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The instant I lifted my head and faced my reflection, I had the same reaction I’d had for too many years--my heart proceeded to pluust

There she was Lexington Lexington Hart The girl with toounattractive, froly spray of freckles on her nose

She was disgusting

She was fat

We can iton Just let me in We can reach perfection

My hands balled to fists on the lip of the sink as I fought the de behindit over my hips and my feet Next came ain weak

Tears fell fro at the tiled floor It was the hardest thing to do Facing the real me

My cured body

One… two… three… four… I counted internally, bracing myself for what I’d see today Would I look better? Fatter? Thinner? Worse than ever?

Snapping open reen eyes, I met my bare refection and just stared My eyes swelled ater and my hand instinctively lifted to my collarbone It was plumper than it should’ve been It was once the , defined… visible But not anyers walked to the top of er pinched at the flesh of my bicep I had to stifle a sob at how much fat I could pull

Once all I could pull was skin But not anyhing and my head whipped around to scour the room There was nobody there, and chills ran down ht It isat how ly effect of your gluttony too… I can see it in your eyes

I physically froze

Let et you back to where you should be To where you know you want to be Just let me back in Give me the reins Hand yourself tocontrolled like a puppet, my hands ran over an tapping frantically at the skin There was too much fat I should be able to feel up to ten ribs, but I could only feel six No! I could only feel six