That's too bad about your daughter and I wonder if she has a touch of "eating disorder thinking". I've struggled with that - "What's the use, I'll only gain it back anyway, because that's what I've always done, that's just who I am", etc. And it's true that regain is the norm, but who says we have to be the norm? We don't have to choose and reinforce the negative. On any one day, we start all over again and past does not have to be prologue.

There may be some fear there too - afraid to fail, maybe even afraid to succeed. Fear of change in general. It's a big deal to overhaul one's diet and body. Sometimes I can't believe I am attempting it again! But for me, hope springs eternal.