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[quote=Anonymous]I would really try to find something fun.  I struggle with this with DS - he quit his sport this year, and now says he wants to exercise, but hates anything that's not playing or training for a sport because it's boring.

If you could find some kind of class with kids her age but not from her school, seems like that would be ideal.

Also -- maybe a therapist?  I'm very in shape and have been for years (at a recent DEXA scan they told me I'm bottom 5% of the population in body fat for my gender and age), but having abs doesn't make me like myself better.  More like I tend to work out when I'm happy and don't work out/eat junk when I'm not.

It sounds to me like some CBT might be really helpful with the hating herself thing.  Or, depending on her age, have her read Feeling Good by David Burns.  It simply and directly addresses disordered thinking like hating yourself because you're thin, fat, tall, short, etc.  I have battled depression for a long time, and after learning to rationally evaluate some of the "hating myself" kind of thinking, I got to the point where I often sincerely laughed at the silliness of some of the negative thoughts that I had been having --- they lost all credibility to me when I examined them rationally, and I was able to get on with my life (until the next day, when I had to repeat the process).  I can't recommend it highly enough.[/quote]

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