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'I didn't know how to stop'

By Andrea Valachovic
ESPNRISE.com

Monday, October 13, 2008

As I stepped off the scale, the look on the nurse's face was something I had grown used to seeing -- it was a combination of anguish and dread, which I had taught myself to ignore. I still remember sitting in a big comfy chair when she walked in. The nurse's face was void of emotion when she looked at me. She didn't introduce herself. Rather, she looked at me and said in all seriousness, "You weigh less than a typical 12-year-old girl." Yikes. "Instead of seeing a beautiful 24-year-old young wom ...

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