The world lied to me, I thought.

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When I was a child, I was very thin.  Our neighbor kept me after school every day and she was constantly trying to fatten me up.  I was just this scrawny little blonde headed tomboy who never seemed to gain an ounce, no matter how much I ate.  My doctors were constantly telling my parents that I needed to eat more and to take vitamins.  My parents did everything they knew how.  Even when my asthma would act up and I would have to be less active, I still could not gain weight.  My pediatrician told my mom that I was just one of those people who had a high metabolism rate and that I was lucky!

Fast Forward to my late teen years....although I was still active, weight started creeping up.  By the time I was in my 20s, I was overweight.  Nothing I did made any difference.  I could diet and exercise myself to death and my weight remained the same.  After visiting several doctors, they told me that I had a very slow metabolism rate.  They suggested some things to try to improve my metabolism rate.  Nothing helped.  For years, I tried to find the balance.  I still want to lose weight, but for me, not the world.

The world lied to me.  I thought about it...When I was skinny, the world said I needed to gain weight, and when I gained weight, I was told I needed to be skinny.  The world tells us that we need to be thin to be happy.  That is a lie!  To be happy, we only need to be who we are, and accept ourselves that way!