MamasHealth.com Home I'm Not Healthy A Little Less Lonely Finding Justification How I Dealt With Grief I Deny It I Would Not Eat I'm Not Healthy It Was A Game Love/Hate Relationship My Bulimia Story My Embarrassing Problem My Eyes Opened Never Be The Same On My Journey Promise Myself Resembled A Ten Year Old Stages of Bulimia Tears of Hurt, Who Am I? Unclassified Eating Disorder Waiting for My Angel Why Not! Yes, I Can Relate Links Email Mama Addiction stories Anorexia stories Athletic stories Bulimia stories Eating Disorder Family and friends stories Help Me! Herpes stories I'm not healthy stories Medical disease stories Medications and eating disorders Migraine stories Mother stories Recovered Anorexic Recovered Bulimic Recovered Eating Disorder Self esteem stories The Letter "C" Weight stories Mama's Inspirational quotes Mama's Motivational pledges Mama's Health quotes Mama's Poem	Why Not! I was always in very good shape as a child. I was always out with friends, playing sports, and eating regularly. When I started High School, I was about the same size as all the other girls in school. I started dating on and off and then I started dating a guy I stayed with for three years. The first year was good. We hung out with friends and went outside and did things together. But then the second year of us dating, we became this couple where we liked being alone. Hanging out at either of our houses. Watching movies, cooking dinner, and blowing off our friends. That is when I started gaining weight and so did he. He made me drop all the friends I had and stop playing sports. I was only to hang out with him. At that time I thought "why not", I thought I loved him so I did it. Within the second year of us dating, I went from weighing 120 all the way up to 140 then 145, 150 and then finally I hit 155. I started hating myself for how I looked and I blamed myself. I started exercising and working out again, but I was in the habit of eating fast food and not doing anything but hanging around the house. I didn't have enough energy. I started not eating at all. This went on and off for awhile, but then I started not eating all the time. I was disgusted with myself for eating a sandwhich during my school lunch hour, so I would make myself throw it up, and not eat anything else for the rest of the day. Now, I am single, and I have a serious eating disorder. I thought I was doing the right thing, but now I am more unhealthy than I was when I had gained those 20 pounds. Share your story	Sign up for our Email Newsletter For Email Marketing you can trust
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