Humans in general always have goals that they want to achieve in life. It can be higher education, getting a job or something simple like washing the dishes. My goal is to live a healthier life as I got fed up with obesity and being unhealthy. At the age of 15 I was diagonosed with obesity. My journey began when my father got a new job and we were uprooted from the comforts of home to ‘’beautiful’’ Miami. The people in Miami have an ideal take on what beauty is, it is about being slim,trim and athletic. I began to feel social pressure to lose my weight. I would wear layers upon layers of clothing so that people would not see my body. I did this even if the weather was hot. I was always looking at the mirror and questioning myself about what I thought was an obese unattractive me. …show more content…
The clothes size did not bother me much, except when I had to buy clothes that were not the right size for me because my weight was not normal for my age. Living with obesity caused me a lot of health issues such as shortness of breath, lack of movement and exercise, and joint problems. Social demands cause people to see themselves in an undesirable way. As more people mocked me about my weight I ate even more food as it helped ease the emotional pain. I used to feel horrible about myself when I was brained-washed from television, magazines, and the whole mainstream. The main reasons that I became obese is that I ate unbalanced meals and avoided exercise. Being unhealthy and obese destroyed me from the inside and I felt horrible most of the