I wasn't saying that my oldest cut weight, I was just stating that through getting the exercise that he needed and the change in the overall diet for our entire family (to maintain good weight for my youngest) not only did my oldest lose weight throughout the wrestling season but the rest of us as a family dropped some excess pounds as well. This is one of the reasons that I like wrestling so much is because of the personal accountability of weight management. Through proper nutrition and exercise we are teaching these kids to properly maintain their weight which is a first step in combatting childhood obesity which is something that needs to be done throughout the country.

However there are those that take the shortcuts and try to "cut" weight that isn't there to be lost to better improve their chances in tournaments. This is not a good aspect of wrestling competition and this practice needs to be abolished especially at the kids level.

Perhaps a weekly weight chart is a good idea not only for overweight kids, but also for ALL kids. The only problem I see with that is it needs to be kept confidential as some kids don't like to be embarrassed by having other people know that they are so much overweight. I know this is a concern for my oldest so much so that he doesn't like his own brother know how much he weighs at any given time. And I know how he feels, I personally don't like people to know how much I am overweight.