article_snippet.sent: I'd descend "into the mirror" for up to four hours a day,' Jenna writes in the essay, explaining how Jenna actions horrified Jenna parents. '
article_snippet.sent: As a child Jenna developed bad eating habits - Jenna would skip breakfast and lunch, then stuff my face with whatever Jenna wanted for hours when Jenna got home.
article_snippet.sent: Jenna binge-eating cycle continued through college and after graduation, when Jenna moved back home to Jenna parents' house in Illinois. '
article_snippet.sent: I knew I was bingeing while I was bingeing,' Jenna writes, adding that part of the problem was that Jenna would head to the kitchen whenever Jenna felt bored. '
article_snippet.sent: So I decided to find a new place to spend my ample downtime.' a new place to spend my ample downtime became her parents' bathroom, where Jenna mom kept a stainless steel 10x magnifying mirror and an array of Tweezerman tweezers.
article_snippet.sent: Though the dreaded magnifying mirror was back at Jenna parents' house in Illinois, Jenna would still lean in close to Jenna own bathroom mirror to pick at her pores. '
article_snippet.sent: I would tweeze and squeeze, filling my garbage can with tissues dotted with blood,' Jenna writes, adding that Jenna would hide out in Jenna bedroom to avoid seeing Jenna roommate, who might question Jenna about the bloody tissues Jenna threw out in the bathroom.
article_snippet.sent: Jenna worried the blood wouldn't dry in time to apply makeup before the interview. '