My daughter is sort of like a hog - she eats all the time. At what age can I tell her to diet, buy her diet pills, and totally limit all the food in the house.
2007-03-20 12:04:50 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
From birth you should teach her healthy eating habits. And from birth you should've limited the food in the house. And don't refer to it as a diet...tell her you want her to be healthy. Saying diet may lower her self-esteem...I mean it's enough with the media and everyone else telling people to diet, she doesn't need to hear it from her mom. Tell her you want her to be healthy and are going to start taking drastic measures to ensure she develops good eating habits that will help her throughout her life. Good luck :-)
2007-03-20 12:10:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You should NEVER encourage your daughter to diet. What you should have done is teach her proper nutrition as an every day normality from birth to this point in her life.
That you can even call you daughter a hog and wish to put her on addictive pills that will only get her strung out and ill is beyond my comprehension. If your daughter is still a young woman living in your home then YOU are the only one responsible for her current state of health.
Are You rail thin? Are you obese too? Sounds like you are perhaps a pampered prima donna who has ignored her own child's pleas for love and attention while taking care of only your personal self. Mothers exist who will undermine their own children at every turn in order to remain young and beautiful and the center of attention. Please don't be THAT mom!
It is fully possible that this ? is pure BS if i can tell anything from the other ?'s this person has asked - is the daughter 11 with tattoos and an eating issue or is it the cocker spaniel that is obese? Hmmm!
2007-03-20 19:15:14 · answer #2 · answered by Lee 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think if you encouraged her to diet, you would be asking for an eating disorder. Instead, maybe you could go to the gym together or do some activities together that you both enjoy, teach her about healthy food choices and portion size in a non-judgmental way. Show her that living healthy is more than what size jeans you wear. And by the way, dieting is a lot like punishment.
2007-03-20 19:13:13 · answer #3 · answered by marie071 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget the pills and "going" on a diet. Diet should be a lifestyle, not a way to lose weight. Stock your home with healthy choices and get rid of the junk, you'd be doing yourself a favor as well as your daughter. Be aware of portion control when you are serving meals. Instill good habits in her now and they will carry over for a lifetime.
2007-03-20 19:13:23 · answer #4 · answered by sleepingliv 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can help her at any age, but don't call it a diet because this is something she needs to change for her whole life. You should cook and eat healthy food with her, encourage her to exercise, and stop buying junk food to leave in the house.
2007-03-20 19:12:49 · answer #5 · answered by Sonya 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would NOT buy her diet pills at any age! Be an example. Make sure you have only healthy, nutritious foods in the house and exercise daily!!! Take her for walks, play in the park, ride bikes, play tag, take up volleyball or softball, put on some CD's and dance every night......
2007-03-20 19:10:52 · answer #6 · answered by CW 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your daughter doesn't really have a weight problem, there shouldn't be much concern. I used to eat like there was no tomorrow when I was a child I didn't gain much weight, except what was expected as I grew.
If there is a weigh problem, then it should be more a matter of "what" she eats rather than how much. And encouraging activities and exercises outdoors would be the ultimate improvement.
HTH
2007-03-20 19:13:39 · answer #7 · answered by drjp81 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess that depends on her activities. If she is very active you may not have to limit her untill her activitie level drops. You can always try to keep healthier foods in the home and fix well balanced meals, but I don't suggest diet pills. Limit soda's and sugar snacks and push healthier foods. This can be done at any age. Good luck.
2007-03-20 19:10:29 · answer #8 · answered by Bubbles 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-20 19:10:57 · answer #9 · answered by Cuddly Lez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should never force your child to diet, and NEVER ask her to diet, take diet pills, or anything along that line. You have no idea how much this will scar your daughter. You are the parent, and you must love her for whoever she is, whether she eats too much or too little. If your daughter's weight bothers her, then she will take action to lose weight. But if it never bothers her, you must not let it bother you. Does her weight really bother you that much?
2007-03-20 19:14:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