Healthy Lifestyle, Bodyshaming, Fat and Kids: Eat Y'self Fitter

Eat Y'self Fitter

By Shnur - 05/04/2009 04:25 - United States

Today, my patient, a chubby little girl, stood on a scale to measure her weight. She was 5 years-old and weighed 65 lbs. I started giving her advice on eating healthy: fruits, vegetables, and more greens. She turned to her mother with shocked look and said, "But mommy, the doctor is fat too!" FML

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You deserved it 21 154

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Concerned parent

By trying - 24/09/2023 22:30 - United States

Today, I tried to nicely talk to my daughter about her rapid weight gain. Having a family history of weight-related illness, I felt it was necessary. I offered to get thyroid tests, teach her to buy healthy food, and start routine exercise. She told everyone I called her a cow and had fat-shamed her. FML

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You deserved it 192

By me - 06/05/2013 00:56 - United States - Floresville

Today, my 6-year-old daughter walked into the bathroom where I was grumbling about my weight. Seeing how upset I was, she took my hand and said, "Mom, you're not fat. You just look fat." FML

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You deserved it 6 955

Kids are assholes to each other

By sphear880 - 21/05/2021 19:59

Today, I have discovered that my daughter is struggling with anorexia. When I sat down to talk with her about it, she said it’s because, "all the other kids at school keep calling her fat." She was underweight before, and has now gone to being severely underweight. FML

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You deserved it 72

Nice

By ChubbyButt - 16/01/2013 10:48 - Canada - Brampton

Today, I was at the doctor's for a regular check-up. When my appointment was over and I was about to walk out, she yelled across the room in front of everyone, "Oh and if you could lose some weight, that'd be great." FML

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You deserved it 7 032

**** your "beach body" noise

By that’s not how it works - 16/07/2021 02:01 - United States

Today, my daughter expressed wanting to lose weight so I took her to a licensed dietician nutritionist to get her a healthy eating plan, and even made her an appointment with a personal trainer to get her on track. I walked in on her eating a whole box of laxatives, because "this way is faster." FML

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You deserved it 110

By Fatty1970 - 23/05/2011 01:33 - United States

Today, I told my kids that our family dog was getting too fat and we should give him a little less food. My youngest daughter whispered to her sister, "Mommy's fat and we still give her food." FML

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You deserved it 19 826

By mynameislor - 09/02/2010 14:26 - Canada

Today, my mum was saying she needs to gain weight because she was underweight according to her doctor. She then said she's going to eat like me in order to gain more weight. FML

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You deserved it 7 418

Heavy

By Betty - 17/03/2010 18:26 - United States

Today, I went in for a doctor's appointment. When I got on the scale, I was really excited to see that I'd lost ten pounds since the last time I weighed myself at the gym. The doctor then severely lectured me on the fact that I had gained twenty since my visit last year. FML

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Great input, thanks

By Anonymous - 15/06/2019 06:30 - United States - Durham

Today, I had a doctor's appointment because I've recently lost weight. I'm already underweight, and I was concerned because the weight loss has been causing some other health concerns to worsen. My doctor's exact words of advice? "Eating food usually leads to weight gain." FML

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By Missyangel - 31/12/2009 07:39 - United States

Today, my 7 year-old looked at me and stated, "When I grow up Mommy I want to be fat just like you." FML

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You deserved it 11 450

ammali 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 14:56

Why the HELL is anybody saying the doctor deserved this? 5 years old and 65lbs is quite overweight. The average 5 year old is somewhere between 30-40, give or take a bit. The kid will have all kinds of health problems if something doesn't change soon, and Doc here was doing their JOB. Also, #11 is right, the one who should be getting the lecture is dear old Mom and Dad, probably letting their kid eat too many snacks and sodas and junk. Poor kid.

got_rice 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 14:48

I'd say the kid's the one who should be saying FML...at that age, they really have no control over what they eat, so its entirely the parent's fault for letting them eat poorly.

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arleslie 0

Wednesday 27 May 2009 6:24

I'm 14 and only weigh 84.5 lbs, having a high metabolism sucks, everyone thinks i'm anorexia

amazingkate 0

Friday 19 June 2009 23:43

lecture the mom, not the kid.

popoman 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 19:44

YDI, hypocrite. Lose some weight and eat right if you're going to lecture people on that. Unless you have a biological or physical disorder that makes you fat.

me_me_me_me 0

Friday 28 August 2009 0:05

ydi for being fat

MercenaryWubby 2

Monday 7 September 2009 9:43

Stop being an asshole, asshole. She was 5, the guy is a ******* grown man.

scateice 0

Saturday 7 November 2009 21:27

um no.....the OP is a woman dumbass

CDNNinja 0

Friday 9 October 2009 9:13

Disrespectful brat. I hope you reminded her and her mother on who the medical school graduate was.

notme444 8

Thursday 27 December 2012 18:31

Haha, because that has made her make such better health decisions. Doctors aren't always the genius god-like healers we think they should be. A lot of them are pretty narrow minded and dull, actually. If you don't believe me look at the cholesterol and heart attack statistics.

androgynist 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 13:26

Everyone saying the OP deserves it for being fat - we don't know the whole story. For one thing, we don't know how overweight she actually is. A 5-year-old's perception that someone is fat doesn't tell us whether the OP is 20, 50 or 100 pounds overweight - or whether she's a perfectly healthy weight with a large frame and really big boobs. :) All of those scenarios are different in terms of how problematic they actually are for one's health. Also, she could be in the process of losing. You can't just look at an overweight person and know whether they're going up, going down, or maintaining at that particular time. I'm 60 pounds overweight. A few months ago I was 75 pounds overweight. Anyone meeting me for the first time would probably agree that I need to go on a diet. I AM on a diet, and I've already lost 15 pounds, but they have no way of knowing that.