Hi! Its Angela again...I ended my last post with my elementary years, today I wanted to share my middle school years. Middle school can be tough for anyone, especially the ones that are easy targets. The teasing didnt end when I left 6th grade, I was now just in a larger school with more kids to look at me and judge my cover. The boys that teased me in elementary now had more friends to laugh at them when the made comments about my weight. This lead me to do anything I knew to lose weight. I watched after school programs about anorexia and bulimia, so that could work for me right?! I began to try to starve myself but I got so hungry, I would binge on food before my parents got home from work. I would eat whole frozen pizzas, buttered popcorn, chips, you name it and then still eat dinner with my family. Starving myself didnt work, so I moved onto trying to make myself throw up. I would try to gag myself with my fingers, that didnt work so I would put utensil handles down my throat...it would work but not enough so I gave up on that too. I cried almost every day, especially the days I would binge and couldnt throw up. (not once opening up to my parents about what I was going through, which is something I highly regret.) I never attempted to lose weight the right way, through eating right and exercising. I am SO thankful my daughter sees me working out and eating (majority of the time!) healthy food and correct portions. Goals in Motion and my GIM family has entered my life for so many reasons, but most of all, my daughter following my weight loss journey with GIM is SO priceless. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR MARDI AND SANDY!!
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 01:51:30 +0000