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we have the story of a young woman named Randy Wilson. This is her story. It starts with an

eating disorder and goes straight to motherhood.

And Chrissy brings us this story, and it begins with Randy Wilson.

So I ended up moving to Florida, and I lived with this aunt of mine, and she lived in a retirement community.

So I was down there by myself.

I didn't have anyone that I knew. And I didn't make

friends right off the bat. And that's abnormal for me because I'm just, I'm really bubbly. I'm

outspoken. I'm an extrovert. I wasn't doing good in school. My grades started to slip. I was not

praying every day like I used to. It kind of just brought me more into a depression.

So my aunt Alice introduced me to a family friend of hers who had a son who was around my age.

So we hit it off right away. And next thing you know, we started dating. And he was really into fitness and crossfit and very

kind of obsessive over nutrition and exercise. And I've always been small. I've been petite my entire life.

So I wasn't really too concerned with my weight. I guess being around him so much and him talking about and everything, then I

suddenly felt the need to get on that ball to. I started putting more attention and focus on getting

fit and starting to go to the gym and paying more attention to nutrition when I was eating. But I've

never done that before. So I didn't really know the healthy way to do that. So I just started going at it with what I assumed was the healthy way.

I was like, okay, well, I'll just start going to the gym and eating less.

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