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difficult child II Compulsive eating (thoughts? Suggestions?)
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 411152"><p>A couple of thoughts from someone who has compulsive eating issues herself. First if they are near puberty age it is entirely normal for them to eat more, and get a little round before they do their puberty growth spurt. This happened with both of my kids who have always been thin....</p><p></p><p>Second be careful of controlling their food intake too much.... issues of control can add to the emotional issues of compulsive eating. Focusing on their weight or making it part of what makes them "good" will add to the whole crazy cycle of compulsive eating. Much better to really think about what you buy for the week and have mostly good healthy food around with a few snacks they like. So my suggestion would be to tell them you are grocery shopping for the week and then buy good healthy food with a reasonable amount of junk food they like... enough so they could have one treat every day say. Then tell him that is it for the week, you are not shopping again. So if you buy say a bag of cookies, if they are all gone within the first day, tough luck. If they last for the week then they get to have some every day. Of course this goes for the rest of the family too.... and if you have someone else who will eat all the cookies then you have to think about how to handle it. But if you can you want to give them the opportunity to learn to self regulate.</p><p></p><p>My .02</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 411152"] A couple of thoughts from someone who has compulsive eating issues herself. First if they are near puberty age it is entirely normal for them to eat more, and get a little round before they do their puberty growth spurt. This happened with both of my kids who have always been thin.... Second be careful of controlling their food intake too much.... issues of control can add to the emotional issues of compulsive eating. Focusing on their weight or making it part of what makes them "good" will add to the whole crazy cycle of compulsive eating. Much better to really think about what you buy for the week and have mostly good healthy food around with a few snacks they like. So my suggestion would be to tell them you are grocery shopping for the week and then buy good healthy food with a reasonable amount of junk food they like... enough so they could have one treat every day say. Then tell him that is it for the week, you are not shopping again. So if you buy say a bag of cookies, if they are all gone within the first day, tough luck. If they last for the week then they get to have some every day. Of course this goes for the rest of the family too.... and if you have someone else who will eat all the cookies then you have to think about how to handle it. But if you can you want to give them the opportunity to learn to self regulate. My .02 [/QUOTE]
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