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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, as pp stated that sugar is very addicting! Cut her down, but do not eliminate completely or she will forever hoard. My cousin did this with her daughter, She never allowed her  sweets or even juices or cokes. At a family function the mom was not there and the 13 yo filled her dinner plate with two layers of desserts and grabbed 2 cokes. No lie. The first time I saw this, I thought it was a joke. Sadly it was not.

Shoot, I used to eat a whole bag of crap or candy bars after trying to diiet and loose weight after my first child. It never worked for me and I consider myself somewhat of a healthy eater. What did work for me was eating healthy and satisfying a sweet tooth as well. I would watch what I ate and then would consume one small snickers bite size candy per say. It satisfied my sweet tooth and rewarded myself as well  as not leading to binging.

My daughters, 12, 9, 5 will grab dinner with a dessert and may grab one bite or two but always then go to vegetables, salads and a hearty dinner. I have never seen them binge or hide food, I have never heard about it either. I actually have the candy bowl on the counter/ buffet and they hardly touch it. They actually never eat candy from Valentines, Easter, Christmas etc.

Get a food chart and explain what healthy eating and portions and food groups are to you daughter. For lunch give her a sandwich, apples, or oranges or both. There is a lot of natural sugar in fruit to help with that fix. Then when she is full on these, then give her a handful of crackers.  Same with dinner. Let her eat her fill of salad, meat and vegetables, then always a small dessert. Like one cookie, or one Godiva truffle etc. if she does not eat her dinner then she doesn't eat dessert. Also never allow food in bedrooms, that's just disgusting anyways. Tell her and show her how healthy eating works. Tell her if she wants a snack or cookie mid day to come and ask you or tell you. Give her the choice and open that relationship of honesty with her. If she asks for a cookie or wants a sugary snack mid day, go with her and tell her she either gets it now or for dessert but not both. If she says now, enjoy ONE Girl Scout cookie with her and smile. Let her eat it in front of you. Again, create a healthy food relationship and a healthy honest relationship for and with her.

Make her help you prepare dinner. When she is washing tomatoes, and cucumbers, she will more than likely try a bite. If she doesn't always make her try one bite of a new food. I have noticed that food preparation aids the fact of them enjoying the food a bit more.

This is what has worked for me.

If it were me, I would tell her the rules. If she lies or hides food,  she gets grounded from desserts and tv for a week.

Good luck! :) 
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