chubbymomma74

I am scared now as a mother of an 8 year old daughter, of saying too much or not enough to my daughter about her weight. I don’t think she is overweight, just has a belly(I think most 8 year old girls do until they get taller?) but I was her size at her age. When I hit my teen years I had horrible junk food binges when left alone watching tv. I was chunky but could hide it. Now I have leftover weight from 2 pregnancies, my 8 year old and a 4 year old. Haven’t been able to shed many pounds in 4 years. I worry if I don’t start helping her now, she might turn into a junkfood junkie too. I think it’s inherited, my second daughter eats salad, fruit and veggies like they are candy. Me and daughter #1, not so much.  I might be on too high alert and should lay off daughter #1 and keep encouraging to eat fruit, veggies are another battle by themselves.  it’s hard also because my husband “teases” her about her belly.  Not very often, but enough that I stick up for her and say she is only 8 and has years to grow upward. any other advice for this worrier?

I can eat a low cal meal, put spaghetti w/some meat in a used weight watchers bowl to measure my portion better. I also had one piece of wheat bread. i was full, just like at lunch when I have a micro meal from WW or lean cuisine, Michelina’s is cheaper and they have low cal meals for “dieters” with WW points on them. but when my girls wanted a snack later, i found myself wanting a snack. so I had a granola bar about 150 cal. not big on fruit yet, so don’t have fruit hanging around. the girls go in waves, sometimes fruit is a hit, sometimes not. Then fell asleep around 10:30 or so woke up during the night sometime and felt the urge to eat again! Why I don’t know, so I had another gran bar another 150 cal. I am not going to buy these gran bars for some time because I crave them and eat them like they are candy. I can’t figure out why I have these cravings at night when I was full from supper around 6:30?? Legs hurt, so I couldn’t take a walk to get my mind off of it. otherwise, would have. any suggestions?