Now Helen’s no longer ‘the fat sister’
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Helen Williams, 37, Llanelli, South Wales
Sitting at the dining table, my tummy was rumbling. Having Sunday dinner at my mum’s was a family tradition, even long after me and my sister Alison, now 36, had left home.
‘I’ve been looking forward to this all week,’ I said.
‘Me, too, can’t beat Mum’s roast,’ Alison agreed.
But when dinner was served, I paused.
Looking down at mine and my sister’s plates, it was hard not to notice the difference.
Hers had a couple of slices of lean meat and one potato, with piles of healthy veg.
Meanwhile, mine didn’t have a single green bean on it.
Instead, I had a mountain of greasy roasties and loads of meat drowned in gravy.
It was hardly surprising... I was ‘the fat sister’.
Bad habits
Ever since we were teenagers, Alison had eaten healthily. Had a slim, trim bod.
Whereas I’d pigged out on bread smothered with butter, endless biccies – and I hadn’t touched a vegetable for years. My bad habits meant I’d ballooned to over 21st, size-26.
I’d secretly always wished I could be skinny like Alison, but I lacked the courage to do anything about it.
However, a few months after that Sunday lunch in 2008, the whole family went on holiday to Jamaica for a wedding.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 06 2017 من Pick Me Up !.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 06 2017 من Pick Me Up !.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
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