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occurs in young girls and women.

Unfortunately, I was one of these people who
felt the only way I could lose weight was to starve
myself.

It all started one day when I no longer fit into
a bikini I really liked. One of my friends told me
that maybe I should lose a bit of weight. I thought
about it for a long time and kept looking at myself
in the mirror feeling fat and disappointed. At this
point I was 130lbs and feeling gross. I decided
then I had to lose weight.

The only way I could see as an easy, quick
way to lose this weight was to not eat. I started
passing up going places to eat with friends and
would not eat much when I went out with my
family. It was hard at first because I would see a lot
of food and get hungry. I would eat the odd thing
now and then but nothing big.

Time went on and I started losing weight. As I
was losing this weight

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of anything but

and watch TV. I had
no motivation.

This went on for
months. I started to

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mn ~ people find out the hard way. Anorexia nervosa is a dis

ee ease that robs your body of its nutrition, skin tone, any fat
™ your body needs to survive and much more. It is an emo-
tional illness in which a person, without realizing just how danger-
ous it is, refuses to eat so they can lose weight. Anorexia usually

lose a lot of weight, by this time everyone

was noticing. People would comment

on how thing and sick I looked. I ignored

them because [ thought Iwas doing what I set out
to do. Lose the weight.I got to a point where I
didn’t even feel hungry anymore. I denied it. Even
to myself. I was willing to suffer to lose weight.

My whole opinionchanged when the guy
I really care about told me I was way too thin. He
told me I was scaring him and I seriously needed
to gain weight.

I looked into his eyes and realized how
serious he was. This is when the whole thing
started to really scare me.

I thought about it for days. He kept telling me
the same thing over and over again. I decided to
weigh myself. I was down to 112lbs. I then
realized just how right this guy was.

Getting help was easier said than done. I left

school for the rest of the first
semester. I talked to counselors
and doctors.
Gradually I got back into the habit
ed of eating, even if I was not hungry
and had to force myself.

I am lucky I started to sort things
out before I was admitted into the
hospital.

I am still recovering. I weigh 117lbs now.
I find it hard to gain weight although I
now eat regularly. I am hoping to get to
123|bs.
Slowly everything is working out. I
am back at school and have a lot of self
respect. I am a happier person.
Ey One thing I have learned is, it’s not worth

are other ways that do not damage your
body like anorexia does. 4