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5 Things to Remember When You Want to Give Up on Life

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You will always regret that piece of cake. That soda. Those chips. You will never, never regret a workout. A fast. Skipping a snack. Being skinny finally.

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I would just like to say that actually, it’s quite possible to regret skinny. I have regretted workouts when they left me faint and nauseous and I could barely walk for days afterward, when my joints creaked like I was 76 instead of 16. I have regretted turning down a slice of the cake my little sister made, and I have regretted spending days mid-fast, too empty to smile and too tired to keep my head up in class, and I have regretted making up funny excuses to my friends when they ask why I’m not eating and the feeling I got when they all laughed so hard except one friend who just looked at me like she knew exactly what I was trying to hide. And I have regretted skinny. I have regretted being skinny. I have regretted watching my friends grow up bold and loud and free while I stay cold, and I have regretted seeing them laugh and love and make out in an IHOP parking lot and knowing that I can only find happiness in smaller numbers on my bathroom scale, I will never be happy the way they can be. And I have regretted standing on that scale and seeing my goal weight and feeling my chapped frozen lips curl into a smile because at last I’m getting pretty but at the same time I know that I’ve sold my whole life for this and it wasn’t worth it after all. I have regretted that feeling. I have regretted being skinny finally.

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i would also like to say, i have regretted a workout. i have regretted a fast. i have regretted skipping a snack.

i regret the workouts that took priority over exploring places on vacation, over spending time with friends, over my physical health. the ones where i literally broke my body and ended up with stress fractures. there’s no pride in working myself all the way up to weak.

i regret the fasts that reduced my ability to participate in life, the ones that diminished my motivation to be a person.

i regret the skipped snacks because they made social things awkward and convinced me i should probably stop going out altogether. because they’re one slip down the giant slide that is relapse.

most of all, i regret the time and mental energy i’ve lost to this illness. perhaps it wasn’t my choice to begin with, but now i have the chance to defy it.

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I’m just gonna jump on this train because this needs to be heard more often.

I, too, regret workouts and skipped snacks and lost pounds. I regret losing the trust of my little sister. I regret triggering the same behaviors I used in a friend who I didn’t know was struggling with them as well. I regret the exercise that took priority over movies I really wanted to watch and nights I wanted to spend relaxing with my family. I regret every moment I spent unable to take in the incredible world in front of me because I was too. damn. hungry to appreciate anything in this amazing life.

OP, I can’t predict what you will regret someday. But please don’t tell me what I’ll regret, because I’ve long since proven the opposite to be true.

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“It is never a selfish act to care for yourself.”

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• Stay hydrated, my friends! • If you are hungry, grab a snack. • Refill your water glass or bottle if it’s running low. •Get up and use the facilities if you need to. Don’t hold it!

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