I think I was fourteen or fifteen when I first became dissatisfied with what I saw in the mirror. I am not sure where the seed of discontent came from.

I attended an all girls school and we wore uniforms and I don’t remember there being any emphasis on our figures in that environment. We didn’t even have a gym or shower room but somehow I decided I was fat and needed to diet. Looking back I now realize that my weight was just about right for my height.   I had by then reached my full height of 5’8″ and weighted 155. Not poker thin but well within a healthy range. However, at 15, healthy was not my objective. Gorgeous was.

So I started my lifetime habit of dieting, losing weight, gaining back the weight (plus 10) and dieting again.  This roller coaster took me all the way up to 235 pounds.

My first diet was one of my own devising: a Life Saver diet. Instead of eating lunch, I sucked on a Life Saver candy. Where I came up with that bright idea I have no clue.

This video really brought it all back to me. I truly succumbed to the illusion when I was that age.


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