Laura's story
Hi, my name is Laura
I grew up always having chubby legs and a big bum. I was constantly told by my family, "oh, your just a big boned girl". I believed it because I had never been slim or skinny. I was always one of the taller more chubbier girls in my class. I was very close to my auntie who has always had an obsession with staying slim and every time I would eat a scrumptious chocolate bar she would say "it will go to your bum". She once got me to do a diet where you just eat fruit for a while until you start to lose weight, this made me so hungry that I would set off to school eating bananas, apples ,etc and by lunch time I would be absolutely starving. I would then stuff my face with whatever I could afford to buythen I would just feel horrible for doing it. As the years went by I had a terrible . obsession that I was fat and would always wear a long jumper so my bum wouldn't look so big.
I then met my husband who loved the way I looked. he couldn't believe that I thought I looked terrible, he use to tell me that I am such a lovely person that people would look beyond my being chubby (not that being chubby is really an issue). Any way in 1998 I fell pregnant and went off all sweet things, which was very unusual for me. I gained only 2 stone while I was pregnant because I was mostly baby, bum and legs. When I had my baby I suffered with postnatal depression and didn't consult my doctor, I would miss out breakfast on most days and I began only eating one meal a day. I went very skinny but didn't think bad of it. my partner would tell me off for not eating with him at dinner time or not drinking water, which I hardly ever did.
I then started a part/time job when my little boy was two years old, I found that I wanted to eat while working so every day I would eat about five chocolate bars plus crisps, cakes,etc. Even though I would ride my bike to work everyday I was putting on a lot of weight. I couldn't believe that after the weight I had lost it had slowly but surely found it's way back to me. Well , now I'm am trying to lose the weight again but I have surely learnt my lesson.
I sometimes think back to when people use to say to me " oh, your just a big boned girl", It really gets to me, because I'm not. If somebody I knew was annoyed because they were a bit fat I would just tell them that it doesn't matter what's you look like it's what's in the inside.
And that's my tale.
Regards
Laura.
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