  To feel like a failure!  (181 Posts) upndown Sat 09-Mar-13
22:53:43  Basically my daughter - 6, is very overweight. She is
in 10- 11 year clothes and carries the most weight on her tummy,
but is visible overweight all over.  She was a very skinny
toddler, but her weight crept up over the years from around the
age of three. I honestly don't know how I've allowed it to get
this way but I'm struggling to get her weight down. I eat a
healthy diet in general. But I have a love for all things sweet
too. I guess I've allowed my daughter to too.  She always seems
to be hungry and over the past few weeks I have ensure that five
days of the week she has no sweets/chocolate. at the weekends -
I allow her some treats. She fills up in between meals on fruit.
Why haven't I seen a loss? I know these things are gradual, but
she looks exactly the same size! I'm careful that she doesn't
pick up on this, but she is already concious of her weight
because she said 'I wan't a flat tummy like my friends at
school" I am SO angry