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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 531897" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>in my opinion he's missing a "switch" which most normal weight ppl have. This is not just your perspective, but 100% REAL. My son is missing that switch, and so am I. Doesn't help that we eat fast. Does difficult child eat fast?</p><p></p><p>At 12, he's old enough to know that he can't have two opposing things at the same time. He can't eat all he wants and loose weight. HE needs to want to do something about it. First thing he needs to do is change his eating patterns. Essentially he needs to learn to eat with his brain instead of his stomach because his stomach never tells him when he's had enough. Not what he eats, but how he eats. He has to slow it down and savor each bite. He needs to cut his portions. I make son take a 20 minute break between his dinner and seconds. Usually he'll forget about it and then have those "seconds" as his dessert. These two things alone will go a long way. He can also keep a food journal. Would he be shocked to see how much he really eats? What if it were translated into calories?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 531897, member: 11965"] in my opinion he's missing a "switch" which most normal weight ppl have. This is not just your perspective, but 100% REAL. My son is missing that switch, and so am I. Doesn't help that we eat fast. Does difficult child eat fast? At 12, he's old enough to know that he can't have two opposing things at the same time. He can't eat all he wants and loose weight. HE needs to want to do something about it. First thing he needs to do is change his eating patterns. Essentially he needs to learn to eat with his brain instead of his stomach because his stomach never tells him when he's had enough. Not what he eats, but how he eats. He has to slow it down and savor each bite. He needs to cut his portions. I make son take a 20 minute break between his dinner and seconds. Usually he'll forget about it and then have those "seconds" as his dessert. These two things alone will go a long way. He can also keep a food journal. Would he be shocked to see how much he really eats? What if it were translated into calories? [/QUOTE]
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