Obesity Sucks

bunor90 · 10-31-2007, 01:16 AM

Just curious how much overweight do you have to be before you are considered obese? I would stop the fizzy pop and replace it with water and orange juice, buy fruit, cut the bread to two slices a day and have Aplen or soething similar for cereals.
Get him to walk to school and other places and you have to eat similar things to him as it wont be easy for him having alpen while you a full fry up.

I bet he feels down and eats junk to make himself feel better and he probably wont even talk to you about it because he feels ashamed of himself for getting so big.

retired_olechka · 10-31-2007, 01:19 AM

surely it's not sweets making him fat? How much sweets can you eat without getting sick? He must be stuffing himself with bread/chips/crisps/biscuits that are all around the house. They have to stop being bought.

retired_Frappin' · 10-31-2007, 01:20 AM

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I bet he feels down and eats junk to make himself feel better and he probably wont even talk to you about it because he feels ashamed of himself for getting so big.

Pretty much my opinions rolled into one sentence, that's why I sort of feel a bit crap. But I lost quite a bit of weight when I thought I was putting some on, mainly because I detested not being liked by girls.

retired_Frappin' · 10-31-2007, 01:21 AM

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Originally posted by Aslan:
surely it's not sweets making him fat? How much sweets can you eat without getting sick? He must be stuffing himself with bread/chips/crisps/biscuits that are all around the house. They have to stop being bought.

We stopped buying them ages ago.

Gone the whole hog to help him and he just pigs out as soon as he leaves the house.

retired_corzawoodja · 10-31-2007, 01:24 AM

It's something he's got to want to do himself really. I used to be a fat kid but once I turned 15 I stopped eating for about 6 months and I've been slim ever since. :thup:

retired_hvporter · 10-31-2007, 01:25 AM

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I bet he feels down and eats junk to make himself feel better and he probably wont even talk to you about it because he feels ashamed of himself for getting so big.

That's pretty much it. I really can't think of any other way around it other than his own free will. He has to want to do it but actually motivating oneself to want to do it is going to be such a massive step. He will hate being nagged at by you and others and this will lead him further down the obesity path.

retired_olechka · 10-31-2007, 01:26 AM

I find it baffling that he's eating 2000 calories (guesstimate) worth of sweets everyday.

bunor90 · 10-31-2007, 01:28 AM

When you get so big and you cut the food you enjoy out of your diet and see you still weigh the same it is disheartning so you have to encourage him.
Jaffa cakes are low fat, buy the cereal bars instead of crisps, the alpen bars are nice and crisps get french fries, skips, snaps, quavers as they are low in fat but doesn't mean because they are low in fat he can eat 3 packets instead of one.
I am about 2 stone overweight maybe 3 and it does affect your confidence. I used to make myself sick because could lose weight quicker rather than just eat healthy.

retired_Frappin' · 10-31-2007, 01:28 AM

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Originally posted by Gav Stone:
<BLOCKQUOTE>I bet he feels down and eats junk to make himself feel better and he probably wont even talk to you about it because he feels ashamed of himself for getting so big.

That's pretty much it. I really can't think of any other way around it other than his own free will. He has to want to do it but actually motivating oneself to want to do it is going to be such a massive step. He will hate being nagged at by you and others and this will lead him further down the obesity path. </BLOCKQUOTE>

But then again I can't just ignore him.

Can I?

retired_justin05 · 10-31-2007, 01:28 AM

why does it matter btw? What are the massive negatives of being a chubby 13 year old?

Obesity Sucks

Grab a beer, sit back and relax.

Obesity Sucks