be the very best. But in a world that will try to knock you down you

must have the strength to survive the final round. Growing up today

you have to be wise because its hard to tell the truth when its

covered by the lies. The world can be cruel and the world can be

kind, but you had better step up or you'll be left behind.

This is some of a poem that one of my friends from my support group

had shared on the first day. But I shouldn't get to far ahead of

myself, my name is Ender Olson, and I suffer from a very serious

disorder, it is called anorexia. Some may say that anorexia is not that

serious, but it changed my life, and many others.

It started around when I was 13, I had never really had to worry

about my weight, I had a fast digestive system, and I never seemed

to gain weight. But when I hit puberty things seemed to change. My

body was growing, and I started to put on weight, but this didn't

to start I just didn't eat breakfast, no problem. It worked my result's

I was hot, so I took off my shirt, first mistake. The girls sitting across

you can't know what it's like, the need to be small, to not have a

no idea what they were saying. So I did the class but as I got out of

down, up, down, up, down, up, but then all of a sudden the weight

breaking all of my rib, and fracturing my arm, but that left me stuck in

way, and that was the first time a person ever called me fat, and I

I started to work out at camp. Weights at the Fitness area, running

the water I was behind the two girls. They were laughing, the first

Some common words found in the essay are:
Ender Olson, Drink Nibble, Weights Fitness, , weight hit, gain weight, didn't eat,
Approximate Word count = 836
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)