LEGS
‘I KNEW I HAD TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE’
Anupa Roper, 43, lives in Countesthorpe with her husband, Greg, 47, and their two children, Maya, 11, and Ayden, 10.
I was at secondary school when I first noticed my body wasn’t developing like my friends’. Their childlike, skinny frames began to fill out proportionally as they developed curves, but mine stayed the same. When my PE teacher referred to me as ‘sparrowlegs’, I was taken aback. From that moment on, I tried to divert attention from my skinny legs, always wearing trousers in a bid to hide them.
After having my children, Maya in May 2009, and Ayden in October 2010, I maintained my size-6 figure, but my ‘sparrowlegs’ left me with no confidence. My husband, Greg, told me I…
