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[quote=Anonymous]Good for you for not wanting to focus on weight and body appearance, but instead on healthy choices.

She's an athlete, which is helpful because you can partly frame it around what she needs to perform her best. Talk about balance.  My own DD can make herself sick downing an entire pint of blueberries.  I know because she did it once when I wasn't paying attention and had said to grab a healthy snack.  We've talked about how even the healthiest of things can make us not feel so good if we eat too much of that one thing, and it's even more the case when that thing is less nutritious and more of a snack.

At family meal times we model pausing a bit before reaching for seconds.  Having a drink of water. Or even grabbing something different and healthy out of the fridge if she says she is still hungry but doesn't want more lentil soup.  Still hungry, no more bread but grab an apple.  That helps her evaluate whether it's hunger or taste that drives her.  It may also help for a while to limit a bit what's on the table.  Don't put the whole loaf, instead pre-slice enough for each person at the table to have two slices (or whatever you deem acceptable).

I often use the phrase "my mouth wants more" meaning that something tastes so good that I could eat another serving, but I know that my stomach is full and I'm not really hungry.  We will ask DD to evaluate whether her taste buds want more or her stomach.[/quote]

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