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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 353629" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>When husband and his ex split, easy child 2/difficult child was a tiny little thing. Actually talll for her age, but very thin, active outdoors and in sports. She wore a size 5 when I came into the picture, but they were too short for her. His ex pulled her out of all activities (because husband went to them and she proceeded to keep easy child 2/difficult child from him for over a year). She stopped doing outdoor activities at all.</p><p> </p><p>In 2 years, she was wearing a size 12.</p><p> </p><p>Then she got to the point in school she could have ala cart items for lunch (5th grade) and she has simply ballooned. She is 12 years old now, 5'3" tall, 175 pounds, and gaining, about a jeans size every 3 months for the past year or so (currently wearing woman's 16 jeans). It just makes me ill to have watched this happen to her as she will fight it all her life and it didn't have to be this way. They say belly fat is the most unhealthy, and that's where all of hers is. She has heart disease and diabetes and morbid obesity on both sides of her family tree. Its not uncommon for her to spend $5 a day on "lunch" at school, and there's not a dang thing we can do - as long as she buys a tray lunch, she can have as many cookies, chips, and chocolate milks as she wants...and she does. What 5th grader is going to reject those options?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 353629, member: 1848"] When husband and his ex split, easy child 2/difficult child was a tiny little thing. Actually talll for her age, but very thin, active outdoors and in sports. She wore a size 5 when I came into the picture, but they were too short for her. His ex pulled her out of all activities (because husband went to them and she proceeded to keep easy child 2/difficult child from him for over a year). She stopped doing outdoor activities at all. In 2 years, she was wearing a size 12. Then she got to the point in school she could have ala cart items for lunch (5th grade) and she has simply ballooned. She is 12 years old now, 5'3" tall, 175 pounds, and gaining, about a jeans size every 3 months for the past year or so (currently wearing woman's 16 jeans). It just makes me ill to have watched this happen to her as she will fight it all her life and it didn't have to be this way. They say belly fat is the most unhealthy, and that's where all of hers is. She has heart disease and diabetes and morbid obesity on both sides of her family tree. Its not uncommon for her to spend $5 a day on "lunch" at school, and there's not a dang thing we can do - as long as she buys a tray lunch, she can have as many cookies, chips, and chocolate milks as she wants...and she does. What 5th grader is going to reject those options? [/QUOTE]
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