Comments on: The One Lie My Mother Told Me (Part One) http://www.jhsiess.com/2007/09/09/one-lie-part-one/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:14:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Acai Berry Oprah http://www.jhsiess.com/2007/09/09/one-lie-part-one/#comment-7244 Acai Berry Oprah Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:36:51 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/hereslookingatme/2007/09/09/the-one-lie-my-mother-told-me-part-one/#comment-7244 No girls would dare to talk about their weight. It is common not to pin point this issue, even though we are overweight. It is best to measure our weight and monitor with BMI stats and configure what to do next. As a parent, we don't want to hurt our child's feeling. Plus, they are young, they can control all this when they turn into adult. No girls would dare to talk about their weight. It is common not to pin point this issue, even though we are overweight. It is best to measure our weight and monitor with BMI stats and configure what to do next. As a parent, we don’t want to hurt our child’s feeling. Plus, they are young, they can control all this when they turn into adult.

]]> By: bjorn baby slings http://www.jhsiess.com/2007/09/09/one-lie-part-one/#comment-7243 bjorn baby slings Tue, 27 May 2008 04:43:19 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/hereslookingatme/2007/09/09/the-one-lie-my-mother-told-me-part-one/#comment-7243 Very nice post. people often wonder why their kids are overweight. They blame everyone else bu themselves. Children learn by example and with so much negative stimulation coming from everywhere, faulty row models and so on, it is very important for parents to actually do as they preach. Thanks for the post! Very nice post. people often wonder why their kids are overweight. They blame everyone else bu themselves. Children learn by example and with so much negative stimulation coming from everywhere, faulty row models and so on, it is very important for parents to actually do as they preach. Thanks for the post!

]]> By: Zay?flama http://www.jhsiess.com/2007/09/09/one-lie-part-one/#comment-7242 Zay?flama Sat, 24 May 2008 16:23:19 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/hereslookingatme/2007/09/09/the-one-lie-my-mother-told-me-part-one/#comment-7242 Thank you for bringing up this very important topic. We are the best examples for our children, and if they see us stressing about our waistlines and constantly obsessing about food, they will too… Thank you for bringing up this very important topic. We are the best examples for our children, and if they see us stressing about our waistlines and constantly obsessing about food, they will too…

]]> By: Starlily http://www.jhsiess.com/2007/09/09/one-lie-part-one/#comment-7241 Starlily Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:30:35 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/hereslookingatme/2007/09/09/the-one-lie-my-mother-told-me-part-one/#comment-7241 I had the experience as a child of a well-meaning adult (not my mom) standing me in front of a mirror in a bathing suit and critiquing about how I needed to lose my 'baby fat'... I started dieting at the age of 8. When I finally (after the teen years) stopped dieting and started really listening to my body, I did lose weight. Apparently my body doesn't appreciate being starved all day and then binging on junk food... Since I became a mom, my children's self image has been very important to me. Diet, skinny, weight, are not words that I bring into conversations, and if they are brought up by my children, we talk about health, strength, exercise and taking good care of ourselves. Thank you for bringing up this very important topic. We are the best examples for our children, and if they see us stressing about our waistlines and constantly obsessing about food, they will too... I had the experience as a child of a well-meaning adult (not my mom) standing me in front of a mirror in a bathing suit and critiquing about how I needed to lose my ‘baby fat’… I started dieting at the age of 8.

When I finally (after the teen years) stopped dieting and started really listening to my body, I did lose weight. Apparently my body doesn’t appreciate being starved all day and then binging on junk food…

Since I became a mom, my children’s self image has been very important to me. Diet, skinny, weight, are not words that I bring into conversations, and if they are brought up by my children, we talk about health, strength, exercise and taking good care of ourselves.

Thank you for bringing up this very important topic. We are the best examples for our children, and if they see us stressing about our waistlines and constantly obsessing about food, they will too…

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]]> By: Fitness Cure - » Protein Cookies, the “fat” cold and Mom’s Lies! http://www.jhsiess.com/2007/09/09/one-lie-part-one/#comment-7239 Fitness Cure - » Protein Cookies, the “fat” cold and Mom’s Lies! Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:03:25 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/hereslookingatme/2007/09/09/the-one-lie-my-mother-told-me-part-one/#comment-7239 [...] “You would be so pretty if only you would lose weight.”Read the whole article here.  [...] […] “You would be so pretty if only you would lose weight.”Read the whole article here.  […]

]]> By: Christina_2009 http://www.jhsiess.com/2007/09/09/one-lie-part-one/#comment-7238 Christina_2009 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:15:44 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/hereslookingatme/2007/09/09/the-one-lie-my-mother-told-me-part-one/#comment-7238 Thanks for stopping by my blog! I am so excited to get traffic to my site. My mother told me that same lie... although that was not the only one. You are sooo right about the Plateau, it's difficult and dangerous, but we have to push on through. Although I know calorie counting is not for you I would be happy to work up an assessment for you. It would at least tell you where you are in terms of how hard you will have to work to get over the Plateau. Also, I'm sure you already know this too, but, how's your exercising... particularly strength training? You can increase your ability to burn fat by adding muscle. I like resistance bands myself as it's one single piece of equipment that can isolate all the muscle groups you need it to. Anyhoo... keep up the good work. We Can Do It! Thanks for stopping by my blog! I am so excited to get traffic to my site. My mother told me that same lie… although that was not the only one. You are sooo right about the Plateau, it’s difficult and dangerous, but we have to push on through. Although I know calorie counting is not for you I would be happy to work up an assessment for you. It would at least tell you where you are in terms of how hard you will have to work to get over the Plateau. Also, I’m sure you already know this too, but, how’s your exercising… particularly strength training? You can increase your ability to burn fat by adding muscle. I like resistance bands myself as it’s one single piece of equipment that can isolate all the muscle groups you need it to. Anyhoo… keep up the good work. We Can Do It!

]]> By: JoLynn Braley http://www.jhsiess.com/2007/09/09/one-lie-part-one/#comment-7237 JoLynn Braley Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:41:47 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/hereslookingatme/2007/09/09/the-one-lie-my-mother-told-me-part-one/#comment-7237 Isn't it amazing how as little children we are like sponges and so impressionable. In one way it can be good, we can take in a lot of knowledge and easily learn foreign languages (for example), but we also take in the negatives that can influence us into adulthood. I can relate to what your mother told you, I've been living with those same types of comments, and some of them are still influencing me! Thanks for writing this JHS, it was a very good read! Isn’t it amazing how as little children we are like sponges and so impressionable. In one way it can be good, we can take in a lot of knowledge and easily learn foreign languages (for example), but we also take in the negatives that can influence us into adulthood. I can relate to what your mother told you, I’ve been living with those same types of comments, and some of them are still influencing me!

Thanks for writing this JHS, it was a very good read!

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