My DD was in tears on Thursday and finally told me that she's fat, wants to be thin, but can't stop herself from eating too much. She is not fat, she has an athletic build, is 5ft 9 and weighs about 68kg. The girls in her friendship group are no where near as tall as her and are very thin, and I know she's comparing herself to them. Anyway, over the last year or so, this scenario has happened fairly regularly and I've encouraged healthy eating and regular exercise. On Thursday however, she also told me that she'd made herself sick after eating too much. I made an appointment with Dr who we got to see on Friday. The Dr wasn't overly helpful but did say she'd refer DD to an Eating Disorder Clinic. In the meantime, DD has asked me to control her eating for her, by doing all our meals, something she used to always help me with. This is fine with me but I feel so overwhelmed by this all and now the whole weekend is revolving around DD talking about food all the time. I'm also worried about week days as her worse time for overeating is when she gets home from school and is home alone till I get in from work. I just don't know how to handle things without it getting worse. It's just myself and DD at home. Any help or advise please ( sorry for the rambling post ).
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