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Eating through my daughter

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rachelsroses · 04/06/2026 21:45

I was desperate for my daughter not to have my disordered eating that I’ve made her overweight by buying her all the things I don’t eat.
I have orthorexia and I buy all my forbidden foods for my daughter and now she is overweight.
I eat a healthy meal while she is at school and make a plate of my forbidden food for her for when she gets home.
I know it sounds ridiculous but I’ve only just realised what I’ve been doing and now I don’t know what to do because I don’t want her to have my restrictive diet but I also don’t know what is normal eating.

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Cookingandfoldingthings · 04/06/2026 21:53

Firstly, congratulations on recognising that you are doing this.
Your daughter depends on you & loves you, and now you know that you can model the right dietary behaviour for her.
It’s definitely time to change & you recognise that can only be a positive.

How old is she?
Does she have access to food & nutrition studies at school?
Perhaps you can seek some guidance from your GP practice & develop a healthy eating plan & exercise with your daughter.

minipie · 04/06/2026 21:51

Oh I’m sorry to hear that OP but it’s great you’ve recognised it.

You say you don’t know what normal eating is but you also say you have a healthy meal in the day? What sort of thing are you eating for your healthy meal ?

MissCooCooMcgoo · 04/06/2026 21:48

Who do you have supporting you op?

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