College Admissions Essay: Simply Fat

“Stop eating so much” “You’re already fat” “He doesn’t need more food”, These were all things screamed to me by my parents. Believe it or not, my weight would be one of the reasons arguments occured in my household.

I was very lazy as a child and loved food as much as any other kids at school. However, I wasn’t blessed with the speedy metabolism like the other kids, and was always warned to “watch what you eat” and to “always say no to seconds”. Self consciousness is something that seems to develop around middle school, but, I developed it as early as elementary school. I was the kid who would walk around school sucking in my stomach trying to hold in my gut. I was the kid always wearing big shirts believing they could hide me from the judgement and ridicule of my weight. I was the kid to wear a swim shirt, explaining to others I need it for my skin, when in reality I was ashamed of my body.

In Seventh grade, every night before bed, which was typically 4:00 am, I would do 200 push-ups a night. Was it healthy? No, probably not, but I was determined to change myself. Along with my continuous mission to get healthier, I also researched a lot, and eventually almost knew the entire muscular structure of the human anatomy along with the knowledge of how to work specific muscles or muscle groups. I’ve also since become very knowledgeable on dieting and exercise, as I have personally undergone multiple trial and error runs of diets. There was a time where I exclusively ate a can of tuna a day along with copious amounts of water. I even went so far to track my daily intake of macronutrients in an app on my phone. I was truly dedicated to this journey and mission to achieve my goal of getting