Daughter Can not loose weight

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my daughters 7 years old. She is very active 7am on the dot before school she on trampoline for half hour. Runs up down stairs. Does drama dance tap and. Musical theatre and swimming everyweek. Whilst on lock down continues with all learning and various exercises, and still trampling 3 times day thats1half hours exercise in its self. Goes and helps out at the allotment but can not loose weight. Her weights piling on already stone over weight dress sizes gone up to 8 to 9 of 9 to ten depends on clothes. She drinks plenty water non sugered drinks. Does like crisp bag day but exercise should of burned that off. Fruit veg loves them. What can I do. Mum

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My self I was a smoker stopped when I was pregnant daughter now 7. My weights plummeting. Iv had steroids for asthma and now on menopause can not shift weight. I eat varied diet. Walk a lot work 40 hours week keeps me busy. Run up down stairs several times for cardio the weights getting me down. Me and my daughter need help. Iv seen my doctor put me on diet pills, but I don't feel it's a solution.

What's she eating? Keep a diary and write down EVERYTHING. Weigh portions to get a better idea of exactly how much she's eating.
Children can be super active and still be overweight if they eat too much, but will generally only put weight on if they're eating more calories than they're burning (there are a few exceptions in extreme cases due to medical conditions). You need to work out where the excess of calories are coming from.

Well clearly she is eating more than she is burning off.

My guess is that you, like lots of people, are deluded and in denial about what your daughter is consuming

It has to be down to the food maybe even the portion sizes. Can you keep a discreet MFP for a bit and see what her calorie Intake is?

What size portions is she having and how are her meals split between protein, carbs, fats and fruit/veg?

Some of these replies are quite harsh in tone but I agree. Limit her to 3 meals a day plus two snacks. Strict. See where you are in a month. If no weight lost then do 3 meals a day and one snack. Then after another month if no weight lost I'd be looking at portion sizes.

Portion size I’d imagine and you’re possibly in denial about how much / what she eats.

It's probably portion size. Food has far more to do with weight than exercise.

Does she eat a lot of bread/pasta/potatoes? They can be deceivingly bad for weight gain.

Leave her be is my advice, she’s active and I assume you serve decent dinners. She’ll probably gain height soon. Don’t make any fuss, do not put her on a diet whatever you do. She needs a good amount of calories a day for all that activity. Do not allow anyone to body shame her. A seven year old wearing an age up wouldn’t worry me much, my daughter did because she’s tall. Shes heading for puberty and a little fluff is normal at this time.

If a child eats a reasonable diet and is active with no medical issues they shouldn’t lose weight.

Is she still growing in height?

My DS started piling on the pounds - but did not grow in height when he was 9. Eventually after a year of waiting for his height to catch up with the weight I took him to the Drs. Turns out he has an underactive thyroid. Put on Levothyroxine and everything has sorted itself out. Other symptoms which became obvious/penny dropped once we knew what it was was he had very dry skin, often cold and actually a bit of a goitre (bow-tie shaped lump in his throat). When we initially took him to the GP the GP wasn't worried - but did the blood test anyway as underactive thyroid runs in the family.

You are worried. Start an honest food diary (without her knowledge) and plan to get yourself to the GP once lock-down is over.

Yes she growing in height. Breakfast be a bacon's and which or ceral or yogart fruit
Her lunch be chicken or rye crackers with matchbox size cheese grated with tomatoes peppers cucumber salad rye be 2 them. Yogart or fruit afters. Or soup homemade only.
Eveing meal jacket with beans or cheese salad
Or we eat brown rice or pasta with chicken sweetcorn peppers
Home made wedges fish fingers
They just some typical foods. After before her meals she either on trampoline or dancing or playing with toys. In the kids pools splashing around when hot. Or at the allotment. We have takeout as treat. Once fortnight.

What is her weight and height?

Do you have an orange/red book that she recieved as a baby? Do you have a growth chart? Is she is always on the same centile or is she moving up to a higher centile? She might always have been on a higher centile.
If she is putting on weight then talk to the GP or health visitor.

What pills did the doctor put you on.

Are you sure she is a stone overweight? What is her weight?

It isn't what she's eating, it's how much. Learn what a portion size is for a 7 year old and weigh it out if you have to. You say a matchbox size cheese portion, that's for an adult. She should only be eating 1500 ish calories a day. A bacon sandwich could easily contain 600 calories and that is two slices of grilled bacon with no fat on, a thin spread of butter and a minimal amount of ketchup between two slices of bread.

Before the age of eleven, a bacon sandwich would have been all I would have eaten before dinner, if I wasnt in school. I wasnt a big eater tbf but that would have been enough to get me by. Maybe a small bowl of cereal first thing too if I was up before 9ish to tide me over till lunch.

I think it might be a portion issue right enough.
Assuming you are feeding her as healthily as you say it can only really be portion size. Unless she sneaks food from elsewhere. Which I guess would be difficult rn.

If she is growing upwards too though, maybe she is just meant to be taller and bigger than most. I'd take her to a gp when this passes and see what they say. They may suggest sending her to a dietician.

She should only eat as much carbohydrate as will fit into her hand, and same amount of protein. As much veg as she can eat and fruit should in,y follow a meal, one piece of fruit. Fruit and yoghurt for breakfast could potentially be sugar laden and cause a blood sugar spike and low making her feel hungry again quickly. Can she have bacon, tomatoes and once slice of toast for breakfast for example, rather than a sandwich.

Make snacks protein based to fill her up
Actually, is she eating enough protein, or are her meals carb heavy?

My daughter is 10, and she would not be able to eat that amount of food.

If you want dietary advice on here, you need to be a bit clearer on what she is eating and in particular, what she is snacking on. Your list is a bit garbled and it sounds like a lot of food.