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MY NAME VALY. NICE MEETING YOU.
OK, I'M ONE THSCIENTISTS HERE, OK?
WE WORK ON LEVEL SYSTEM HERE.
THAT MEANS THAT EVERY PATIENT WHO ENTERS
COMES IN AT LEVEL ON
LEVEL ONE IS KIND OFHE BASE,
D THEN YOU MOVE UP THE LEVELS.
FERENT
AND IF YOU GET PUSHED DOWN A VEL,
IT A DIFF
BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOWARDS A POSIVE DIRECTION.
WHEN I WAS 7, MY MHER TOOK ME
TO THE PEDIATRICIAN FOR--
I THINK IT WAS AN EAR INFEION OR SOMETHING,
AND THE DIATRICIAN SAID,
"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT YO DAUGHTER'S WEIGHT?"
HAT AM I GOING TO DO ABOUT HER WEIGHT
EIGHT?"
AND HE SAID, "WELL, SHE'S FAT."
D HE SAID, "SHE'S FAT."
"SHE'S 7EARS OLD. THIS IS BABY FAT."
THEY STARTEDE WITH A DIETICIAN AT AGE 7.
I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY IT WAS 1,000-CALIE MEAL PLAN,
AND AFTER I TOOK O 6 POUNDS,
THEY GAVE ME A SNOOPY NOTEBOO
AND I THOUGHT TH WAS THE GREATEST THING
BECAUSE IT W POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT.
THOUGHT, "HEY, THIS IS GREAT."
YOU GOING TO SMILE FOR ?
EVY FEW WEEKS OR SO, I WOULD BINGE AND PUE.
I WOULD JUST DO ITVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR 3, 4 DA,
ANIT USUALLY WOUND UP RESULTING IN DEHRATION
AND HOITALIZATION BECAUSE I WOULD ALSO USEIURETICS,
USE HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE AND LAXATIVES AND ENEMAS AND IPECAC.
I COULD TELL Y ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR BINGE.
THERE WAS NOTHING ENJOYABLE ABOUT .
I STARTED OUT THAT MORNIG AT DUNN' DONUTS,
AND I HAD TTEN A DOZEN DONUTS.
I WENT TO BURGER KING AND HAD GOEN 3 BISCUITS
ANMAYBE, LIKE, A BACON AND CHEESE CROISSANT
THEN I WENT TO McDONALDS
AND ORDERED A FEW BREAKFAST ITEMS, AS WELL.
AND THEN I WENT BY THE GROCERY STOR
AND PICKED UP A FEW ITEMS FOR AFTER BREAKFT--
EAM.
I DON'T KNOW, THESE LITT PASTRY THINGS
AND PEANUT BUTTER AND MARSHMLOWS.
I WENT HOME AND HAD THE DONUTS
AND THE BRKFASTS FROM McDONALDS AND BURGER KING,
BUT AT THAT POINT, WAS SO STUFFED,
TO DIE.
I THINK I HAD CHEST PAS, AND I...
I PURGED AND THEN HAD THE REST OIT,
AND THEN FOR LUNCH...
WENT OUT AND DID IT AIN.
ANY RESTCTING?
YEAH. IT'S USUALLY RESTRICTING.
I TRY TO KEE MY CALORIES...
UNDER 200 A DAY.
I TRIESO HARD TO FIND SATISFACTION
THROUGH OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT
BUT NOTHING MEASURED UP TO THIS ONE,
AND I REMEER AT ONE POINT YEARS AGO THINKING, "SBE IT.
"I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT I REALLY WANT.
"THIS IS THENE THING THAT I WANT SO BAD.
"I JUST WANT TO BE THIN...
"SO IF IT TAKES DYING TO GET THERE...
"SO BE IT.
AT LEAST I'LL GET THERE."