My mum was working Kate's today.
I had the house to myself, so I went to the bathroom and dug out the scales from the cupboard under the sink. I stepped on them. Using the scales never seemed to bother me before, but today I was nervous.
The scales toppled to 10 stone 11 pounds. But what does that mean?
I snatched my phone off the side and sent Molly a risky text.
'I'm home. And I did it, now what?'
I waited anxiously for a reply, I felt like she was the only one who could honestly help me with my weight. 7 minutes later my phone pinged.
'And? What do you weigh?'
I felt uncomfortable for a second, but my mind kept telling me she was only trying to help.
'10 stone 11 pounds...'
A few more minutes passed. Questions raced through my head. Would she answer? What will she say? What does she think of me now? Does she still like me?
'Well shit. That's umm... fine I guess? How tall are you?'
' 5 foot 5 inches' I typed.
' ur BMI is 25.1! Ur FAT! A healthy BMI is around 18! We need to take serious action.'
I started to cry, what's a BMI?! I only knew Molly for one day and she was just like Alex. But my brain kept telling me I needed her help through this.
'What should I do?' I put after my small episode in the bathroom.
' I'm going to send you some links to weight loss recipes and exercises, do it EXACTLY as this says. Because if you want to be friends with us. You have to loose some weight'
Then she sent me the links.
All that night I did the exercises, each sit up left me out of breath and gave me cramps, it made me even hungrier. I had a look on the recipe link, but she hadn't sent me any?
'You forgot the recipe link Molly' I typed.
'I didn't send it you because you're fat enough. Just drink water no exercise' she sent this text along with a image of a bottle of water.
I left for school earlier that morning to walk, I skipped breakfast and was starving.
Just drink the water my voice kept saying. So I did so.
I didn't eat anything at school, Kara noticed.
'When was the last time you ate? She said looking mildly concerned.
I lied and told her it was this morning, I'd had a big breakfast. I was too full.
