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Daughter tracking meals

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Wishfulyhoughts · 11/11/2025 19:42

Hello just wondering what you all think of this and am I looking too much into it. My daughter has just turned 12 so I was looking through her phone this evening as I do quite often and noticed the chat gpt app open so clicked in for a nosy. She has been tracking her meals for the last fortnight or so. Putting in breakfast lunch and dinner and asking is it well balanced and is there anything she needs to change. She has always had a good appetite but mindful of what she is eating and would eat her Halloween sweets or selection boxes over time not like her sibling who would gobble them up in days. She was vegetarian for 2 years but went back to eating meat at the start of this year. My husband has a very sweet tooth and she would often complain if he has eaten more than his fair share of brownies etc. She is very sporty and over the summer her football club started strength training with them through a local gym so had advised them on importance of protein etc and what to eat before training. Do you think this is just following on from all that or should I be worried it’s the beginning of an eating disorder?

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Arlanymor · 11/11/2025 19:45

Have you asked her about it? I think that would be more helpful than speculating. She knows you check her phone after all.

Wishfulyhoughts · 11/11/2025 19:57

I asked her about it and she said she doesn’t know why she has been doing it. Then lifted her phone and deleted the app straight away. I said she was a growing healthy girl and didn’t need to be tracking her food daily. She asked me not to tell anyone about it, said she was embarrassed and didn’t want to talk about it again. I’ve went for a bath so will maybe broach it again shortly when we’re watching tv together.

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londongirl12 · 11/11/2025 20:00

shes asking is it well balanced which I think is a good sign. She’s not asking about calories. However I think it needs to be kept an eye on so it doesn’t become a fixation.

Prelim · 11/11/2025 20:05

Don’t broach it again just now. Give her a bit of time so you don’t make it into a ‘thing’. Sounds like she has a healthy diet and incorporates food that isn’t ‘optimal’, as most healthy people do. Keep an eye on it though, but not in a way she thinks you’re checking up on her.

Wishfulyhoughts · 11/11/2025 20:53

Okay thank you all for your help

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SleafordSods · 15/11/2025 09:01

Is she eating the same amount as usual, besting in mind that if it is an EA, she may be skilled at hiding things from you?

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