Today, I found out that my obese son, who is on a health-mandated diet and exercise plan, gorges on junk food whenever he has the chance. His logic? "It won't make you fatter if you crap it out." FML
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Today, I scolded my son at a buffet after he pointed at an obese woman in a motorized wheelchair and asked how anyone could let themselves get so unhealthy. As I lectured him on genetics and thyroid problems, she rolled past with a plate stacked with an obscene amount of fried food. FML
Today, I found out why my daughter eats so many sugary baked goods. According to her, when you bake things, all the sugar and calories are "released" and so you can't gain weight from it. It seems I raised a moron. FML
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
Today, I found out that, when mad at us, my son picks the tops off his shoulder-pimples and sprinkles them in our food. FML
Today, I found out my mom intentionally puts extra butter and oil in the food she cooks for me because she wants me to be fatter than her. FML
Today, my dad insisted on taking us to a local buffet that is known for bad food and botulism. He kept piling things onto a plate for me, despite my objections. A waitress commented on how much was on my plate. I told her I wasn't hungry, and it was my dad's doing. Her response, "Your skinny self needs to eat." FML
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
Today, my husband told me that he thinks I am getting a little heavy and may need to lay off the junk food. The ultrasound is hanging on our fridge. FML
Today, I had a customer go on a 15-minute rant about how disgusting fat people are, and how they deserve it if they develop diabetes, gout, etc. Yes, I am fat. I eat well, I exercise, I've had a gastric balloon, I've been to weight loss retreats, dieticians, personal trainers, and yet I'm "gross." FML
Today, my morbidly obese mother gave me an angry lecture at dinner, saying without any trace of irony that my vegetarian diet is "unhealthy and utterly unacceptable". FML
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xSkittle 16
I really want to know how old he is
MEAT_CURTAINS 5
That's what I tell myself too 'Oh no my jeans don't fit' 'Oh it's ok i just haven't had a shit today'
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rawme21 12
Maybe you should go wherever he goes.. Or just control his money, so he can't buy any junk food..
jl_word 10
Wow, give him laxatives. That'll help.
8born8 18
Oh yes, let's introduce an obese child to laxatives & give him a different eating disorder.
DanielleinDC 34
The kid is probably overdosing on laxatives so he can eat the junk food he likes without gaining weight. Boys get eating disorders as well.
blackonblight 33
Looks like it's time for a loooong lecture about the digestive process, with detailed pictures, showing him exactly why this theory is false, and exactly what he ISN'T crapping out. Too much knowledge can make a kid avoid half the known universe, I overdosed on PBS, Discovery (back before it became mockumentary) and science books as a kid, ended up lecturing adults about their life choices. Now I just try not to think about all the things that could kill me at any given moment. Not easy.
8born8 18
14. Young enough to know it all and we took every word the televised & published media said. As we grow older we become more jaded and piece by piece we lose that innocence that makes being a child so special.
switchgurl20 17
he probably has binge eating disorder
lipun 8
tell him the disadvantages of obesity while he would be a grown up man. tell him that girls would consider him as a thing to tease upon. I m sorry but sometimes u hv to take wrong paths so to hv a desired outcome.
Cupcake040 17
I might be crazy here but is there not an age where in a boy's mind girls are gross ( where to boys girls have cooties and the reverse for girls) ? If the son is in that age group telling him that girls won't be all over him will sound like a super attractive idea for the future.
lipun 8
I appreciate ur notion but why don't u concentrate upon my hint regarding disadvantages of obesity on cardiac and other functionalities of body?moreover, I guess girls won't affect his future as much as obesity would do.
Cupcake040 17
But you made it seem like the fact girls won't be crawling all over him is the biggest and worst thing, you said "tell him about the disadvantages of obesity.......like girls won't like him".
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
Your son clearly has a food addiction and is in denial. I have been obese myself, no doing exercise and not eating healthy. My compulsion came from an abusive childhood (not saying it's your son's case though but no one wants to be fat, there is always something triggering weight gain). I had a wake up call one day and decided to go on a diet and hit the gym. Even so, and despite having my now husband support (who enjoys his food but works out a lot and therefore has no weight issue), it was very difficult to lose weight. Sugar and fat are very addictive. I am on the right path now but I can understand what your son is going through (although I never denied the effect of junk food on my body). Looks like your son needs psychological help. I'd be curious to know his age too.
