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ith the holidays only struggle with these very issues, includ- to Tennessee, where she decided to try months away, there is ing her battle with anorexia and improve her condirion, prioritizing a buzz of excitement Brock recalled her self esteem is- eating. She attributed her struggle to in the air. Halloween candy, Thanks- sues starting in high school “I stopped the diet culture in her house and having giving meals, and countless Christmas eating in high school my sophomore a mother and sisters who all wished for treats leave everyone’s mouth a “perfect body”. watering. Leading into the new “Nobody even noticed the year, these holiday indulgences extreme weight loss because of “I Stopped Eating coincide with people making the baggy clothing I wore. My In High School My self-esteem was pretty much at New Year’s resolutions, resulting in two common undertakbottom.” Sophomore Year.” rockHer ings: working out and losing freshman year of colweight. lege, she devoted herself to gym While there is a healthy way to year. This is when I moved to Florida, culture. “I wanted a change, so I started work out and lose weight, the influ- and my self image worsened,” she said. going to the gym and eating more,” she ence of pop culture and diet culture can Eating just a granola bar a day dropped said. Making time for the gym in her life worm its way into young minds. Alexis her bodyweight to just 109 lbs at its helped her to slowly see a change in her Brock, a junior at Tech, described her lowest. Her senior year she moved back body and self image.
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