Chapter 1
11:30 on a Saturday in April
Mariana rolled over in her bed and looked at the clock. She loved sleeping in on the weekends. She noticed that Callie wasn't in her bed. She got up and walked to the bathroom. After she brushed her teeth she saw a scale and decided to step on.
Mariana's POV: 'I haven't weighed myself in a while, I guess I'll see'.
131. 'Hmm, I thought I was around 120 the last time I went to the doctor. It's only been a couple months, how the hell have I gained 11 pounds?'
She went over to the mirror and stared at herself. She lifter her shirt up and saw fat on her stomach and thought her arms looked too big. "That's it, I'm going on a diet."
Back in her room, she got out a notebook and wrote:
My diet journal
starting weight: 131
goal weight: 115
Next she went on her laptop and typed: how to lose 16 pounds
She found healthy recipes and websites with health information. She bookmarked some pages to read later.
She got dressed and went downstairs. It was around 12 by now, but she poured herself a mug of coffee. Jesus and Jude were watching TV and eating chips. She felt her stomach pipe up since she missed breakfast. She got out a bowl and poured in some yogurt and put some strawberries and granola on top. She sat at the table and looked up pictures of skinny girls on her phone as she ate. When she finished she went upstairs and printed the pictures out and taped them in her diet journal.
A couple hours later it was time for dinner. Her moms called everyone into the kitchen and Mariana looked at the table. There was a big bowl of spaghetti and garlic bread. She took a scoop of pasta and a slice of bread and ate as slow as she could while listening to everyone around her talk. When she finished eating she went upstairs to take a shower. She stepped on the scale again to see if it had changed.
132. 'Oh my god how is that even possible, its been like 6 hours since I weighed myself. I need to try harder tomorrow.' She watched TV until she got tired and went to bed.