Watterstide, I think those are going to make a beautiful quilt for her and that's such a wonderful thing to do! I want to know what's going on with this boy's family that they're letting this go on. My seven year old used the word "chubby" to describe someone the other day (not meanly, but just to describe them) and we've been talking about it. Kids just soak this stuff up from out culture in such a bad way. :(
Originally Posted by LLWinston44
That looks lovely. Makes me sad for her. My daughter also had weight problems. She started getting chubby and kept gaining and gaining. Finally at 13, I put us all on Weight Watchers. But the less she ate, and more she exercised, the more she GAINED!! I'm not kidding, she gained 5 lbs in a month. Finally went to the dic about it to learn she was insulin resistant. Most people have insulin levels no higher than 8, maybe 13 if you're pushing it. Hers were 45. Her body thought it didn't have insulin so it kept producing it, which then in turn made her body think it was starving so would produce more glucose, which turned into fat. When she dieted, it went into starvation overdrive.
With medication, she has been able to reduce her insulin levels, though they still range around 25.
I'm a type I diabetic, so I know a lot about how insulin works or doesn't, as the case may be. And I read *the*most*amazing* book recently and I think anyone with insulin resistance (or a child with it) needs to read this. It's "Good Calories, Bad Calories" by Gary Taubes. This book totally explains why it is that I can gain wait while eating 1200 cals of low fat diet or lose while eating 2000+ cals of high protein/fat. It is so, so hard to lose weight when your insulin is all out of wack, but this guy explains the science behind it and why the standard american diet is unworkable if you're insulin resistant. He also has another book that's more about how to lose weight and I've heard it's a bit easier of a read (GCBC is almost 500 pages and dense reading). Have any doctors recommended low carb to you?