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DD eating habits

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Iwantmynameback · 21/11/2020 20:01

Hi all, looking for some words of wisdom regarding my DD and hiding food in her room. She is 16 and today after noticing a smell in her room I went on the hunt and found a mouldy sandwich but also packets upon packets of crisps, biscuits, sweets. Im floored. I will add that we have had issues over the years regarding the hiding of her lunches in her bedroom all dealt with or so we thought. She eats well as in breakfast and dinner and snacks in the evening. We expect her to make her own lunch for school but sometimes she is not up in time in the morning and leaves little time for herself. Im floored by this we didnt think she has vasts amount of money and we dont give her a huge amount of pocket money. Any advice on how to talk to her about all this. I have a feeling we are missing something or is this what all 16yrolds do . help please

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User56770987 · 21/11/2020 20:39

I don't quite understand...
Is she hiding food that you think she is eating or is she buying and hiding loads of extra food?

Iwantmynameback · 21/11/2020 20:52

She is buying and hiding all this Junk food. In het school she is allowed leave the school at lunch time and will go to the nearest shop with her friends, also she would have time in the mornings before school to go to the shop so im presumming thats when she buys all this food and hides it in het school bag to bring home. Obviously rules will change regarding leaving the school during the day but it will be hard for us to monitor this. She can only be buying all this stuff during school as we live in the middle of nowhere and not near any shops🙄

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User56770987 · 22/11/2020 08:37

What's her weight like?
I do remember being a bit crazy with junk food when I had the opportunity to make my own choices but it was quite short lived.
I don't have any advice other than maybe gently talk to her without shaming her and try and find out what's going on.

Hopefully someone else with good advice will be along soon.

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Hm2020 · 22/11/2020 08:52

This to me is mad at 16 I didn’t even live with my parents but my boyfriend and his child I understand that’s the other end of extreme... if you don’t let her learn to self regulate you will cause problems down the line unless your about to drip feed she’s morbidly obese or something. Also I would have never felt the need to hide any junk food because it was my body and my choice what I put in it really need to loosen the apron strings on this one or you will cause serious issues imo

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