[grellis]

Good morning, ladies!

[grellis]

Good morning, gentlemen!

[sarasota]

I just purchased a portable trampoline for my 22 yo daughter who has a weight issue. She's used it for two days, so it's too early to tell how it will impact her physically and mentally, but my guess is that it will help enormously.

[FatherofFive]

I would suggest the following to anyone with a weight problem. It works.

Eliminate two things from your diet - flour and sugar. Eat as much as you want of everything else. You can eat whole grains such as oatmeal, but nothing with flour or sugar. You can drink juice and eat fruit.

You will be amazed at the results.

[LadyShallott]

I was a chubby kid who grew into a chubby teenager. When I hit 14 years old I had a friend of mine tell me that I was well "padded". I had never really seen myself as heavy until then. I dropped 40 pounds in three months. I came back to school after the summer break a size 5. My teachers actually called my mom to ask her if I was ok. I am over 5 foot 8 and they were concerned. I have to say two things would have helped me growing up. I wish someone in my family would have talked about body perception and taking care of yourself in a healthy open manner. It didn't matter what we had to eat, we had to eat it all. And I mean all of it. We were viewed as somewhat ungrateful if we didn't. So I grew up with the you eat all things on the table and you finish it. The concept of leaving food on my plate wasn't something I grasped until I starved myself through high school and into college. And the positive enforcement of not eating through the women in my family, looking back, made a very strong impression on me. So I think communication, as well as healthy options for eating, coupled with exercise on some level would be much better than any celluloid role model. :)