FAT GIRL Quotes

“Over the years, I tried to end that friendship many times. In my heart, I knew the dependency was the reason I was miserable. But she had such a hold on me that letting her go seemed impossible.”
― Leigh Carron, FAT GIRL

“I had this love–hate relationship with food. Although my compulsion was destroying me, it was also my friend. She helped me through every difficulty in my life. She was my comfort, the only constant I could depend on. And even when she made my weight yo-yo up and down and made me hate myself, I still depended on her.”
― Leigh Carron, FAT GIRL

“My self-esteem being what it was, I thought they were right. Fat to me was something unattractive, unlovable, and unwanted. I’d flip through fashion magazines and pick out a model and pretend that was me. I just knew if I looked that beautiful, someone would love me.”
― Leigh Carron, FAT GIRL

“wore baggy clothes and kept a low profile to make myself as invisible as I could. And ate in secret to fill the emptiness and comfort the pain. As an adult, I’m still aware of the unfair bias that comes in the form of disapproving looks or the comment, Such a pretty face, as if the rest of me has failed.”
― Leigh Carron, Fat Girl