I'm going to have my overweight 8 year old daughter get on the scale every couple of weeks to monitor her weight
Do you think monitoring her weight so closely will help?
I don't know but she needs to get rid of her eating disorder.
You should get your child medical help to deal with any eating disorder. It might make things worse and create unhealthy relationships if you confront them all the time.
I know how to deal with this better than you. She's just being overdramatic.
I think that by monitoring her weight so closely you'll actually be making it worse. It might be better to just encourage her to eat healthy foods and get some exercise by playing outside with her. This would probably be more helpful than forcing her to weigh herself all the time.