Good Evenin' All!
Today I decided I need to change my life. I am just tired of it all. I am tired of being the "fat friend", of being the person in the group that people are hesitant to even use that word around because they fear I may get insulted. I am tired of the redness of stretch marks newly formed. I don't want to be a part of the statistic of my generation dying young because of bad eating, bad habits and bad hearts. I feel like this is the place to start. I have been reading some of the forum posts and am stoked at the support and help given by all.
I 'spose I should say a word or two about myself. I was a pretty active kid; did the whole soccer team, basketball team, field hockey team thing. Basically if it involved running and a ball, I was there. I moved on the cusp of teenagehood and secluded myself indoors in my new neighbourhood. I feel as if that was the start of my bad habits. Secondary school got me a bit more active, until mandatory PE ended in grade 10. Its been downhill since. I am sitting on my second year out of secondary school, and I am not happy. I have never been a "small" person so to speak. My family calls me "The Big One". They don't do it out of hate, but my siblings are thin and they don't think that it bothers me. And I am not under the impression that I will be sauntering around in a bikini come beach season (or any other season for that matter). Its not how my body is built and I accept that. But I also know that my body is not built to be this size, to look like this.
So here is to today and tomorrow and everyday after that that it takes me to be happy with myself and for others to see past the fat and see me for me.
-Tricky G.
You can do this!