Living with obesity: 'Love yourself, no matter what size you are'

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Living with obesity: 'Love yourself, no matter what size you are'
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When an 8-year-old Patricia Eagles overheard a doctor say she should lose weight, that was the moment she began dieting. — via healthing_ca ObesityCan ObesityMatters DiabetesCanada healthing equality acceptance

Ingredients like aspartame and sucralose are often thought to be as unhealthy as sugar , but research shows that sugar substitutes offer a an alternative for those looking to lose weight.We moved from Montreal to Calgary in the ‘70s and my mom sent me to school in a tunic. That was what we wore in Montreal, but they wore jeans in Calgary. The whole class laughed when I walked in the door. There was a popular doll around that time called Flatsy-Patsy.

I also had this image when I was in high school that I was supposed to be thin. Because I thought I was overweight, I was constantly dieting trying to get skinny, but when I look at [photos of] myself in high school I probably didn’t need to. I was active, did running, stuff like that. A lot of it was my view of myself and then I sort of made it happen. I have chronic depression, which I believe started around 16 or 17. When I was in my early 30s, it got bad and that’s when I really started eating. I gained about 100 pounds in a year. I binged on chocolate bars, pasta, cheese, bread, fried foods, pizza. I would eat healthy food too, but that’s not what I binged on. I was basically self-medicating. Then I would try not to eat anything, and I would be very hungry so I’d eat.

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