Obese Teenage Girl's Story

The following is a testimonial of an obese woman in Montreal. The pandemic medical condition is sweeping across North America as well as Montreal. New Research shows that young children who are obese will are at risk for diabetes and other medical conditions associated with obesity.

Obese Montrealers can seek help through dieticians, such programs as weight watchers and obesity clinics.

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Diary of a Fat Woman

When I was young the pupils at school laughed at me because of my weight. They called me names and shunned me. Most of them did not want to play with me and so from a very young age I knew the pain of rejection. All I wanted was to have friends. I would have done just about anything to be a popular girl. Instead, I learned to fit in where I could. I associated myself with other girls who were ostracized or considered weird in some way just like me.

Instead of having many friends, I had my dogs and I had my food. A chocolate bar or a piece of cake temporarily eased my pain and made me feel better.

When I was in high school, I longed to have a boyfriend. The slim girls never seemed to have a problem getting one. The fat girls like me lived vicariously, listening to their adventures with their boyfriends and dreaming about what it would be like to have a boyfriend of our own.

Most of us resorted to pretending we had a boyfriend who did not go to our school. I went as far as carrying a picture of a boy in my school bag. The skinny girls were not stupid. They knew it was just stories we made up to feel wanted and loved just like everyone else.

Even at home, the girls on the block had boyfriends and I was the only one without. Once or twice one of the guys in our gang would say to me, "you have a pretty face, too bad you are so big." Those words cut me like a knife, the same way they did when I was a young child.

When the popular girls were out on a Saturday night with their boyfriends, I sat home with my pretty face and I watched TV; but who could watch TV without eating right?