dyingtodiet juney
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This Buddy last logged in at 19-02-2008
Birthday: 31-05-1944
This is my story
I started to worry about my weight when I was in my late 20's but suspect that it started much ealier than that. My mother dieted all her life and was very conscious of her body image and how she looked. She would flirt outrageously with men and be very critical of other woman. I remember as a child she would be very proud to not eat and would take tablets from the chemist called purple hearts to keep her hunger at bay.
It was a double edged sword to be around her as a litte girl because she would encourage me to eat and yet critisise me for being greedy. She was always very critical of my looks and so on. I am now 63 and although more settled with who I am still battle with the need to comfort eat. I remember when I reached my teens she encouraged me to eat the LImit biscuits that were popular at the time. I would share the commaradory of sharing this pattern with her.
As a young woman I would repeatedly starve myself and then binge eat, as I got older into my forties I would every so often go through a process of bulemia and starving it was only as I reached my fifties that I began to come to terms with myself as being overwieght and still being loveable. I had low self esteem and poor self image until just a few years ago and now even though I still am still somewhat over weight I am happier with myself than I have ever been. I have written a book called Dying to Diet and have web site to support others with the similar problem.
www.dyingtodiet.co.uk
