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Too big to bonk

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My weight was harming more than my health

Opening my phone, I gasped at the text.

I'm sorry, you're lovely, it's just your size.

It was January 2007 and I'd been out with a bloke the night before.

We'd met speed dating.

Only, he didn't want to see me again.

It wasn't the first time I'd been rejected after a man had seen me in person.

It was hurtful.

At a size 22, I knew I was big.

I'd always been on the chunkier size.

But after my son Nathan was born in 2000 my weight had crept up more.

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