| Show r Iry nr 1 4 vi "14 " LYNN MINTON REPORTS: FRESH VOICES® 'Can't you see what you're doing to yourself?' Recently we talked with Ann Abel 19 of Albuquerque NM a teenager who went from 135 1 f 70 to pounds and is now at 95 pounds ik:t A ) still battling 4s with anorexia 4 i —an eating disorder that t' affects more '1 ''' ' t than 150000 1 teenage girls 11 ?77'‘71and a small le' number of teenage boys Lynn Minton: How did it all Ann Abel in July '92 at 80 pounds beginP Ann: The summer before my junior year in high school I weighed 135 and wanted to lose 5 or 10 pounds I had my wisdom teeth out and I couldn't eat for a week and I lost 5 pounds I was really happy about that getting compliments and all So 1 thought I would lose a couple more And a couple more By Thanksgiving people started telling me I was too thin I never stopped eating—I just stopped snacking and then I developed this incredible aversion to eating rich fattening food The idea of swallowing a bowl of ice cream became just repulsive Thick and gooey and creamy and sliding down my throat LM: What could have triggered all this? Ann: I was putting a lot of pressure on myself academically and in everything I did and that included losing the weight I was a perfectionist I was really proud of my self control I could pass up this tempting dessert that everyone else wanted Actually I fit the model for anorexia very well: I come from this nice family I was seventh in my class of 450 academically and I was pretty and popular At the same time I was taking a lot of teasing about being voluptuous I remember that word I carried a lot of my weight in my chest and I was uncomfortable about that and the comments I was getting By the second half of my junior year and all of my senior year I was seeing a therapist Last fall I began going to college in Houston and I dropped some more weight Then right after Christmas break I woke up in my dorm room in the middle of the night and just began to cry knowing that 1 was too weak to a I t- N '‘ :s The Waverly Fall Sale Bring home savings on Waverly wallpaper and save on this Waverly tote bag Brighten the hall Transform your favorite room Or redo the whole house But don't wait because all your favorite patterns are on sale now! For a limited time only WAVE R LY With proof of a 6 roll minimum purchase this Waverly tote bag is yours by mail at a special price of $999 YOUR LOCAL iVAVERLY DEALERS ? - 75- upper-middle-cla- CVAR'S FULLER PAINT 359 S Main 'Bountiful UT COLOR CENTER 2291 East 48th S REN'S PAINT 81 41 South State Midvale UT HOLLADAY Holladay UT BRISTOL FLOOR DESIGN 601 West 1700 South Logan UT WALLPAPER WAREHOUSE 6212 S State Street JONES PAINT & GLASS 170 N 100 West Provo UT 'CLASSIC TRENDS INTERIORS 1981 E 4800 S Salt Lake City UT Murry UT WEBER PAINT 8 GLASS 222 W 36th Street Ogden UT HOME SHOW INTERIORS 8955 S 1300 W West Jordan UT PAGE 22 SEPTEMBER 12 1993 ss PARADE MAGAZINE |
