Watch Woman Who Suffered From Anorexia Share Her Story!
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A woman who had been suffering from anorexia since she was 15 years old has spoken out about her eating disorder and revealed how she managed to escape death and give birth to kids of her own twenty years after the disorder left her hospitalized.
36-year-old Vicki Carter from Stockport, Greater Manchester, developed anorexia at the age of 15 after experiencing glandular fever that left her hospitalized on multiple occasions.
As the woman admitted, she became obsessed with exercising and wouldn’t eat for days in a row until she plummeted from 126 pounds to 56 pounds.
Gripped by a severe form of anorexia, Vicki refused to let her parents feed her and was given no more than two weeks to live at her lowest point.
After being forcefully fed, Vicki sued the staff and her own parents to stop them from feeding her. Fortunately, however, she lost the case, allowing her parents to feed her by force and save her life.
20 years later, the woman has proudly spoken out about her past and revealed she now not only has a great relationship with food but is also a happy mother.
“I was 15 when I first got anorexia, I was going through that transition period with exams at school. I had glandular fever, I lost my appetite and never got it back – something just took over. I started getting up at 6am to do aerobics and would eat as little as possible,” Vicki expressed.
“Now I have a great relationship with food – my attitude to eating is as different as it could possibly be. I eat normally, I enjoy takeaways and meals out with family and friends and with my partner Dan and I roll my eyes if I hear one of my friends say they are dieting or counting calories – life is too short.
“Being a parent has definitely helped my recovery. I like to think my kids could come and talk to me if they had any problems.
“My family now definitely feels like a blessing, it feels like the anorexia and court case was something which happened to someone else.”
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