DanielleMarie
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Yeah that's what my boyfriend likes to call me, but we'll get there!
I was born in upstate New York, and lived there till I was about 8. I was a healthy, active little girl. We moved to Southwest Florida to be closer to my mom's family and on the way I discovered a whole new world, the world of FAST FOOD. Driving for three days and having NOTHING but fast food really got me addicted. I started to get a little heavier, and in second grade a classmate told me I should go on a diet. That's when it all started, I gradually started gaining and gaining and the classmates torture got worse and worse. I started weight watchers in 6th grade, at 168 pounds and lost 10 pounds quick, I don't remember what happened but I stopped going to meetings and quickly got discouraged. The next thing I recall I was starting highschool around 215 pounds, and gained through the next four years, always down and depressed about how I looked. And as I sit here on my first day of college, I regretfully say that I am at 260 pounds at 5'6".
I'm not sure how it got this far, but at the same time I am. I used food as a comfort for every horrible day and problem and fight through all my highschool drama. I was a boredom eater. It brought me up and up and up, up to 252. and through major calorie cuts and exercising I got down to 230. Along came a boy named Jonni who made me the happiest girl in the world. He came into my life and I've always heard you gained weight in relationships, but I thought it was stupid it didn't make sense to me. It makes sense to me now. Over the course of 7 months I put 15 pounds back on. I then went onto birth control and as a result of that I gained 15 more pounds FAST. I read my booklet and looked online, and I feel it's a result of the birth control.
All summer I have been trying to work out and cut back calories but with no success, and now I have finally found the motivation!
I call myself a gordita because it's a nickname my boyfriend gave me, it means little fatty! NOW BEFORE YOU GO THINKING HE'S A JERK- let me explain. He was born in NY but raised in El Salvador, he's only been over back in america since he was 17 ( he's 21 now) I used to let him in on my insecurities and how I felt about being overweight, and he thought I was rediculous. To latin people if you're chubby, you aren't looked down upon or demeaned the way you are here. Overweight people are treated the same as someone at a healthy weight. So "Little Fatty" is just.. a name because FOR NOW , that's what I am!
I was born in upstate New York, and lived there till I was about 8. I was a healthy, active little girl. We moved to Southwest Florida to be closer to my mom's family and on the way I discovered a whole new world, the world of FAST FOOD. Driving for three days and having NOTHING but fast food really got me addicted. I started to get a little heavier, and in second grade a classmate told me I should go on a diet. That's when it all started, I gradually started gaining and gaining and the classmates torture got worse and worse. I started weight watchers in 6th grade, at 168 pounds and lost 10 pounds quick, I don't remember what happened but I stopped going to meetings and quickly got discouraged. The next thing I recall I was starting highschool around 215 pounds, and gained through the next four years, always down and depressed about how I looked. And as I sit here on my first day of college, I regretfully say that I am at 260 pounds at 5'6".
I'm not sure how it got this far, but at the same time I am. I used food as a comfort for every horrible day and problem and fight through all my highschool drama. I was a boredom eater. It brought me up and up and up, up to 252. and through major calorie cuts and exercising I got down to 230. Along came a boy named Jonni who made me the happiest girl in the world. He came into my life and I've always heard you gained weight in relationships, but I thought it was stupid it didn't make sense to me. It makes sense to me now. Over the course of 7 months I put 15 pounds back on. I then went onto birth control and as a result of that I gained 15 more pounds FAST. I read my booklet and looked online, and I feel it's a result of the birth control.
All summer I have been trying to work out and cut back calories but with no success, and now I have finally found the motivation!
I call myself a gordita because it's a nickname my boyfriend gave me, it means little fatty! NOW BEFORE YOU GO THINKING HE'S A JERK- let me explain. He was born in NY but raised in El Salvador, he's only been over back in america since he was 17 ( he's 21 now) I used to let him in on my insecurities and how I felt about being overweight, and he thought I was rediculous. To latin people if you're chubby, you aren't looked down upon or demeaned the way you are here. Overweight people are treated the same as someone at a healthy weight. So "Little Fatty" is just.. a name because FOR NOW , that's what I am!
and then I came home and I was feeling pretty bummed with some news I heard from my old boss and I ended up getting pizza hut...woops again! I got a personal pan pizza and had three breadsticks, I felt like crap for hours and didn't eat anything else. I've been drinking tons of water and I went to the gym for a while and worked harder than usual, and so far all I've had is a little box of raisins, I'm really hungry but trying to suppress it with my diet green tea, I really would like not to eat any more today!
