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[quote=Anonymous]As someone who recovered (as much as you can, tbh) from an ED that started as a teen, the only suggestion I have is for your DD is to not force her to eat on the days when she says she doesn't want anything or doesn't have any food. Your DD can offer, but if the friend says no, leave it at that. A simple, "k, let me know if you change your mind" is best.

The pressure to eat when I was out with friends definitely caused some backsliding back into purging territory. If the girl really has stopped binging and purging, that's a huge step for her!

I'm almost 40 and I started heavily restricting foods when I was around 14 due to a sport I was in. That snowballed into seeing how many days I could go without food until I felt too weak to function. Then it was figuring out the least amount of calories I could eat to function. And then finally was the binging & purging. Even now, I have to be mindful of not subconsciously counting calories because I know the calories in everything. When I go out to eat now, I usually look up the restaurant online and pick my option because to get to the nutrition info online you must click through to see it, but in many restaurants it's printed on the menu. That's still hard to deal with, so I rarely accept a menu. I pick what I want online and make a mental note.

I get so sad seeing/hearing about so many teen girls already with ED. I know they're in for a lifetime of recovery and it's so, so hard.  [/quote]

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