tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32039290065553151.post791676657793019325..comments2009-10-25T04:58:14.677+10:00Comments on Fat Heffalump: Be Good to Your Daughters... And Your Sons TooSleepydumplinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13301673308868272260noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32039290065553151.post-28627130044348451782009-08-22T12:44:39.431+10:002009-08-22T12:44:39.431+10:00Welcome Amy Doll!
I definitely think that teachin...Welcome Amy Doll!<br /><br />I definitely think that teaching children the wrong messages about food, body image and weight sets them up for bad habits for life, that we then have to un-learn as adults, which is a difficult task.Sleepydumplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13301673308868272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32039290065553151.post-9602647154464786952009-08-22T04:36:56.180+10:002009-08-22T04:36:56.180+10:00I can relate to so much of what you are saying. My...I can relate to so much of what you are saying. My dad used to tell me I was fat, and put my sister and I on diets before we reached the age of 10 (he actually offered to pay us a pound for each pound we lost- I lost 5 pounds the first week, because I wanted to money! Looking back- this seems so f-cked up!) I was a perfectly healthy sized child, my sister slightly overweight, but only just. I was also very tall, and always ended up wearing sizes a few years up from my real age. (kids sizing in the uk is done by age), just to get the length. Most of the girls inmy class were also of the super naturally thin group, so by the time I left primary school I weighed 6 stone, which I thought made me grossly obese when they only weighed 4/5 stone. I do really believe all the negative comments made about me when I was younger contributed to, if were not the sole cause, of my extreme weight gain. They told me I was fat, I believed I was fat, and ended up making myself actually fat by comfort eating. <br /><br />Sorry I kinda made this into a mini life story. Anyway, I just found your blog, and I wanted to say how much I love it! :)Amy Dollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837131428779730510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32039290065553151.post-6388126311336518902009-07-30T07:57:15.741+10:002009-07-30T07:57:15.741+10:00Aww thank you, I blush!Aww thank you, I blush!Sleepydumplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13301673308868272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32039290065553151.post-46811135646698743422009-07-30T06:46:02.055+10:002009-07-30T06:46:02.055+10:00Very good post, very close to my own experience.
...Very good post, very close to my own experience.<br /><br />And by the way, that purple shawl looks awesome on you!Muse of Irehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05332467174431277149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32039290065553151.post-27706596450306502262009-07-21T21:44:38.961+10:002009-07-21T21:44:38.961+10:00Thanks ladies.
And besides, children are MEANT to...Thanks ladies.<br /><br />And besides, children are MEANT to have a layer of subcutaneous fat! It's what keeps them insulated and insured against any weight they lose with illness! That's why it's called puppy fat.Sleepydumplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13301673308868272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32039290065553151.post-74207476358750646672009-07-21T21:34:36.742+10:002009-07-21T21:34:36.742+10:00Great post Kath. It's just sad isn't by ho...Great post Kath. It's just sad isn't by how young girls these days are so obsessed with how "fat" they look. My almost 6 year old daughter is already having body image issues *sigh*. I was shocked when she told me one time that she doesn't want to wear her school jumper because it's making her look fat...and she's reed thin mind you. I honestly have no idea where she got that from. I just hope and pray that I am a good role model to her and drill into her young mind that she's perfect the way she is.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872311214797738268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32039290065553151.post-9850301568298216272009-07-21T21:20:52.997+10:002009-07-21T21:20:52.997+10:00Once again, amen to all of the above, beautiful wo...Once again, amen to all of the above, beautiful woman!BruganCampbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18206850511838010912noreply@blogger.com