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I stop eating for long periods of time.

laubrown1 March 16th, 2015

I wrote this awhile ago:

I'm skinny, but recently I've been gaining weight due to eating unhealthy stuff and eating a lot due to stress. I recently visited my older sister and she slapped me on my thighs as I was getting ready to sit down near her and she told me "Oooh, girl! You are getting thick. What have you been doing?" Since then, I have been starving myself for long periods of time and only eating certain foods to stay skinny. I've lost that extra weight that she commented on. In my mind, "thick" means "fat". Skinny girls and models are desirable in the media and are worshipped. I've noticed during that time where I had all that extra weight, my mom and my older sister wouldn't compliment me as much as they used to whenever I was skinny. It's almost like they didn't want to be around me. It's like they were almost disgusted I was gaining weight.

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Anomalia April 25th, 2016

@laubrown1 - Just wanted to check in - how have you been since you wrote this? Are things better now, or is it still a battle?