Strollerderby

I don't think you're a hypocrite. For better or worse, that's the society we live in. Yes, we can try to change that by teaching our children it's not nice to stereotype others or pick on them based on their appearances, but kids are mean and not all parents are going to teach those lessons. I don't want my son to become the "fat kid," in part because my best friend in school was chubby and I saw what he went through ... hell, we became friends after I refused to date him, in part because of his weight, if we're being honest. And people are even rougher on girls.

It doesn't make you a hypocrite - it makes you a realist. All other things being equal, our children will have an easier time in life if they are NOT overweight. Maybe it shoudln't be true, maybe one day it won't be true, but today it is.

I started out being the fat kid.  Lost a ton of weight in hs and then had a baby and gained it all back.  I don't remember my weight being all that big of a deal back then.  Or maybe I wasn't the target type.  My children are active and not overweight, and I'm getting there in the weight arena.  What really bothers me is this---people in Strollerderby present themselves to be these liberal caring types, and then someone brings up weight.  In one post, an author talks about not wanting her/his children to be involved with princesses, the next post (usually by another author) talks about being overweight being the worst thing that could ever happen--pretty much saying that looking like those so called princesses that they despise is so much better than being overweight (overweight being anything over a size 7).  What ever happened to wanting your children to be decent caring people????  So long as they aren't fat???

And the idiot kids who make fun of people don't just make fun of fat kids.  Those children look for targets.  Children who are too smart, or not so smart, have the wrong brand of jeans, are too rich or too poor, have a mom who insists on volunteering or not volunteering in school, etc.---you don't have the be the "fat kid"  to be a target.  

Hum, yes, I do kind of think it makes you a hypocrite to be honest.

Chloe Marshall is 176 pounds and 5 ft 10 inches.  That gives her a BMI of 25.3 which is just very slightly over the normal weight range guidelines.  Hardly the obese piggy  she is being made out to be by some.  The question should be why is she being seen that way.  Perhaps because Hollywood stars and stick bug super models are being held up as normal and screwing up the world's perception of what a normal weight woman is?

I hope the only problem my kids have in life is being .3 over the BMI line!  

I have a question. You say that you are "monitoring" their weight carefully, but what do you plan to do if they are heavier than you would like? You won't always have control over what they eat and how active they are. I think that it might be difficult for your girls to understand that your concern comes from love for them, and that you see yourself as protecting them, not judging them. My father didn't want me to be the fat kid in school, but when he "monitored" how much food I ate at dinner, it did way more damage than anything the kids at school ever said to me.

Encouraging your children to eat healthy foods until they are full, to get plenty of exercise, and to be happy is a good thing. Monitoring their fatness level is not. I feel weird commenting on this, because odds are no matter what my son eats he will be stick thin (you should see his dada). But still, some recent thought has been that when food stopped being food and started being "nutrition" or emotional comfort, or a way to cope with the big bad scary world, we all got out of whack. I want to emphasize to my son that food is food, not a problem or a solution for problems.

I'd like to know why 176 lbs at 5'10" is considered "fat". Holey socks. I'm 5'6" and used to weigh 186. I didn't think of myself as "fat", though I knew I was overweight -- at least in my estimation.