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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here-- to specify the things I've noticed: DD will cut and count calories for a week or so, and then eat normally for awhile, weighs herself daily, and dances at least 2 hours a day. This has been going on for about a year and a half or so, and she's actually gained 13 pounds over that time. So she's at a healthy weight and height but seems to be flickering between healthy eating habits and "fasting." She does eat a TON of sugar imo, which I constantly bug her about. It's not like she doesn't eat because I see her eat. [/quote]

This sort of sounds like an eating disorder to me. Even if it doesn’t develop into anorexia or bulimia, she’s developing an unhealthy cycle of restriction and binging. The sugar thing is pretty typical- people restrict themselves, give in and eat “bad” food, feel guilty, go overboard binging, then start restricting again. There’s a great nutritionist on YouTube I like called “Abbey’s Kitchen”, she talks a lot about this style of disordered eating.

Personally I’d lay off of bugging her about the sugar. That just contributes to the restriction-guilt-binge cycle.

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