When I was younger, my weight wasn’t even a blip on my radar. But as I grew older, my weight continued to increase at a steady rate. Finally, in 8th grade, I was overweight but disregarded it, chalking it up to my love of Italian cuisine.
Soon enough, my weight began to cause problems. I hadn’t begun menstruating and after blood tests, it was discovered that I had a hormonal imbalance. The doctor’s advice was that I needed to lose weight thus allowing the treatment to work. Initially, I was in denial and thus didn’t take the treatment seriously. I felt shy and scared around