After Being Fat Forever, Finally Knowing Why Has Helped My Body Image

Learning the truth has allowed the weight to fall off my shoulders

Preeti
7 min readAug 20, 2022
A black pig surrounded by junk food
Original pictures from pexels, edited on Canva

For Starters: The Pink Elephants

This morning, I woke up with an intense desire to eat cake. Not just any cake, but a deliciously moist and decadent sponge cake with layers of fresh cream and strawberries. And not just on its own, but with a hot cup of freshly brewed coffee, some crisp bacon and scrambled eggs, and perhaps even a pizza. Yea, a pepperoni pizza would be really nice.

What is that? No one eats pizza for breakfast, you say? Well, I do. At least I want to. Maybe I will, maybe I won’t, but I want to.

And it is absolutely acceptable to want what I want.

Now — please excuse me while I add truffle fries and another slice of cake to my whimsical meal. And a salted caramel milkshake to wash it down.

The Entree: Meat of the story, with a side of feelings

When I was a child, I often hid myself in our tiny storeroom, sitting on a crate of soda, contemplating which one to break open first. My favorite was Shani, a berry-flavored pop, with Miranda a close second. I’d guzzle half the bottle in a hurry before my…

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Preeti

Writer of Personal Stories, Humor, Fiction & Mental Health