Karine is only 22 years old. She moves only in a wheelchair and only around the house. On the street the girl practically does not leave. But not because she is seriously ill. The thing is in the monstrous weight of Karina - she weighs almost 300 kilograms. The problems of the girl began in early childhood. When she was still very small, she was diagnosed with asthma. She often had to lie in the hospital, at home there was always oxygen in case of an attack. Karina's parents had to work 24 hours a day to pay bills for the daughter's treatment. But she was not the only child in the family. Karina is the eldest of three children.
Photo: still from the video www.tlc.com “I remember how my mother sat next to my bed during attacks, looked at me and cried,” Karina recalls in a conversation with. But this case turned out to be just when time heals. Karina was getting older, feeling better and better. When she was six years old, her asthma attacks were over. “I thought we would all be happier. But because of my illness, our money was really bad. And the parents continued to work hard. Mom worked two jobs, she was not there from early morning until late at night. I hardly saw her, "explains Karina. Without the usual attention, the girl was hard. After all, when she was sick, her parents were always by her side: they took care of her, took care of her. The hospital shook over her too. And then Karina realized for the first time what loneliness is.
Photo: frame from the video www.tlc.com "I needed very little. To embrace me, pat on the head. But my mother was too busy, "Karina assures. Mom really blames herself in the state of her daughter, because she missed the moment when Karina developed extremely unhealthy relationships with food. "Food has replaced my mother's embrace," the girl says. Overcoming loneliness, by the age of ten Karina weighed 45 kilograms. Normally, the weight of a child at this age should be about 30 kilos. Bust almost one and a half times! But Karina's mother was too busy. After all, she needed to support the family, money does not fall from the sky.
Photo: www.tlc.com "Once I felt lonely or upset as a hand automatically reached for the liver, chips, cakes. Food always comforted me, and it was always there, unlike my mother, "says Karina. Now the girl is trying to change her eating habits: she started eating vegetables instead of fast food. And she dreams of an operation on the stomach. In her opinion, she can not cope with her problem in any other way.
