Published On:
April 3, 2009
I wouldn't eat in front of people. It had very little to do with my weight (even though, at the time, I thought I was SO fat and now I see just how not-fat I was back then, it was honestly a separate issue) and more to do with the idea that food/eating leads to things like bathrooms and bodily functions and for some odd reason I had it in my head that I just didn't want that associated with me. I couldn't get away with it in front of Mom, but at school or out with friends I was "never" hungry. Nor did I binge when I was alone, I just didn't want people to see me eat.
Granted, I got over it after high school (mostly because I had roommates and was seldom alone, etc.) but I am still a little self-conscious about eating around strangers or casual acquaintances.
7-I was semi-vegetarian in high school. (that is, no beef or pork but, to keep Mom from murdering me, I still ate chicken, turkey and seafood; I THINK it started out as an environmental reason in 9th grade but, while on Senior Externship at the Civic Center, I was at a menu meeting which included sampling the potential items for this big event coming up--I decided it would be rude to not try the gorgeous beef medalion on my plate and that was that!)
