Skinny
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  • Reads 138
  • Votes 1
  • Parts 3
  • Time 7m
Ongoing, First published Sep 17, 2013
I took a deep breath before I got on it. I held onto the wall supporting myself on it before I dropped my gaze to look at the numbers.   156.   I looked back up. Staring at the mirror in front of me, my reflection highlighted everything I hated about myself.  Thighs.  Stomach.  Arms.  That was the day I made a promise.  I made a promise to myself that no matter what it took, that number would drop. And boy did it drop. It dropped down to a number even my doctors thought shouldn't be enough to support a life.  The further I got on my journey the more my satisfaction increased and I thought I was fixed because my weight was, but I became broken   Hi, my name is Joyce and I am an anorexic/bulimic.  This is the story of me.
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