MamasHealth.com Home Meds and Eating Disorders Bipolar and Purging Dieting Memories My Eating Disorder Links Email Mama Addiction stories Anorexia stories Athletic stories Bulimia stories Family and friends stories Help Me! I'm not healthy stories Medical disease stories Medications and eating disorders Migraine stories Mother stories Recovered Anorexic Recovered Bulimic Recovered Eating Disorder Self esteem stories The Letter "C" Weight stories Mama's Inspirational quotes Mama's Motivational pledges Mama's Health quotes Mama's Poem	Dieting It all started in middle school, when I was first going through puberty. At first, I would just diet, but once I entered my freshman year in high school and was asked to prom, I started to extremely restrict what I ate. Over the summer I'd sleep as late as possible and eat nothing. Once I started my sophomore year, I began using laxatives and diuretics and continued to not eat. As the school year went on I got increasing worse, I couldn't concentrate, I had an almost constant headache, I couldn't sleep even though I was so tired all the time, and I was very moody and irritable. All my friends and family would always tell me I'm skinny and gorgeous but, I never saw that image when I stared in the mirror. I was fat and ugly and that's all I saw; it didn't matter how many compliments I received on my eyes,hair, or outfit, the reflection in the mirror never changed even though everyday I continued to lose more weight. I'm currently in my junior year and I'm trying to be healthier. I don't want to spend the last years of my life suffering from osteoporosis or other health problems as a result of what I chose to do to myself. It's just not worth it. I've started over and I'm working on focusing on the values of life because, you only have one, and no second chances to go back in time to fix your mistakes. Share your story	Featured Book Advertise on MamasHealth.com
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