Britnii

Growing up, I've always had low self-esteem. I was always the only overweight person in my house hold, and in my family. Some of my family members would pick on me about my weight sometimes. Even though they said they were just kidding around, it would really hurt me. At 11 years old I was 5'2 and weighed 172 lb. In middle school I asked my dad to buy me slim fast. I would get picked on every day in school because kids would see me drinking a slim fast shake during lunch time. When I was about 13 years old I stared working out every day. I was 5'4 and I weighed 150 lbs. I started playing basketball and I started bench pressing. I became a depressed, I began going to therapy. I started taking anti depressants. The anti depressants made me gain weight. when I started gaining weight I became more depressed. I didn't want play basketball anymore. At 16 years old, I was 5'6 and weighed 165 lb. I guess my height caught up to my weight. Even though I was 165 lb. People would think I was 140 lb. Which was a good thing, but I kept gaining weight. This year, when I found out my BMI was 36.5 I felt terrible. But, that was just enough to make me take this weight thing serious.