deciduousfruit
As an early bloomer I think I packed on pounds to hide from the unwanted attention my freakishly, disproportionately large chest (I'm at peace with this, at 5'2" a DD cup size just didn't work). I continued to struggle with my weight and feeling disproportionate up until college when I felt awkward for entirely novel reasons! During my sedentary academic years I was horrified to find that I was pushing 200lbs but still held onto my belief in the miracle of graduation and all the subsequent exercise I would get when my thesis was done. Alas I came down with a bummer case of Mono and then a pulmonary embolism and ended up gaining another 50lbs in the last two years.
I'm not not living life right now, I take graduate classes in the evenings and love keeping up on news, current events, politics, and culture. BUT... my compromised health, my inability to do so many of the outdoors activities I used to love, and a desire to participate more fully in building a better tomorrow for our world mean I need to act now to reverse this creeping weight gain from taking over my life.
