Elna baker grew up in a conservative mormon family. From an early age, elna was sold on the idea that if she just looked a certain way and acted a certain way, she'd be worthy of love. Elna: "It's so weird to me that i i attached myself to that narrative so young"
From the time she was a little girl, Elna Baker had dreamed of being thin. And she did become thin. She lost close to 100 pounds in five months. For a while Elna thought she was living her dream life, until she realized that she had lost herself in the process.
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