<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Attack of the 50 stone children : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/"/><tagline>Attack of the 50 stone children : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-10-10T16:01:17+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Attack of the 50 stone children]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/12683/1/" /><id>12683</id><summary><![CDATA[Attack of the 50 stone children]]></summary><issued>2007-03-09T15:28:02+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-09T15:28:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Natalie Cox is a junk food junkie, consuming 7,500 calories a day.]]></content></entry><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/plime-com/l/12683/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (16)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/plime-com/l/12683-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/plime-com/l/12683-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/plime-com/l/12683-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (1)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/plime-com/l/12683/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><entry><title><![CDATA[kingkev @ 5/20/2008 3:07:42 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q17" /><id>261183</id><summary><![CDATA[I'm sorry but the parents really should be done for child abuse]]></summary><issued>2008-05-20T15:07:42+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-20T15:07:42+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I'm sorry but the parents really should be done for child abuse]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[juliedawn @ 5/7/2008 12:16:09 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q16" /><id>252984</id><summary><![CDATA[It would be nice if parents educated their children from babies.]]></summary><issued>2008-05-07T00:16:09+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-07T00:16:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It would be nice if parents educated their children from babies.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[DrNothing @ 3/10/2007 6:22:34 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q15" /><id>30752</id><summary><![CDATA[&quot;This is horrible! She's contaminating my chocolate!&quot;]]></summary><issued>2007-03-10T18:22:34+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-10T18:22:34+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;This is horrible! She's contaminating my chocolate!&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[makri @ 3/10/2007 1:19:04 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q14" /><id>30644</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/12683/1/#11"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>iceburg</b> : Very true.  Or at the very least, once you lose the will power to keep such a diet going, the weight is going to pack on fast.  <br/><BR>It's on...]]></summary><issued>2007-03-10T13:19:04+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-10T13:19:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/12683/1/#11"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>iceburg</b> : Very true.  Or at the very least, once you lose the will power to keep such a diet going, the weight is going to pack on fast.  <br/><BR>It's one of our bodies defenses.  If it goes without enough food for a while, when it starts getting enough again, it'll pack it away in storage since it doesn't know how long it'll keep coming.</i></div>Too large deficit will cause your body to lower its basal metabolic rate, eventually halting weight loss. Breaking the diet and eating more will pack on weight because it's far greater surplus than it was with the BMR before dieting. Recovering from such a state can take months.<BR><BR>In the long run, eating less = weight loss, eating a lot less = weight gain.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[suebe @ 3/10/2007 9:48:42 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q13" /><id>30605</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/12683/1/#10"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Bornbad</b> : Off topic. Susan, the new avatar? It looks like you're going to take one for the team...or, take the team. ; )</i></div>Sheesh, the things I do ...]]></summary><issued>2007-03-10T09:48:42+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-10T09:48:42+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/12683/1/#10"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Bornbad</b> : Off topic. Susan, the new avatar? It looks like you're going to take one for the team...or, take the team. ; )</i></div>Sheesh, the things I do for Fancy Avatars Friday! ;)<br/>Back to my troll look.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[gammerus @ 3/10/2007 4:21:37 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q12" /><id>30589</id><summary><![CDATA[a psychologist probly wouldn't hurt]]></summary><issued>2007-03-10T04:21:37+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-10T04:21:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[a psychologist probly wouldn't hurt]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[iceburg @ 3/10/2007 3:05:50 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q11" /><id>30585</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/12683/1/#9"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>makri</b> <br/>For weight loss, a calorie deficit greater than 750 Cal or 25% a day is counterproductive, hinders your progress and will harm your body.</i></d...]]></summary><issued>2007-03-10T03:05:50+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-10T03:05:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/12683/1/#9"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>makri</b> <br/>For weight loss, a calorie deficit greater than 750 Cal or 25% a day is counterproductive, hinders your progress and will harm your body.</i></div>Very true.  Or at the very least, once you lose the will power to keep such a diet going, the weight is going to pack on fast.  <BR><BR>It's one of our bodies defenses.  If it goes without enough food for a while, when it starts getting enough again, it'll pack it away in storage since it doesn't know how long it'll keep coming.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bornbad @ 3/9/2007 9:52:24 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q10" /><id>30499</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/12683/1/#5"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>suebe</b>&#160;:&#160;Ditto above. This girl and her parents need help. And quickly before she kills herself with junk food.</i></div>Off topic. Susan, the new...]]></summary><issued>2007-03-09T21:52:24+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-09T21:52:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/12683/1/#5"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>suebe</b>&#160;:&#160;Ditto above. This girl and her parents need help. And quickly before she kills herself with junk food.