I’m A Fat Camp Survivor

Food was no longer something that nourished our bodies. It was a reward for mastering control of them.

 

      

     

   

I don’t think that they even considered the concept that someone could be fat and still happy.

   

    

    

 

But even the thought that “nothing tastes as good as thin feels” could make me ignore the hunger pains.

Food was no longer something that nourished our bodies. It was a reward for mastering control of them.

  

We were privileged, entitled, and fortunate — yet we felt deprived, powerless, and controlled.

    

   

 

 

Christine Schoenwald has had pieces in The Los Angeles Times, Salon, Purple Clover, Your Tango, XoJane, and is a regular writer for Bustle. In her spare time, she performs in spoken word shows all over Los Angeles.

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