Number one mum

Hiding away in the bathroom at my mum’s house, I found her scales.

There they are, I thought to myself.

It was time to see if I’d put on even more weight since the last time I had come to visit.

I didn’t own any scales at my own house.

Staring down at the numbers as they shot up, I was devastated to see that I was even bigger than I had anticipated I would be.

I knew that I’d been pretty unhealthy recently and thought I’d see that I was 20st.

To my horror, I wasn’t.

The digits settled at a whopping 21st exactly.

Oh no, I thought to myself as my heart dropped.

It was December 2019 and I’d been struggling with overeating since I