To think "hurrah" when Pauline Quirke admits that when she was huge it was down to general greediness!

[hubbabubbabubba]

Just sick of people not being honest!
i dont believe in people being a size 0 at all, but surely being that large is not good for your health.
She has done brilliantly!

I did LL and lost 6 and a half stone in 2008 after being fat since the age of 7. The counselling was amazing and just having a 'break' from food helped me so much. The reintroduction of food was slow and managed (and yes, started with cold turkey).

However my weight is always a struggle. In the last year I've put some back on, now I'm pregnant and all I can hear in my head are the voices on MN saying I am irresponsible and selfish. I want so much to have a healthy body for my child but as with any addiction it's not always possible to make that judgement call every time. I am determined and want to eat healthily and exercise during my pregnancy but in the mean time the shame and the guilt I feel for not keeping it up over the last year is overwhelming. Every time I go out in public I feel disgusting. Every time I see a healthcare professional I expect to be vilified (they have all been amazing and supportive so far). But there is no getting away from the fact that when I am in the darkest places of my brain, the only thing that seems to numb the pain and hold back the fear is the cheap taste of fat and sugar.

I've been fat and I've been thin, honey, and believe me, thin is better.