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Positive shrinking

Looking at my body, I sighed at my wobbly tummy and thighs.

Then, I carefully counted all the calories I'd eaten that day in my head.

No sweets later on, I thought.

But I wasn't a bride-to-be or a new mum wanting to fit back into her jeans.

It was summer 1975 and I was a 9-year-old girl.

Already bigger than my friends, I was obsessed with changing that.

I'd feel ashamed when we all lined up for PE and I'd see my big thighs against their skinny

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