I’ve always been bullied in school because of my weight. My weight issues have also made my health poor. Every time I look at those beautiful clothes that I can’t fit, it hurts me. Every time I go out shopping with friends, I’ll just stand around and pretend that I’m not interested because I know that no matter how hard I try, the clothes I like won’t fit me. My confidence level went down.
Years went by and I still want to become an
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I’ve always been bullied in school because of my weight. My weight issues have also made my health poor. Every time I look at those beautiful clothes that I can’t fit, it hurts me. Every time I go out shopping with friends, I’ll just stand around and pretend that I’m not interested because I know that no matter how hard I try, the clothes I like won’t fit me. My confidence level went down.
Years went by and I still want to become an
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I used to be very active during my secondary school days – running, netball and mandatory fitness tests kept me skinny.
Then complacency kicked in when I started working.
I gave plenty of excuses and often used “No time” became my biggest downfall. In 2013, I ballooned to almost 70kg for my height of 158cm. My family and friends all noticed my massive weight gain. Despite knowing I had to lose weight, I did not know how. I started running without proper training
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I used to be an athlete playing two sports during secondary school – Netball and Handball. Both are highly active sports and I was training almost every day. Due to my lack of knowledge of proper food intake, I was still considered ‘fat’ by my grandparents and family.
From then on, it became tough because it felt as if I was being labelled for my body and how my size is unacceptable. I “made excuses” for myself by convincing myself that my arms
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I was obsessed with being so skinny for my pre-wedding photoshoot. I basically starved myself and counted my daily calorie intake. I capped it at 500 to 600kcal per day. As my BMR is about 1,200, it was unhealthy to do that.
I dropped to size S within 6 weeks, from 62kg to 49kg, but I was frequently feeling the lack of energy and I wasn’t happy. Even though I wore prettier clothes and my then-husband praised me, I still wasn’t happy.
My friends were concerned and when they
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