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After jogging a mile around the park, I sit relaxing in the shade. I place a hand on my belly starting to develop into a round bump.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, are you pregnant?\u201d A mother at the park asks me.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes. I\u2019m at the point where I just look pudgy, not pregnant.\u201d There\u2019s an apology in my voice, like I have something to atone for.<\/p>\n

Immediately I feel a tug to begin jogging around the playground again, like a lab-rat caught in a maze.<\/p>\n

My hands slide along unfamiliar curves on my body. A topography new to me. Fifteen pounds I never took off from the first pregnancy. Fifteen pounds becomes a chant echoing around my thoughts. Fifteen pounds plus more \u2014 it\u2019s incessant. The urge to run endless miles burns through my limbs. Limbs heavy, expanding every moment.<\/p>\n

This is my mindset. My inner turmoil. Being thin has been my life ambition since I was ten. I don\u2019t want to be this person stuck in a Vogue point-of-view, but my identity is caught up in being thin.<\/p>\n

Even pregnant, I struggle with pride over a growing bump and the inevitable weight gain I know I need to sustain this baby. The weight gain threatens to crush me. Eyes closed, arms splayed out, I lay in bed feeling my body thicken. I take deep, calming breaths. Each breath pushes back the panic. Body loosening, I relax. The calm is like a blanket tucked around me.<\/p>\n

Eating disorders are like alcoholism. You realize how unhealthy your behavior is, but you\u2019re compelled to continue. You cannot stop. Even after treatment, once you reach the other side, it\u2019s a constant struggle. You have good days and bad days, and always the temptation is present, lurking around the corner.<\/p>\n

At age ten, as my body began its clumsy dance with puberty, I went through an awkward phase of growing thighs and butt and breasts. While other girls remained thin, two-dimensional in my mind, I popped out in three-dimensional curves all around. My mother frequently spoke about her pudgy days in grammar school. She did not want me to \u201cgo through that.\u201d So, I was placed on a Slimfast diet.<\/p>\n

At the time, I thought I was so grown up, slurping down chalky shake drinks. I learned to count calories, loving Mom\u2019s leather folder for her Richard Simmons\u2019s Meal-a-deal cards. I remember studying these, sure I was doing something important.<\/p>\n

By eighth-grade, between restrictive meals, exercise and a growth spurt, I was slender. Still curves, but long, lean ones. Swimming and soccer and track helped sculpt my slender frame. In high school, the routine continued. I maintained a healthy appearance, despite my unhealthy eating habits and frequent exercise.<\/p>\n

It dawned on me that I was not normal. That others did not think this way. But I assumed I figured it out sooner than others. I thought I was ahead of the game, sure everyone else would wake up one day wishing they had been on the same page with me.<\/p>\n

It was clear that something was off with me when it came to food and body image. You can only hide something for so long before it tumbles out of the back of the closet. After a stint in a psych hospital for depression, I was diagnosed with anorexia.<\/p>\n

Normal is enjoying food without guilt. Normal is not obsessing over every calorie consumed. I have not been normal for years, decades.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m told I don\u2019t look like I had a baby. I\u2019m told I\u2019m not overweight. But I can tell the difference. The size fours that no longer slide over my ass. The curves protruding out like buttresses around my body. Now the size sixes refusing to button. Only my thumb and index finger can reach around my wrist and touch at the tips.<\/p>\n

You focus on such specific details. The compulsion drives you nuts, but you are moved by some invisible force to pinch and poke and prod.
\nStaring into the mirror, I can no longer see my reflection. All my vision contains is TV fuzz and swirling rainbows. Yet I peer with intensity, wondering just how fat I\u2019ve become.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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