Hi, my daughter is 12 1/2 years old. She is overweight, not sure what she weighs as I don't want make an issue of it, however she is becoming evermore aware of it and has started calling herself fat. She is carrying this weight around her midriff and has a protruding tummy and fatty ?folds? on her back. She has a gorgeous pair of legs and her upper body is ?sturdy? but not big.
She is in a swimming club and they train them hard for 3 hours per week and she also does the normal 2 PE sessions at school per week, so she certainly is no couch potato! However she loves her food and eats like a horse! I cook properly every evening and she will eat fruit and veg with no problem. All I can think of to do is make sure that there are few biscuits and fatty foods in the house and only cook enough for one sitting with no leftovers for second helpings. She has taken a tuna wrap, 2 apples and some fresh raspberries to school for lunch today.
Yesterday she asked to join weightwatchers!! I said 'absolutely not' and that she just need to keep up with her sport and continue to eat healthily.
I have a friend who?s daughter started worrying about her weight around this age and she is now 18 and anorexic. Obviously this is a terrifying prospect.
She hasn?t started her period yet and I wonder if that might help rid her of this, what I hope is just, ?puppy fat??
Any advice would greatly appreciated along with anyone who has gone/is going through a similar thing.
Thanks so much!