My best friend is worried s..

my best friend who is 14 years old is obsessed with her body image i get so upset when she says shes fat because she is skinny i mean she has a little extra skin on her stomach when she sits but so do i but she has been really hungry almost the whole weekend i been over she does take vitamins from what i see so she is healthy she also has me hold her feet so she can do 30 sit ups but everytime she is hungry she freaks out and says i am sick of being hungry what can i do to help her to understand that we need to eat as much as our bodies want at this age as long as we work out which she does please help me to help her i want her to feel comfort when she eats not frigtened......................?????

if you have a guidance conselor at school, go to them and tell them exactly what you just said up there. they will call her down and tell her face to face she isnt fat, and she needs to eat because her not eating will lead to a eating disorder.

i know what you feel like. I also know what SHE feels like. i think that you should just advise her on the fact that she is not fat, but not try to convince her that she isn't. You could tell her to drink water when she feels hungry because that makes her feel full, buts its just water. Also tell her to chew realllllly slowly. That makes the brain think your eating more than you are, so it makes you feel full faster. i think lightly sprinkling in "but you aren't fat" or some variation of that with these facts will make her feel better about herself, and think you better as a friend.