(i.e., the black hole of sizing--too big for "regular" clothes and too small for plus-size stores).

So much the black hole. Is verra annoying.

While she is not fat like I was at her age, she is not a skinny minnie either...I just feel awful that she considers herself in need of WW.

Well... it does help instill healthy eating habits & awareness. If she's looking at it that way, that's not so bad. But I don't think she's overweight at all.

In defense of the people who think they're fat, but aren't...I stayed much trimmer, when I fretted over five pounds, and when I felt "fat" if I gained five pounds. It was probably mentally healthier to kill that thinking, but 5 pounds slides into 10 slides into 30, all too easily.

For me, I certainly stayed trimmer than I am now that way, but man, I hated feeling like that. It required more vigilance for less gain than I felt was necessary. And I have been, in my adult life, just about every size from a 6 petite to a pushing 20W (now), so I feel both like I have been in both spots and can relate to both being thin and fat to a big hypocrite for complaining about other people complaining when once I was the slender one.

I have done WW before, and I don't look at it as a diet, but a way to built healthy habits. That is how I've always described it to the kids too - so hopefully that is what she is thinking about.

Based on the charts and BMI and all that stuff, she is technically overweight...but really, the kid is a size 7 and athletic. She is healthy. Then again, based on her genetic code from DH and me, the likelihood of her gaining as she gets older is VERY high, so learning good habits is good.

Being a parent is HARD.

really, the kid is a size 7 and athletic.

!!!!

I admit that this is a hot-button issue for me, so I'll just say this and (hopefully) be done: that is SO not "fat."

Of course, learning good habits is ALWAYS a good thing.

I'm guessing that the athletic part is probably distorting the BMI.

so, mac started school today. there were tears, but I left him at 9 after staying 45 minutes in the room with him. The school counselor kept me from leaving earlier. She didn't want me to leave until he had completely stopped crying for a period of time. my mom picks him up at 2:30.

Oh, an exciting and nervewracking day for Mac Belle (or should that be Mac Beau?).

I fourth or fifth or seven hundredth the bit about healthy eating habits. Nutrition knowledge seems too rare among adults I know.

K-Bug is totally healthy looking. She looks like she could kick your ass like a farmgirl.

She weighs somewhere around 135 - 140 and is 5'2". She has a bit of a belly, but not much. She does have muscles...oh no! So she actually has thighs instead of sticks.

Sorry...I get so frustrated cause I don't see her as overwight or fat or unhealthy. I know I am, but I try to keep my issue just that - MINE. Not meaning to hit anyone else's hot buttons. As much as I would love a weight loss/getting heathlier partner, I don't want to reinforce any unhealthy mind games she might be playing on herself.

Of course, learning good habits is ALWAYS a good thing.

This. My mom was a WW "leader" for many years as well as a PE teacher, and I absorbed a lot of information on how to live healthfully as a result. Truthfully, I'm most likely to struggle with my weight when I let my inner sloth-like party girl take over - i.e., eating unhealthily, drinking way too much, and not exercising. If I enforce some self-discipline, the good habits come back without too much struggle. Of course, I'm also blessed with a relative lack of health problems. But the knowledge is a very good thing to have.