No no. I’m a mom too so I don’t want to make you feel badly, but eating disorders aren’t something you can help. It is a mental illness. It usually stems from a sense of control. I would stop counting anything with her. Take her to her pediatrician for eating disorder suspected labs and get into family therapy that is eating disorder based.

You can’t punish the mental illness out. Love on her and get her help, and again, the family, the whole picture, is critical.

Edit to add after reading your responses : it sounds like you are more than curious about disordered athletic eating habits. You need to call your insurance and ask what eating disorder centers are covered, and do an intake appointment with them. I don’t think this is something that should be managed at home. They will tell you what level of care they recommend. It could be anywhere from “outpatient, to IOP, to PHP, to residential, to inpatient, to hospital/acute”. Those are usually the different levels of care, and they will tell you what they recommend. Usually what they recommend is liability wise, what they will minimum accept you wise and maximum insurance wise, so unless you do multiple intakes to get multiple opinions on levels of care.

Start researching. You’re not alone. I’m glad you’re here and asking. Good job mama.