What I Learned and Realized 50- Weight Gain

I realized with gaining a lot of weight as a child it gave me a ton of other confidence issues. I remember being in 4th grade and reading a book that said, “She looked down and couldn’t see her feet past her belly.” I looked down and couldn’t see my feet past my belly. It made me sad. I remember when I was in middle school and I was standing in line for hot lunch. This boy next to me bumped into the silverware cart and he said, “Way to go fatty, you bumped into the cart.” It made me uncomfortable. I wore sweatshirts to school every single day because I thought it was hiding my fat. By 4th grade I was a solid 100lbs, of pure love! I was one of the biggest in my grade. I was the biggest out of all my cousins and I always viewed myself as the “fat sister.” My sister never made me feel this way, I just felt that way on my own because she was small and beautiful. Being fat made me believe that no one wanted to date me because I was ugly and overweight. It’s the sad truth, but it’s something I had to realize to stop getting into the situations that were the norm for me.

This was around 5th grade. It was the first time I went to Aruba. Larry told me I still make this bitchy face haha.