“I felt as if my body had failed me, and that I had no control of what was happening with my life,” she said. “Binging was the one thing I could control, it was my escape.”
But at seventeen, Bartley decided she wanted to “take back control of [her] body and save [her] own life.” She had weight loss surgery, changed her diet, began working out and also seeing a therapist,and she’s since lost 115 pounds.