instance, can be combined with both meals......one may get chicken and the other veal) and then I pick a bit from each. It's helping me to loose weight. You see I'm too tired after cooking 2 meals to eat for myself! LOL Now what we need to do is have a fund raiser to pay someone to discover the secret of us " caregivers " being able to donate our excess weight to our kids! Debby How do you...? > > > Dear Primary Care Givers to our RSS kids, > > I have a question. It's a wieghty issue (heavy pun intended). It > may open a can of worms. But, since none of you have beaten me up > with wet noodles...yet...I thought I'd toss this one out. > > How many of you primary care givers to RSS kids have gained in > excess of 15-25 lbs while caring for your child? > > I remember a couple of years ago when Dr. H. made the statement that > I would gain weight while caring for my RSS son if I continued doing > some " eating stratagies " that worked at the time, but are a moot > point now. Except for the fact that I did in fact gain the weight. > > Sigh. > > Yet again, my New Year's resolution is to lose the 12 lbs I never > lost after Connor's birth. > > The problem you see is calories. To many of them. I add calories > whenever I can to our food. I am a lazy cook. I would rather cook > one meal that everybody can eat. Since, Connor is an " eater, " but > still a child of RSS, we tend to use half n half in the mac n > cheese; real bacon, butter and peanut butter on a sandwich, french > fries, Mc's, etc, etc, etc. While concentrating so hard on > getting Connor to gain weight, I have packed it on too. > > Double sigh. > > While it probably doesn't help that my FAVORITE DRINK in the whole > wide world is an Icebox Mudslide, I'm surely not doing anything > healthy for myself. On the one hand I bless the individual who came > up with chocolate alcohol (endorphins and warm fuzzy feelings - > Yippee!), however, I know that the drink must contain at least a > billion calories because if I have one 8 oz serving over ice, I'm up > two pounds in the morning. > > Triple Sigh. > > How do you keep the weight off of yourself while keeping your > special needs child gaining? I mean think about. We totally obsess > over calories. Every day. How many of us primary care takers can > rattle off the nutritional and caloric content of several kinds of > foods? We are much more savvy than the average parent. The stress > can be overwhelming. The impulse is to eat. > > So, have any of you out there successfully lost weight while helping > your child? Any tips you would like to pass on to us neurotic > mothers who eat when their child won't? > > Many thanks! > > in Virginia > > P.S. Connor is at an all time high in wt. He's 21 lbs! > I'm not confessing even to my priest what I weight right now!!!!!!! > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 > > Dear Primary Care Givers to our RSS kids, > > I have a question. It's a wieghty issue (heavy pun intended). It > may open a can of worms. But, since none of you have beaten me up > with wet noodles...yet...I thought I'd toss this one out. > > How many of you primary care givers to RSS kids have gained in > excess of 15-25 lbs while caring for your child? > > I remember a couple of years ago when Dr. H. made the statement that > I would gain weight while caring for my RSS son if I continued doing > some " eating stratagies " that worked at the time, but are a moot > point now. Except for the fact that I did in fact gain the weight. > > Sigh. > > Yet again, my New Year's resolution is to lose the 12 lbs I never > lost after Connor's birth. > > The problem you see is calories. To many of them. I add calories > whenever I can to our food. I am a lazy cook. I would rather cook > one meal that everybody can eat. Since, Connor is an " eater, " but > still a child of RSS, we tend to use half n half in the mac n > cheese; real bacon, butter and peanut butter on a sandwich, french > fries, Mc's, etc, etc, etc. While concentrating so hard on > getting Connor to gain weight, I have packed it on too. > > Double sigh. > > While it probably doesn't help that my FAVORITE DRINK in the whole > wide world is an Icebox Mudslide, I'm surely not doing anything > healthy for myself. On the one hand I bless the individual who came > up with chocolate alcohol (endorphins and warm fuzzy feelings - > Yippee!), however, I know that the drink must contain at least a > billion calories because if I have one 8 oz serving over ice, I'm up > two pounds in the morning. > > Triple Sigh. > > How do you keep the weight off of yourself while keeping your > special needs child gaining? I mean think about. We totally obsess > over calories. Every day. How many of us primary care takers can > rattle off the nutritional and caloric content of several kinds of > foods? We are much more savvy than the average parent. The stress > can be overwhelming. The impulse is to eat. > > So, have any of you out there successfully lost weight while helping > your child? Any tips you would like to pass on to us neurotic > mothers who eat when their child won't? > > Many thanks! > > in Virginia > > P.S. Connor is at an all time high in wt. He's 21 lbs! > I'm not confessing even to my priest what I weight right now!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 , It's funny you should ask this question as I remember complaining about Jillian being responsible for my weight gain very recently. I was a size 6 before I had kids, a size 8 after my first child (which was fine - size 6 was too skinny for someone of 6 ft) and now I'm plain fat. My obsession with her caloric intake makes it too easy for me to continue to gain weight and almost impossible to lose it. I hope someone on this listserve has the answers to weight loss for RSS moms!! > > Dear Primary Care Givers to our RSS kids, > > I have a question. It's a wieghty issue (heavy pun intended). It > may open a can of worms. But, since none of you have beaten me up > with wet noodles...yet...I thought I'd toss this one out. > > How many of you primary care givers to RSS kids have gained in > excess of 15-25 lbs while caring for your child? > > I remember a couple of years ago when Dr. H. made the statement that > I would gain weight while caring for my RSS son if I continued doing > some " eating stratagies " that worked at the time, but are a moot > point now. Except for the fact that I did in fact gain the weight. > > Sigh. > > Yet again, my New Year's resolution is to lose the 12 lbs I never > lost after Connor's birth. > > The problem you see is calories. To many of them. I add calories > whenever I can to our food. I am a lazy cook. I would rather cook > one meal that everybody can eat. Since, Connor is an " eater, " but > still a child of RSS, we tend to use half n half in the mac n > cheese; real bacon, butter and peanut butter on a sandwich, french > fries, Mc's, etc, etc, etc. While concentrating so hard on > getting Connor to gain weight, I have packed it on too. > > Double sigh. > > While it probably doesn't help that my FAVORITE DRINK in the whole > wide world is an Icebox Mudslide, I'm surely not doing anything > healthy for myself. On the one hand I bless the individual who came > up with chocolate alcohol (endorphins and warm fuzzy feelings - > Yippee!), however, I know that the drink must contain at least a > billion calories because if I have one 8 oz serving over ice, I'm up > two pounds in the morning. > > Triple Sigh. > > How do you keep the weight off of yourself while keeping your > special needs child gaining? I mean think about. We totally obsess > over calories. Every day. How many of us primary care takers can > rattle off the nutritional and caloric content of several kinds of > foods? We are much more savvy than the average parent. The stress > can be overwhelming. The impulse is to eat. > > So, have any of you out there successfully lost weight while helping > your child? Any tips you would like to pass on to us neurotic > mothers who eat when their child won't? > > Many thanks! > > in Virginia > > P.S. Connor is at an all time high in wt. He's 21 lbs! > I'm not confessing even to my priest what I weight right now!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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