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What a terrible tragedy. My thoughts and prayers are with this beautiful young girl and all her family and friends at such a devastating time.

Such a sad situation and an illness that is so hard to overcome. A young, bright woman with her life before her all ended so sadly.

Years ago when I went to the local gym for a while there was a young girl that was so thin I suspected she suffered from the same illness. The intensity, determination and focus with which she hit those machines had to be seen to be believed. It was like a compulsion she had little control over. Your news has made me wonder what happened to her too.

You are probably right Annx,
My daughter was anorexic and excercise was the "behaviour" that she used to control her weight

She was overweight when she first took up excercise, but lost half her body weight in less than a year.
Although we talked to her about our concerns for her health,, the turning point came when one of the gym instructors told her that he was worried about her

Hopefully, the girl who came to your gym, had the same advice from her instructors , and I would like to think that she acted on it.... my daughter did.

She came home that night, asked for help and has never looked back.
She transferred all that determination from diet and excercise into... recovery.