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.

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