I’m 40 today. I’ve been working on my weight since the end of September, I don’t know why, but I just decided I was done being fat. I’ve had disordered eating all my life. Starving when I was young because I was ashamed of being taller and curvier than other girls, then packing on the pounds after a sexual assault as a teen. The weight protected me, it made me invisible. Then one day I realized that I’d run from my body all my life, and I was done. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. On day one, I struggled to walk one mile, now I jog 3 miles a day. I jump rope, I bike, I roller skate, I do yoga, things I never could have done before. My blood sugar went from prediabetic to normal, blood pressure dropped from 135/90 to 100/60, resting heart rate went from 75 to 45. I feel good about my body for the first time maybe ever. I just want to encourage people- do it. Start today. Take charge of your health. I wish I had started sooner. Don’t do it for your partner or your parents or your kids or society. Do it for you. Because you deserve it.
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