Eating Disorder Draft Essay

Eating disorders are a group of serious conditions in which you're so preoccupied with food and weight that you can often focus on little else. There is no single cause of an eating disorder, but the concern about their weight and body images are factors of why they get this disorder. Another cause from this disorder is having cultural or family pressures that get to them that they are to fat or eating too much. Binging, Anorexia, and Bulimia are all types of eating disorders that are very serious conditions, but also you have a choice of having it or not.

You are given the choice of having an eating disorder. No one forces you to have it, but at the same time its what you want to do with your life. Eating disorders develop over time, meaning that if they have acknowledged them starting to have this disorder, they could have a choice of trying to stop themselves from making it worst. Another reason why you have an eating disorder is from emotional or mental issues. People with eating disorders might have an unreasonable and unreal expectation on how they should look.

Having an eating disorder is very serious, but not everyone thinks it is. People that have this disorder sometimes don’t know how important it is to have this disorder. This disorder has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. People with this disorder need to be more serious if they have it. Only 1 in 10 men and women with eating disorders received treatment. Not many people thing that this disorder is a serious problem, but honestly this disorder is 12 times higher than the death rate associated with all causes of death for females 15-24 years old. 81% of kids are caring about what they look like at a very young age of 10.

Lot’s of people around the world have an eating disorder, but not many people know it. Right here in the United States alone, has up to 24 million Americans are affected this eating disorder. Some of the ways you can tell that you have an eating disorder is by losing your hair, secretive eating, to cold to fast, etc. Over one-half of teenage girls and nearly one- third boys use of unhealthy weight control behaviors. Some of the unhealthy weight control behaviors boys and girls do in order to watch their weights is by skipping meals, so they wouldn’t think they could get fat.

 Having an eating disorder is when you have Binging, Anorexia, and Bulimia, which are all very serious disorders that you choose to have or not to have. Millions of people around the world have this disorder and many of them don’t even know it. Although this disorder is by choice, we should be more careful of on the things we choose to do, such as not eating and making your self-purge. Once you know that you are starting to have different eating habits, you should ask your doctor about it or go online to search about it. Overall, we should all make the right decisions on eating, and not care what other people think about the way you look because everyone is special in their own way. 

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College Essay- Draft 1

            Many people have super heroes, or famous people that they look up to, but not me. The one person I look up to the most in my life is my grandma who I call “Nana”. She is the shining star in my life. One of the most important lessons she taught me was to never take life for granted, and live life to the fullest. I thank her for everything she has done and taught me, because without her life lessons, I would not be the person I am today.      

            She taught me how important it is to be neat and organized all the time. Ever since I was an infant she always taught me how to be clean, neat, and organized. My family would tease me on how I was a little mini- me of nana, because I would clean the house just like her. In the beginning I would despise cleaning up after myself, but after about the hundredth time of hearing her tell me to clean this and that, I found myself doing it on my own. From this habit of being neat and organized since I was a toddler, it has helped me till this day. Being organized has helped me out a lot for school, sports, and everyday life. I know for a fact, that in college you have to always be on the top of things, and keep all your papers in order.

             I look up to my nana because I find her one of the humblest people in the world. For the time I had with her everywhere I went together all she did was take care of the people surrounding her, no matter who they were. I admire her so much for doing so, and I am slowly trying to be just like her. She always told me to help out where it’s needed. I learned that its rude not to help out, either if your at home or at a friends place. So everywhere I go, I ask everyone if they need help doing something when ever or where ever we are. My nana also taught me to never be greedy, and that we should always share. One of the most important things my nana taught me was to do what you love. As soon as I played my first year of club volleyball at the age of 12, I automatically fell in love with the sport. After playing club volleyball for two years, it was time to try out for high school volleyball. When I was trying out for high school volleyball I was very nervous, but the one thing that kept me at a positive attitude was my nana’s words saying “ Never give up, and do what you love.” and that’s exactly what I did. With that positive attitude I made the Moanalua High School JV volleyball team, and now at the time as a sophomore I am on the blue varsity team. From this experience I will never think negative of what I can and cannot do.

            I wish I could’ve thanked her for helping me become the person I am today. She means so much to me that ever since I was a baby, she taught me right from wrong. 

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Coming of Age- 1st Draft

Coming Of Age Essay

            I’m peacefully writing my thank you cards for my birthday presents, while mom is on the side of me watching TV. I hear the TV volume slowly decreasing and she says we are moving houses, and I said “okay” because I knew it was eventually going to happened. Next she told me she was getting married, which made me start to get a little mad, confused, and surprised. I then start asking her questions like “when are you getting married?”, “When did John ask you?”, and “Are you sure you want to get married?”. After hearing about mom going to get married I hear her softly under her breath say she was pregnant. I thought she was joking so I told her to “Shut up” repeatedly when finally she told me she wasn’t joking and I saw her touch her stomach and that was when I freaked out.

            I asked mom “ Are you sure your getting married?” and her response was yes!  I couldn’t get that through my head for the longest time. I was still processing that mom is pregnant. After hearing all the big news that was happening I ran to my room with no further questions and slammed my door behind me. I jumped to lay on my bed and had so many questions running through my head, debating if I wanted to ask them or not. A few minutes later mom came into my room asking me what my problem was and why I stammered off into my room without saying anything. All I could tell to her was that I had nothing to say. And our conversation ended there.

            The following day when she woke me up it wasn’t the same. I could tell she was mad from the tone of her voice. But like a stubborn child I acted like nothing happened until she stopped me while walking out the door to go to school, she said to me “Are you sure you still don’t have anything to talk about?” and as usual my answer was “No”.  I felt like I was in a dream and couldn’t wake up. All I could think about was what my life was going to be like in the future with all these new changes happening.

            Something changed my life even more, which was mom being pregnant. I felt like I was going to be sick to my stomach because I knew my life was going to be very different. I knew I wouldn’t be as spoiled as much or have as much attention as I did before. I would also have to help out more around the house such as wash dishes more often and also not leave my school things all over the place. 9 months later mom had her baby. My sister came on August 4, 2012 and my life is already changing but, its not all that bad. Before I felt like everything was going to change and my life was going to be harder, but it isn’t that bad. I love her to death! She is so adorable, petite, and such a cutie pie.

            In a way I grew up, I had to start taking more responsibility, and mature more. I learned I am no longer the baby of the family, and I have to start helping out around the house more now that there’s a baby around. Everyday is a new day that I slowly get more and more independent to help me in the future and grow up to be a smart, independent women.