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<blockquote data-quote="Christy" data-source="post: 300016" data-attributes="member: 225"><p>Since starting risperdal, my difficult child wants to eat all the time. In addition, he used to be quite hyper and always on the go so he could burn it all off but now he spends much more time in front of the tv or playing with non active things like legos and action figures. It's been hot and humid and he doesn't tolerate heat well so swimming a few days a week has been his only exercise. He 11 and eats adult sized meals and then wants to snack constantly. I still have a lot of control over what he eats and I put limits on him. I offer healthy snacks in leiu of more empty calories but even those have calories so I cut him off if he is overeating. He gets very angry about it but I won't give in, if I feel that he's already had enough to eat. I suggest that he may be bored and try to steer him into a new activity. Sometimes if he's insistant on eating something else and he just has to have it, I tell him that if he burns the calories in advance on the ellipictical trainer, he can eat them. So if he wants a 100 calories pack of cookies, it would take about 10-15 minutes of working out. He has gained about 15 pounds in the three months he has been on risperdal and its tapering off but I know it will continue if we don't intervene. Now that the weather will be getting better, we will make more of an effort to do active things but it is really a push because he just doesn't enjoy it. He even hates his bike, pedaling is too much work! So the goal for our whole family this fall is to get out there and take a wlk, even the dog will benefit, lol!</p><p></p><p>We've made popsicles from crystal light drink mixes which he also enjoys. Also, I have bought many flavors of sugarless gum and it gives his mouth something to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christy, post: 300016, member: 225"] Since starting risperdal, my difficult child wants to eat all the time. In addition, he used to be quite hyper and always on the go so he could burn it all off but now he spends much more time in front of the tv or playing with non active things like legos and action figures. It's been hot and humid and he doesn't tolerate heat well so swimming a few days a week has been his only exercise. He 11 and eats adult sized meals and then wants to snack constantly. I still have a lot of control over what he eats and I put limits on him. I offer healthy snacks in leiu of more empty calories but even those have calories so I cut him off if he is overeating. He gets very angry about it but I won't give in, if I feel that he's already had enough to eat. I suggest that he may be bored and try to steer him into a new activity. Sometimes if he's insistant on eating something else and he just has to have it, I tell him that if he burns the calories in advance on the ellipictical trainer, he can eat them. So if he wants a 100 calories pack of cookies, it would take about 10-15 minutes of working out. He has gained about 15 pounds in the three months he has been on risperdal and its tapering off but I know it will continue if we don't intervene. Now that the weather will be getting better, we will make more of an effort to do active things but it is really a push because he just doesn't enjoy it. He even hates his bike, pedaling is too much work! So the goal for our whole family this fall is to get out there and take a wlk, even the dog will benefit, lol! We've made popsicles from crystal light drink mixes which he also enjoys. Also, I have bought many flavors of sugarless gum and it gives his mouth something to do. [/QUOTE]
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