No matter how much I dieted...
How much I worked out...
Or what size my body was…

I always felt ugly.

Growing up I wasn’t the type of girl that cried. But inside I was being eaten away by feelings of being unwanted. Feelings of zero self worth. Feelings of not being good enough.

Being bullied by a mean girl at school was horrendous.  My skin tone, seemed to give her a reason to treat me less than the other girls who had a lighter complexion. ⠀

The result?  

I was nauseated by the girl who looked back at me in the mirror.