Paul C. Brunson

I was probably about two and a half stone heavier than what I am now.

And I remember us all being weighed in front of each other.

And that shame, like probably shame is a lot to do with my then problems with eating and binging going forward.

But that pivotal moment of being weighed in front of people and having to wear the same outfit as others, like that's really stuck in me.

And so I remember going to my mum and saying,

I feel really fat.

I'm fat.

I look awful.

I feel fat.

And we weren't the kind of family really to sit around and have big meals with each other.

But my mum was a cook in the Navy.

And so she would always make these big things.

But I don't really remember us sitting around together.

But there was always like shepherd's pie and everything, you know, massive big pies.

A pie with everything.

Pie with pie.

And...

And so I remember saying to her that I really want to look good.

I want to start this fresh new life at drama school and I really want to look good.

And back then it was Weight Watchers.