Oh Patricia; just read your blog there!
It really touched my heart actually; I found it really moving.
Like you I think my problems began when I was around 9/10 too;
I'm actually lighter now than I was then.
I blame my 'cereal' habit for a lot of it;-Cornflakes in particular!
I was very active too, not lazy but just had a huge appetite. Obviously I'd go to some lengths to get my hands on sweets also!!
I also visited my uncle once for maybe 8 days; who brought in nice things for me for my visit; (I remember a lot of chocolate biscuits,,lol) I think I must have shocked him when I practically ate him out of house and home...
At another relatives house, I ate ALL their chocolate biscuits and got badly scolded for it! I was so ashamed!
When I came home from my Uncles house; my Mother couldn't get over my weight gain & called me
her 'little rolleen of butter' & like a 'little barrel'... {Irish people tend to put -een to the end of a lot of words}
I can see the funny side now but I was devastated.
I also threw an absolute hissy fit when I could no longer fit into my favourite blue jeans. I remember my Dad trying to be very reassuring that 'I was just big boned like him'....
. He died then in a car accident when I was 10 & I suppose I was like a little drug addict for sweets after that.
School was like a little bear pit & I was constantly in fights & just on the receiving end of a whole lot of nastiness!!
I think it does change you as a person; it affects your personality too.
Thanks so much for sharing your experiences; The whole weight journey can feel so long & lonely at times & your progress & endurance is so inspiring.
I've decided this is my way to go for life now too!!!
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