The difficult realisation that I was, indeed, a fatty.

This was me, June 2009 - a fat, miserable 16 year old, weighing a mammoth 176lbs - strutting my "stuff" in sizes 16/18. It took me to get this big to realise I was going to eat myself to an early grave if I didn't change my eating habits. Looking at this photo makes me feel ashamed, embarrassed and disgusted. I will NEVER let myself go back to this.

I'm posting this to keep myself motivated. If I can see what I was and what I never want to look like again, it may help me stay on track on days where I'm struggling with cravings and lack of motivation.