I was born with severe scoliosis and a heart condition. I didn't grow very well when I was young. When I was 22 months old, the doctor fused my spine, and this prevented my torso from growing, but it also stopped me from getting even more crooked.
I never thought about my weight at all until I was 18. I went to live with a host family in the US and the mother wouldn't go food shopping and if she found food in the house she threw it out. I was hungry a lot and noticed my weight going down, before I returned home my weight had gone down to 98lbs.
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Ever since I had my first child I've had problems with my size. Its not that I'm huge. Its just that I feel like my body isn't the same as it used to be.
Not like I have huge boobs or anything. Just that my stomach kinda looks different. And it makes me feel fat. Plus my legs make me feel fat. They are not what I want them to be. I do situps and I do leg work outs. I'm not starving my self or anything, though I did for a while after she was born. I got up to 170 pounds with my first baby. [only baby]. Now I am back to my regular weight [130] - [133]. I am okay with my weight now. It's just my stomach makes me feel like I'm fat. Which I know I'm not, it's just in my head I suppose.