This is for all of you that might be going through a rough time with eating disorders.

When I was 15 I started to feel the need of not eating because I was overweight and all of my friends were skinny. I would go through WEEKS of only consuming water, ice and raw egg whites while doing 3 hours of intense exercise a day. I was losing weight like crazy and the worst part is: my mom supported me on that. She would BRAG about how much weight I was losing. She was PROUD of my eating disorder.

I took about 3 or maybe 4 pictures of my body in those 3 years, because although I looked skinny I felt horrible about myself and was constantly ashamed of my body.

I am now overweight again (even bigger than I used to be when I first stopped eating), but I’ve never been happier and more confident in my own skin. It’s not about how you look, it’s about how you feel. Whether you are skinny or not, make sure you are happy with it. It is not easy to love yourself and specially through your teenage years is gonna be hard. But don’t seek anyone’s approval and be confident with who you are.

If you want to change yourself, by all means, do it. But do it in a healthy way and because you want to. Stop listening to other people’s opinions about you. It’s just their opinion