The next year we moved to a new school district. This brought changes for me. By fourth grade I had ballooned up to 80 lbs. Much to my embarrassment the school nurse announced my weight in front of a classmate and said I was getting heavy.
Food and I had a new friend: Television. Television was constantly with us from when we got home from school until bedtime. The only time television wasn't with us was when I was reading.
Food and I were forced to break up with Television when my mom married the man who adopted me (my dad). No television except for the weekends and summer. For a long time I blamed dad for the changes I was forced to go through. New school, new house, a whole new set of rules.
It was 1980 and my worst fears were that my new father would would not like me nor accept my weight.
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