My children weigh too much??? Is that possible?

lilismom · Nov 8, 2007

I have a friend who is in a similar situation with her 17 year old daughter. She was told by the clinic that she was a bit overweight so she is now cutting back on all the high fat stuff. It would be so hard to switch gears and go from pushing the high fat stuff to eating a normal diet.

My daughter is also on the high end of weight. Her BMI is 75%. She eats whatever we are eating and I gave up on adding fat to everything because she is gaining well without it.

I often wonder if the clinic is looking at the whole picture when they tell someone they need to gain or lose weight. If your family is small it would make sense that the child will be on the smaller size regardless of CF. I'm 5'9 and my husband is 6'2 so Lili has good chance of being above average in size.

lilismom · Nov 8, 2007

I have a friend who is in a similar situation with her 17 year old daughter. She was told by the clinic that she was a bit overweight so she is now cutting back on all the high fat stuff. It would be so hard to switch gears and go from pushing the high fat stuff to eating a normal diet.

My daughter is also on the high end of weight. Her BMI is 75%. She eats whatever we are eating and I gave up on adding fat to everything because she is gaining well without it.

I often wonder if the clinic is looking at the whole picture when they tell someone they need to gain or lose weight. If your family is small it would make sense that the child will be on the smaller size regardless of CF. I'm 5'9 and my husband is 6'2 so Lili has good chance of being above average in size.

lilismom · Nov 8, 2007

I have a friend who is in a similar situation with her 17 year old daughter. She was told by the clinic that she was a bit overweight so she is now cutting back on all the high fat stuff. It would be so hard to switch gears and go from pushing the high fat stuff to eating a normal diet.

My daughter is also on the high end of weight. Her BMI is 75%. She eats whatever we are eating and I gave up on adding fat to everything because she is gaining well without it.

I often wonder if the clinic is looking at the whole picture when they tell someone they need to gain or lose weight. If your family is small it would make sense that the child will be on the smaller size regardless of CF. I'm 5'9 and my husband is 6'2 so Lili has good chance of being above average in size.

lilismom · Nov 8, 2007

I have a friend who is in a similar situation with her 17 year old daughter. She was told by the clinic that she was a bit overweight so she is now cutting back on all the high fat stuff. It would be so hard to switch gears and go from pushing the high fat stuff to eating a normal diet.

My daughter is also on the high end of weight. Her BMI is 75%. She eats whatever we are eating and I gave up on adding fat to everything because she is gaining well without it.

I often wonder if the clinic is looking at the whole picture when they tell someone they need to gain or lose weight. If your family is small it would make sense that the child will be on the smaller size regardless of CF. I'm 5'9 and my husband is 6'2 so Lili has good chance of being above average in size.

lilismom · Nov 8, 2007

I have a friend who is in a similar situation with her 17 year old daughter. She was told by the clinic that she was a bit overweight so she is now cutting back on all the high fat stuff. It would be so hard to switch gears and go from pushing the high fat stuff to eating a normal diet.

My daughter is also on the high end of weight. Her BMI is 75%. She eats whatever we are eating and I gave up on adding fat to everything because she is gaining well without it.

I often wonder if the clinic is looking at the whole picture when they tell someone they need to gain or lose weight. If your family is small it would make sense that the child will be on the smaller size regardless of CF. I'm 5'9 and my husband is 6'2 so Lili has good chance of being above average in size.

Aka2007 · Nov 8, 2007