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If you are not recovering you are dying By the time I was 16 I had already Experienced being clinically overweight Underweight and obese as a child fat was The first word people used to describe Me which didn't offend me until I found Out it was supposed to when I lost Weight my dad was so proud he started Carrying my before and after photo in His wallet so relieved he could stop Worrying about me getting diabetes he Saw a program on the news about the Epidemic with obesity said he is just so Glad to finally see me taking care of Myself if you develop an eating disorder When you are already thin to begin with You go to the hospital if you develop an Eating disorder when you are not thin to Begin with you are a success story So when I evaporated of course everyone Congratulated me on getting healthy