Caitie_kid 8
Way to go overcoming your addiction! Too often these days people just submit to a food addiction and think they have gone too far to go back.
gracehi 33
By that logic, we'd all starve to death.
Vidrill 22
How can your son be so ignorant about such basic things as nutrition and digestion? No wonder he is obese. As a parent you are responsible about what your child eats, you shouldn't have let it get to that point.
8born8 18
26, do you expect op to be around her son every single waking moment of his and her life? How can op be held responsible if her son is sneaking and binging on junk food? He could be giving his friends money to buy it for him. There could be a shop on his way home from school (if he goes) that he stops at. Perhaps op could dig a bit deeper and ask his friends parents to speak to their kids & tell them the situation & ask for their help. If there is a shop, go and ask to see the manager &/or owner, provide a pic of your son & ask them not to sell him junk food. Agreed op is the parent and responsible for the child's health and well being, but the child himself needs to acknowledge and accept that he's eating himself into an early grave. You can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Op, a dnm is definitely warranted with your son, I've heard of morbidly obese people opening their homes to younger people on the food path to destruction and talking with them about their choices and where they could lead them. Maybe talk to your doctor or a community group of some kind. I was bullemic for 6yrs & an extreme comfort food binger. The best thing I did was talk to my doctor & a counselor & saw for myself, the effects an eating disorder can have in the long run. No parent wants to watch their child slowly kill themselves if they can stop it.
michelleJ11 25
34, I'm pretty sure 26 meant that OP should've seen the problem from the start and tried to stop it earlier instead of it getting to the point where her son has to go on a strict diet and exercise plan. It takes more than a few months to reach obesity, OP should've seen the signs and shouldn't have let it get as far as it did.
8born8 18
Ok, fair enough. But speaking from experience, at my heaviest I was 120kg & 14yrs of age when a friend showed me how to throw up after eating. I quickly developed an eating disorder, bulimia, and only sought help because my teeth were being eaten away by the stomach acid I was throwing up. I never accepted responsibility for my over eating or binging until that day at the GP. No one else made me put the biscuits, cake, chips, into my hand and hand to mouth until there was nothing left. I would over eat, throw up, feel bad about throwing up, go and eat half a cake, feel bad about binging, go throw up. It was a vicious cycle and an extremely difficult addiction to deal with as junk food, fast food & fat-laden take aways are so easily accessible and usually cheap. Ops' son needs education about choices, consequences, balanced nutrition & a more healthy lifestyle needs to be adopted by the whole family in support of the son & as a side bonus, their health will likely improve as well.
michelleJ11 25
But I think what 26 was referring to was OP showing her son healthy foods from a young age. If he had started eating badly when he was younger and OP saw that her son's weight was increasing to the point where he'd soon be obese, then she should've done something. Of course I'm not sure and we need a bit more info on this FML. I hope OP follows up to let us know the entire story. Also, I'm very sorry about your experience; though I'm only 15, I've been through the same experience.
8born8 18
73, thank you and I wish you strength, wisdom and courage to overcome your demons. Prevention is better than a cure, I wholeheartedly agree. More info is definitely required. Unfortunately, there's a lot of grey areas, nothing is black or white. I'll be keeping an eye out to see if op posts a comment to clarify some things.
dinagdotphoto 13
Sounds like he's full of shit
Dallyni 22
Ydi. It was your responsibility to make sure he understood healthy eating habits.
8born8 18
31 blaming op for her son being obese is like blaming a teacher for having some students that don't pass a test. There is a duty of care and responsibility that goes hand in glove when dealing with kids. But, that's why we're taught right from wrong, good from bad. The choices that Ops' son makes are his own... Thus he has to sneak and binge on junk food. He knows it's wrong and bad for him, but he's addicted ( like a drug user) to the junk food. The cravings can be compared to a drug addict or lifelong cigarette smoker suddenly going cold turkey. The body goes into shock & shuts down & the only way to get it going again is to feed it what it craves. Plus, we don't know psychologically why he keeps turning to junk food. & yes there's always a reason. It may be on the surface, or buried so deep that not even captain nemo could find it. Don't be so quick to pin all the blame on the parent(s).