From Linda, Age 17 - 03/20/04 - IP#: 205.188.116.xxx  Click here to reply  
Hey...my friend has been gaining so much weight lately, she doesn't even care. It's disgusting how much food she eats, but I know how she feels because I have once been there myself too. I just dont know what to do! She was a size 6 and in ONE month she is a size 10...I really want to help her but I don't know what to do. Yesterday...she ate for breakfast: 8 pancakes, 4 piece of sausage, 3 piece of toast with butter and cinnamon and 2 cans of coca cola. Then for lunch, we went to pizza hut with some friends and she ate a whole medium pizza by herself and god knows how much pop the girl drank. We went back to her house and she immediately went to fridge and got a can of pop and took out a container of cool whip and was just eating it with her fingers. And its not like her mom stops her or anything, she will make her food whenever she wants...then we were watching movies and she ate a bag of popcorn by herself...then she was eating doritos and atleast 5 cans of pop. I dont know what to do, shes hurting herself so much by doing this. I just dont want anything bad to happen to her...WHAT should i do!! Please help someone. She once told me that if she ever started gaining weight, then to tell her. But I dont think i can!!
Reply from ***Chels, Age 15 - 03/20/04  - IP#: 204.39.228.xxx
You should definetly make an attepmt to talk to her rather than letting her go on like this. Try to find out why she is doing this, maybe you can help her out... If you guys are good friends she should understand that your just watching out for her!!!! If she really does not care, you might just have to let her come around in her own time! You said youve been there yourself, so you should know if you would have wanted someone to help you out and talk with you about whats going on!! If you cant bring yourself to talk to her maybe you talk to her mom about it and tell her your concerned. You know your friend, and you probaly have an idea of what her reaction might be to anything you say so you might want to take that into consideration!!!
~~Best of luck~~
***Chels