The minute I clicked ‘Enter’ I knew I’d done something incredibly stupid. How could I have been taken in by an Instagram ad, for anything , let alone diet pills ? I felt disgusted with myself, even as the disgust mingled with an unmistakable tinge of excitement and curiosity – surely after more than twenty-five years of experience with diet culture bullshit, and at least a decade of continuous counter-culture reprogramming, I must know better? But, well...knowing better didn’t stop me. I figured five bucks was a cheap price for a very unlikely potential payoff. I went to lie down on our hotel bed with my boyfriend, who was zoned out in front of his own phone, half-listening to an episode of The Simpsons and trying to digest all the rich food we’d been eating on our trip to New Orleans. I didn’t want to admit what I’d done; I knew he would be disappointed in me, and frustrated with my continued negative body image. We’ve discussed it a hundr...
Life after Gastric Bypass surgery