Chapter 18

Now we spend the last two weeks in the dormitory and then we go home for the holidays. In the meantime, we are tuning into the festive mood here as well and everyone has stopped playing sports. However, our organization was not prepared for this.

When I got home from my last workout today, Kate greeted me with an apple pie. Since there were two of us, I got one half and Kate got the other half. It was very tasty, but our stomachs swelled because we ate quite a lot. Already at the beginning of the week, the jeans were tight and we were always waiting to unbutton them. But now that every meal is a hamburger or some restaurant food, we have increased the burden on our stomach even more. Fortunately, it was a relief to see that everyone outside the buffet was walking the river in unbuttoned jeans. We didn't get to the point of unbuttoning it because we were ashamed, but the button on my jeans popped off in the first week. I had to wear a new pair of jeans. This cycle of constant eating became unstoppable. The students organized more and more parties where they brought lots of sweets and chips. We also participated in the parties and we didn't miss a snack either. During this time, Nysha didn't do sports either, she hung out with us almost the whole time, so she ate as much as we did, Evangeline was also with us, but she accumulated almost all the calories on herself. Evangeline started to lose weight and it seemed as if her little belly had grown too. In the last week, I was curious about our weights and so I opened the notebook. Kate is not 150 but 154.7 pounds and Evangelinr is 140 and Nysha is 143.6 and what is surprising is that Samantha also gained weight, 127 pounds. And finally, at 152.9 pounds, I actually weigh 153 pounds, so I'm considered overweight.

I was very ashamed and cried alone in my room. Now I belong to the group of girls with bellies, as both Kate and Nysha are approaching this weight. Now even the doctor says it's unhealthy. I never wanted to get to this point, to have a belly that makes it hard to close my jeans
and have to fight.

When the last week ended, I packed my things and fell asleep because my parents are coming to pick me up the next day and I'm going home. I was last seen in August because I had to improve in one of the subjects, so I stayed here and now that I practically got a freshman grade of 40, I have to go home to my sister, who will laugh at me. The next day, when my parents arrived, I was so ashamed that I sucked in my stomach the whole way.