I Was A….
Overweight pre teen growing up in New Jersey in the late 70s. I grew up in three towns Maplewood-Newark and Kearny well not at once but you get the picture. But I got teased in all three lol for being that fat and I can truly say I was that fat at 11 years old.
And yes kids can be that cruel and even more cruel when you had a big mouth like mine. And well either start or just give back lip even though I knew I was going to get my ass beat for it. No those teasings and beatings I deserved because I started it. I actually forgot that back then we actually fought when something smart ass was said..
Fast Forward to 1985 and I was living in South Florida for one year, 8th grade to be exact now these teenagers down here did not play well with others and were even more cruel . It was like I arrived at school with a bulls eye on my back.. Oh it was relentless now some knew me and were joking and I was cool with that. But some were just relentless.
It got to the point where. I did not want to get out of the car in front of cute girls, because I was afraid they were going to make fun of me. I actually cried that day I really did.
A few weeks later…
To my Surprise my mom enrolled me into a new food lose weight program called Nutri-System.. (Yes That One) and over a few months I lost the weight that needed to be lost.. Not only did I feel better physically but mentally sooo very much better. A few months later I went back to New Jersey to start the 9th grade .
And the reception I got was amazing !
This is only one of my many stories in my life.
So when I tell you it gets better, it really will maybe not the time frame you hope to have it happen. But it will you can’t give up you just can’t ..
I have been struggling with my weight since I was a kid, hey I am Sicilian/Irish born in the 70s we were always eating. Then in 1984 after crying on how overweight I was. My mom put me in Nurti System and lost the weight but the battle was won but the war not over. My weight went up and down all through High School. I discovered Bodybuilding in 1989 then Kickboxing and Boxing in 1990 and never looked back. And the past 30 years have been up and down but it happens to the best of us. I started this blog for people like me, because I have been there.
