I have my bambino who is now heavier than me....

Last summer my daugter was 7 and weighed 90 pounds. I then stopped buying ice cream and bought fat free fudge pops for her ice cream treat. She is offered fruit for snacks and no more chips. She played basketball and soccer this winter. Last summer we would go for a walk every night and then she would race her father around the house a few times every night. She now weights less than she did last summer and is taller too. She now is starting to look a lot slimmer. This summer we will start on our walks again and she will get signed up for summer soccer. It is the job of the parents to make sure that our kids are healthy. We have to adjust diets and get them moving.

It's not easy when a child gets over weight. The thing you'll have to do is check his eating - there can't be healty foods and just lack of exercise to get that weight. More fruit and vegetables - and why don't you go out and play with him? Some kids need to have the parents play with them to get them going. All my children are very active and that's a thing we as parents must make them.

I have a nephew who is also a little overwieght but not obese. He doesn't have extracurricular activites. His time is mostly spend on TV. I have teld him many times to do some sport but hate the idea. At least now, he cut down his rice intake and it is helping him reduce his weight gain.

I was a husky kid growing up. But it really hit when I was in middleschool I was raised by a manic depressive who always said when life gets you down eat. The torment I recieved caused me to gain 50 lbs so by 13 I was 182lbs. Until I was out of high school when life got you down you ate that's all I really knew. My mom even used to write me nasty notes when I wouldn't finish her meal that was big enough for a family of 6. That wasn't fair but this was how I was raised. I am proud of you for putting him in classes trying to keep him active. Let me tell you a rode my bike for hours and hours daily and ate for two so I wouldn't loose much of anything. You need to get rid of all the carb, no cookies, no chips, no comfort foods whatsoever! Follow the appropriate portions like 1 pork chop per person not 2+. It has to be a family change, everyone needs to get off their tush and do stuff togeather. Unfortuantly I have never lost any of the weight that I gained in middle school & hope someday to be under 200. GL to you & your son!

Love you wife and family coz it is 1 of the most importantting in the world

My son is 8 years old is and probably about 120lbs. I feel sometimes like a failure. Not sure where I went wrong. I keep him enrolled in sports and he is just finishing up a basketball season. Sometimes I feel so bad for him because he runs slower than the other kids, gets cramps or has a hard time breathing. He isnt much of a snacker but he eats a large quantity for example at dinner he wants to cheeseburgers when most kids his age might not even finish one. It is just hard for me to limit him when I don't want him to feel hungry. I am at a loss. Not sure where to go from here either.

If I was you I would say that he could only use the computer and watch tv the same amount of time he exercises. The more exercise time ... the more computer time. I would also put him on a strict eating plan. It might be hard going now. But he would thank you for it later in life. The more weight that is put on, the harder it will be to shift later. Good luck and Welcome to Mylot.

yeah, my nephew is 5 and he weighs about 69lbs, and hes very active, it's so weird. he's always running up and down the house, he plays little league baseball, he plays some football and basketball with his younger brother, he has a v-tech and a wii-fit sport. the odd thing is that his younger brother joshua is underweight, and their baby brother is like perfect weight. joshua is going to be 4 this month, we weighs 28lbs.

oh yes its the case in my house my brother too was in this problem he is infact but to stop him i and mom did lot of things well its a serious case though, if you dont try for it now he might have serious problmes of over weight. just cut down his eating and just force him to go to gym or weight training. they are children they will never like until we threaten them to do things which are beneficial for them. just make him gym atleast 3 times a week its important. and cut down foods like chocolates to more than half inccreams fried food and all stuffs which are harmful to him he will thank you later for this trust me