Grandma Said I Was Fat

Published: Sept. 2, 2019, 2:25 a.m.

Jill\u2019s life focused daily on how much she felt she should or should not be eating, and how her diet would affect her body size. She would worry constantly that if she ate just a bit too much at one meal, she would get fat; she would refrain from eating for the rest of the day.\xa0 Jill thinks it started in childhood, when her very trim grandmother would make comments to her about her weight.\xa0 Because of that Jill, would sneak junk food out of shame.\xa0 As she grew into her teens, she would eat secretly, praying nobody would see her.