Taking Up Space: The Battle with My Body

When I was little, I was so proud of the fact that I was one of the biggest kids in my class. I was tall and strong! I could run fast and lift heavy things. I could keep up with and out do all the little boys at anything we choose to do at recess. I wanted, more than anything, to be the biggest, tallest person at my school. I took up space and loved being alive.

TRIGGER WARNING for disordered eating/eating disorders underneath the cut.
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