I agree with the pp, I'd take this oppotunity to teach her healthy eating habits, and for this time, estimate portion sizes.
Do not pack your calories into one meal, it's proven that 3 smaller meals and snacks in between are more effective for losing weight.
MIMI_SDF 3/3/08 1:08 P
Maybe you can use this time to teach your sister healthy ways to maintain/lose weight by portion control, fruits, vegetables, and frequent meals/snacks. If your parents are refusing to discuss her anorexia diagnosis, they probably haven't educated her on healthy alternatives to anorexia.
TJSHAFFER 3/3/08 7:48 A
First of all, she needs to be allowed to talk about it. Ignoring the problem doesn't make it less real.
Second of all, eat healthy throughout the day both for yourself and her. That way, you're not tempted to binge, and she sees you eating in a healthy manner.
I'm a little surprised your parents are going away so soon after the diagnosis. Three weeks in "recovery" is not very long. You might want to talk to your sister and sk her how you can be of help. Talking about the issue won't make it worse, and it might help.
DANIELWIFEY 3/2/08 8:03 A
In a few days, I am going to watch my two teenage sisters for a week. They are amazingly wonderful, smart, well-behaved kids, but the younger one was recently diagonosed with anorexia. She has only been in (outpatient) treatment for three weeks, and I am terrified to do something that will make things worse. Further complicating the issue is my parent's refusal to allow anyone to talk about it, so the house kinda works with everyone pretending she's ok.
I want to continue to be health consious, but I don't want her to see me measuring foods or portions. She'll be in school most of the days, so I am tempted to just wait until dinner to eat for the day (so I can't really go over my calorie count in one semi-healthy meal) but that doesn't seem healthy either.
