is she anorexic/bulimic or is she at risk?

Question

my sister shes like 50 lbs overweight and her body fat is kind of high so she tries very hard to eat well and she does and sometimes she exercises before she starved her self and lost 30 lbs but she regained them again in about 2 yrs. shes always been overweight but she has this food fear that she wont eat certain foods and she believes that only starving herself would make her lose weight even tho her bf says shes just messing up her metabolism she has not lost any weight since she started doing her "diets"sometimes she gets really depress and is so embarrased to go out with his bf because she feels fat how can i help her .. ???

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Has she gone to the doctor? It's possible that there is a metabolis disorder......but if not, she might definitely have an eating disorder. Not anorexia or bulemia, if she is overweight. She might have a food addiction.
Like drugs or alcohol, people also medicate with food. Look for the signs:
Does she stuff herself when she eats? Does she eat when she has anxiety, is lonely, or bored? Does she overdo it? Does she have some favorite "comfort foods"? Does she derive a great deal of pleasure/gratification from eating?
We need to eat to stay healthy and alive. We need to balance out diets as well as our food intake and exercise levels. Too much fat, starches, and carbs with little exercise turns into sugar (think of foods that farmers fatten up cattle with) which stores as fat.
She needs to quit the diets (die with a T) and change her lifestyle. She just needs to learn to change how and when she eats, not what.
www.drphil.com has a couple of really great books (no bs) about this, and how to regain control. There is an adult and a teen version.
Whatever the case, being overweight is dangerous to your health. Not only does ot make people less attractive and unhappy, they don't realize how much harder their internal organs have to work to function. Yes, they too are surrounded by several-inch layers of fat. It's not just fat under the skin. Additionally, diabetes can be acquired. Hearts and lungs can have too much fat surrounding them and not work right, either.
Swimming is a great exercise, but she might find it traumatic to get into a swimsuit. Walking/jogging is good too (she might want to go at night to avoid sunstroke). Racketball and tennis, too. There are many fun things to do that you accidentally get exercise from. There is no way to get too much exercise... Her boyfriend could help her, too. By not sitting on the couch watching movies, he could take her to the fitness center and play ping pong or shoot baskets, lift weights or play racketball. They could go for long walks or rollerblading.
You are right about starving. It makes your body think it needs to start hoarding to keep you alive, so when you do eat, it hold onto everything.
Tell her to quit drinking soda and juice. That stuff alone will make a noticable difference. Tell her not to get full every time she eats. Tell her to drink 2 full glasses of water before eating. Tell her not to skip meals. Tell her a narmal meal should be the size of her fist (of you put it into a blender). Tell her to eat four or five small meals, not three big ones. Tell her to be aware of fast food. (one fast food meal is equal to one entire day's worth of reccomended caloric intake, and twice the fat).
If this doesn't help, tell her to only eat those frozen healthy choice dinners, 4 or 5 per day and NOTHING else but water. They are already balanced. Do this with at least 4 bottles of water a day, and at least one hour of activity that brings up a sweat.
The first 10 pounds that come off are not real weight loss, they are mostly water, but it's a good start..

Good luck!

Answer 3

Exercise with her. It sounds like that is whats missing from the equation. If she goes and works out, she will automatically feel more confident, because she knows that she is doing something (positive) about her body. Plus, having you there will show her that she has a support system.