This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Elery Johnson, 36, who lives on the Treasure Coast of Florida with her husband and their three kids. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
I started noticing that my legs were different when I was 12.
I look at pictures of myself in 5th grade, and I was very slim and slender. And then I look at pictures of me at the end of 6th grade, when I had just started puberty, and my legs were significantly larger. I had very column-like legs; no ankle definition all of a sudden, no knee definition. I remember feeling very self-conscious and just embarrassed — my high school friends…
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