I feel like that character out of the Simpsons.: “Hi, I’m Troy McClure, you may remember me from such shows as theI often get asked why I chose to go on the show, many assume it was to boost my profile and it’s a fair assumption considering the “reality TV” we see these days.
I wouldn’t go shopping with friends because nothing fit me in the shops that they would go to. My friends would ask me to go on hikes with them — I would always say no because I knew I wouldn’t make it. My thighs would get rubbed raw walking to my local cafe, imagine what they’d be like after a hike!, when an ad popped up to apply for the Australian series. I told my friends I was going to do it and bless them, they told me I wasn’t fat enough to apply.
The day before the final weigh in I hadn’t drunk any water in fear it would add extra kilos. We had a routine medical check up and when I saw the doctor he told me I was not to train that night or he would give me a saline drip. It was in fact the moment I began one of my toughest battles yet. Tougher than any challenge thrown at me on that show.ended I got out of country Victoria, moved to Sydney and was getting invited to the opening of an envelope.
People would make comments to me in public and it was brutal. Honestly, who has the right to come up to you and say, “oh wow you’ve put on the kilos again” or “should you be eating that?” There’s so much judgment in this world, like life isn’t a tough enough battle as it is without having randoms throw in their two cents worth.
fionafalkiner Good on you, Fee. Such honesty xx