I'm very worried about her. She is 15 and has always been a sturdy build, but recently has been putting on weight extremely quickly (not pregnant! she's never had a boyfriend). She is unhappy with her friendships at school and to be frank overeats. She eats so much I have to hide food. If I buy a packet of cereal bars for example for school snacks, they'll be gone by the end of the day. She will eat anything except healthy food - our house is well stocked with fruit and healthy snacks but she won't touch them.
She has her own job and spends all her money on junk food - her bin is overflowing with crisp packets, coke bottles, etc. She won't eat meals - just says she isn't hungry - then locks herself in her room and eats a family size bag of crisps and a bag of cookies.
Please believe me, I have not alluded to her weight to her once. I know what a sensitive subject it is for a teenage girl - I don't even want to put the thought in her head that there's a problem. But she is now noticeably overweight. I have tried to talk to her instead about healthy eating and asked her to consider reserving junk food as a treat for weekends - she said no way.I have asked her what she would like me to cook for her but the only things she wants are pizzas and nachos.
I am just scared for her. I have a sister who started out like my daughter and at the age of 30 she is now morbidly obese, can barely walk and sits in her house seeing noone.
Please don't flame me, I am trying not to make an issue out of it in front of my daughter but any suggestions of ways to help her would be welcome. Or maybe I just have to hope she'll start eating better off her own bat. I know she isn't happy with the way she looks and has asked me if I think she is fat. I say no, even though she is.
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iquitsugarnow · 26/03/2014 18:06
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