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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I took my 13 yr old out to brunch. I pointed her towards foods that are not a lot in quantity since she doesn't normally eat a lot at each meal.  Instead she ordered a lemonade, a quinoa/yogurt/fruit bowl and a side of avocado which she put on the toast that came with my meal. The avocado was $2.50. she ate all of it. She had MAYBE a third of her lemonade and a third of the qhinoa-yogurt thing.  She does this ALL the time and I'm now super pissed off about it.  She never wants to take the leftovers home.  I'm furious both about wasting money and wasting food.

I was told you never talk to teen girls about their food choices or their bodies.  But she is making food choices that although healthy, are way too much - she can't eat it.  Is there a way I can talk to her about this that won't give her an eating disorder? She over-orders CONSISTENTLY.  Or should I not say anything and just stop taking her out to eat? [/quote]

OP, this is why you come across negatively, in my opinion.

You're (supposedly) asking for opinions on whether you can "yell at" your daughter about this, although you acknowledge that you should be careful talking to teen girls about their food choices.  But then you ignore half of the responses, even those that are phrased productively and give you things to think about.

You complain that your daughter never wants to take leftovers home, but then you acknowledge in one response that you don't like to take home and reheat leftovers either.

Clearly you have already mentioned this issue to her, since you said at the beginning of your post that you pointed her toward foods that are smaller in quantity.  I'm not really sure what else you're looking for?  Permission to stop taking her out to eat?[/quote]

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