</i></div>Off topic. Susan, the new avatar? It looks like you're going to take one for the team...or, take the team. ; )]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[makri @ 3/9/2007 8:30:42 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q9" /><id>30469</id><summary><![CDATA[Hitting 7500 Calories a day takes some effort, but can be achieved with combinations of high fat fast food and high sugar drinks.<br/><BR>A healthy diet includes fats, but they should be unsaturated, not saturated or trans fats. Fast food doesn't have much...]]></summary><issued>2007-03-09T20:30:42+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-09T20:30:42+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Hitting 7500 Calories a day takes some effort, but can be achieved with combinations of high fat fast food and high sugar drinks.<br/><BR>A healthy diet includes fats, but they should be unsaturated, not saturated or trans fats. Fast food doesn't have much good fats or complex carbohydrates.<BR><BR><BR>For weight loss, a calorie deficit greater than 750 Cal or 25% a day is counterproductive, hinders your progress and will harm your body.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[bcgrote @ 3/9/2007 7:51:38 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q8" /><id>30455</id><summary><![CDATA[We don't buy sweet snax as much anymore.  I'd rather eat raw cauliflower, hubby's choice is celery.<br/><BR>He's lost 25 lbs in a month, I've lost 2 of course, but he's able to exercise and walk daily.<BR><BR>We have ice cream - he likes the soy cuties, an...]]></summary><issued>2007-03-09T19:51:38+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-09T19:51:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[We don't buy sweet snax as much anymore.  I'd rather eat raw cauliflower, hubby's choice is celery.<br/><BR>He's lost 25 lbs in a month, I've lost 2 of course, but he's able to exercise and walk daily.<BR><BR>We have ice cream - he likes the soy cuties, and I like the fruit bars.<BR><BR>I'll eat fruit a lot, and he just doesn't snack as much.<BR><BR>He doesn't have diabetes anymore, and he's really hot now!  I try to do DDR and stretch, and the elastic bands when I can't stand up.  Can't eat like a kid anymore, but the 'diet' food available now is good.<BR><BR>We avoid aspartame, sodium and fat.  He stays under 1200 calories a day per Dr orders, I'm well under 2000 a day.  <BR><BR>If the parents just get better quality of food,  the kids will slim up.<BR><BR>Or, do like my mom did when I was a kid, and we were impoverished:  she padlocked the fridge!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Wingnut @ 3/9/2007 5:02:55 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q7" /><id>30418</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/12683/1/#6"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>sfeldner</b> : A Big Mac has 540 calories.  It's more like 14 Big Macs.</i></div>OK, two Big Macs and a shake then.]]></summary><issued>2007-03-09T17:02:55+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-09T17:02:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/12683/1/#6"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>sfeldner</b> : A Big Mac has 540 calories.  It's more like 14 Big Macs.</i></div>OK, two Big Macs and a shake then.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[sfeldner @ 3/9/2007 4:54:52 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q6" /><id>30413</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/12683/1/#4"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Wingnut</b>&#160;:&#160;In all fairness, 7500 calories is like two Big Macs.</i></div>A Big Mac has 540 calories.  It's more like 14 Big Macs.]]></summary><issued>2007-03-09T16:54:52+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-09T16:54:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/12683/1/#4"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Wingnut</b>&#160;:&#160;In all fairness, 7500 calories is like two Big Macs.</i></div>A Big Mac has 540 calories.  It's more like 14 Big Macs.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[suebe @ 3/9/2007 4:10:13 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q5" /><id>30397</id><summary><![CDATA[Ditto above. This girl and her parents need help. And quickly before she kills herself with junk food.]]></summary><issued>2007-03-09T16:10:13+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-09T16:10:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Ditto above. This girl and her parents need help. And quickly before she kills herself with junk food.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Wingnut @ 3/9/2007 4:10:05 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q4" /><id>30396</id><summary><![CDATA[In all fairness, 7500 calories is like two Big Macs.]]></summary><issued>2007-03-09T16:10:05+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-09T16:10:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In all fairness, 7500 calories is like two Big Macs.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[icepigs @ 3/9/2007 3:57:47 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q3" /><id>30391</id><summary><![CDATA[For those of us who are conversion impaired:  1 stone = 14 pound<br/><BR><BR>This girl is 25 stone or 350 pounds - 15 years old at 5'6&quot;.<BR><BR>very sad.]]></summary><issued>2007-03-09T15:57:47+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-09T15:57:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For those of us who are conversion impaired:  1 stone = 14 pound<br/><BR><BR>This girl is 25 stone or 350 pounds - 15 years old at 5'6&quot;.<BR><BR>very sad.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[mennufer @ 3/9/2007 3:53:39 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12683/1/atom0_3.rss#q2" /><id>30389</id><summary><![CDATA[Poor kid.  It sucks being big when you're that young.  It's not mentioned in the article, but I hope her parents are taking her to a shrink as well.  It looks to me like she has an eating disorder (binge eating/compulsive eating: webmd.com is our friend), ...]]></summary><issued>2007-03-09T15:53:39+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-09T15:53:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Poor kid.  It sucks being big when you're that young.  It's not mentioned in the article, but I hope her parents are taking her to a shrink as well.  It looks to me like she has an eating disorder (binge eating/compulsive eating: webmd.com is our friend), and all the diets and surgeries in the world aren't going to help her if they don't have someone help her battle depression and low self-esteem.  The lying and stealing aren't doing her any good either.  <br/><BR>The blame definitely lands on her parents.  Her mom says that she has to keep junk food in the house because she's afraid of what her daughter will do to get food.  It's this enabler mentality that's screwing up the kid's life.]]></content></entry></feed>