It is the fact that I wasted so much of my young life fat and overweight. I look back and I see so many missed opportunities. Opportunities to talk to girls. Opportunities to wear the “cool” clothes the other kids in school were wearing. Opportunities to try out for the baseball team.
Being overweight literally crippled my self-esteem and confidence. This affected every area of my life. My love life, my happiness, my mindset. I didn’t want to be noticed or looked at. I wanted to remain in the shadows of life, completely hidden.
Food was my comfort. The more I thought about getting in shape, the more I talked myself out of it. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, and I wasn’t sure I could go through the pain and discipline. But one day that all changed…I was tired of being made fun of. I was tired of the pretty girls talking to my friends and looking past me. I decided to do something about it. I wasn’t going to just think about it anymore. I WAS GOING TO TAKE ACTION!