Jessenia Gallegos Instagram – Being lusted over is not a flex. I was an overweight kid growing up until I was 16. No one ever broke their necks for me. No one ever batted an eye. I was fat, I wore glasses & I had braces; instead I was bullied and made to feel ugly. It wasn’t until my family pediatrician scared me skinny. He told me I would live a poor quality of life if I continued and that I would have serious medical issues. I’ll be 40 in September so you can imagine what it was like for a 16 y/o at the time with no way to research and learn healthy ways to lose weight or be a part of a community that understood me. I felt alone so what did my young mind do? I starved. My young mind associated food with weight gain so my logic assured me not eating ; I’d lose weight and so I did. And I became anorexic; then later bulimic. It’s odd the attention I got when I lost weight; boys approached me that never did before ; I didn’t like it then and I don’t like it now. Even my young mind thought it was messed up that all they cared was looks when there’s so much more to me. I still feel the same now. Only difference is I’ve learned that food is a good thing, I workout & I balance a healthy lifestyle.
#relatable #realtalk #keepingitreal | Posted on 06/Jul/2024 23:23:37
