My daughter is almost 18 ..and heavy ..and for the past couple of weeks I have not seen her eat anything. She has lost about 20 pounds and she is scaring me.

I never keep junk food in my house. If I want something sweet I have fruit, yogurt, or sugar free jello pudding.

I hope she eats more ice cream then when she kicks the bucket i wont have to pay her any money. Im much happier without her. dont tell her this but its worth the money Im paying her not to see her anymore. Its like a ton of bricks taken off my back.

Oooh Hiker!

iM getting hungry just reading this thread!!! STOP THE INSANITY!!!

It's the same at my house. We have fruit for dessert.

That would scare me too. Any sudden change in behavior could mean somethings wrong.

you could see her eat it that doesnt mean shes going to keep it down.

I'm keeping an eye on her but suddenly she doesn't want the dinner I've prepared..she doesn't seem to be using her lunch money..and she is not here much anymore..she does work two jobs but she has been going over her friends house more and more..she used to be home with me a lot..I am keeping the channels of communication as open as I can..

for dessert I have a orange.I have to share it with my dog she likes oranges too. for breakfast I have slimfast no lunch then one meal aday at 3:00 I know its against all the rules but it works for me.

there are deeper issues than weight for eating disorders. the younger ones might be doing it as a fad thing but probably won't go farther than that

I hope that's true for my daughter..I don't know enough about the disorder..I thought it started younger than 18..she never had a problem before..she always ate well..salad, fruit, chicken, etc.

Lindyy says:

Hey you, single rob!

I am not a BIG person unless you consider 30 pounds overweight to be big. I have already lost 30 just by walking. I have an underactive thyroid, hypothyroid, and believe me, if I am not careful the weight just pops up on me!

After I had my 2 sons, I always weighed between 110 and 122, till my thyroid went goofy.

I started 'talking' to this guy on JSH and he kept making a big deal out of weight. I was going to hurry up and try to lose my other 30 pounds till he REALLY ticked me off and I told him to get lost.

But, what I am concerned about is the young girls, example, one of the Olson twins, who become anorexic or bulimic because of the stress to be thin.

I had my days of 99-105 pounds and this new guy can just stuff it. We all change and add weight, etc. as we get older.


Sorry if I caused another "oh,no, not one of those threads." But seems like everyone is enjoying themselves.


Lindyy

Well, if it works & you feel good, that's ok but that isn't much to fuel your body with.

it can start at any age....and i will bet money that the true disorders have a deeper reason and the weight issue is more of a how to deal with it. it is no different than alcoholism or drug addiction

maybe she eating at her friends house .

now I am really scared.

I don't know what to say Moman, I don't like seeing anyone that unhappy. You can't hate us all because of her.

her clothes are hanging on her