BeExcellent
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Agree totally. At 49 years old I am 5'6", 122 lbs., fit and work out regularly. BMI around 20. I still have an athletic but trim body...but I have to be disciplined to stay that way. So I do model good lifestyle choices. My daughter tends to gooble up boxes of cookies or crackers or chips so I've stopped buying those...sodas are another big culprit. I don't buy them but she gets them at restaurants and friend's homes.@BeExcellent be sure to caution your daughter that, in her early 20s, any undisciplined eating habit she may have developed as a teen WILL catch up with her. I've also found that, if you make it a point to keep yourself trim as a you can add you age, you will be less likely to face being over weight.. if you are yourself to gain weigyt, It's harder to take the weight off when you are older.
It's a fine line between teaching healthy living & creating an eating disorder. I weigh several times a week and pay close attention to how my clothes are fitting. I'm hesitant to do that with her because I don't want her obcessed about her weight...but where she lives most of her peers are too heavy. Kids didn't used to be this fatty when I was growing up...so she doesn't think it's a big deal.
I'll keep walking that line. It ain't easy.